Building construction work: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 45210000·Works · class·in Construction & Civil Engineering
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 388 lots from 336 competitions run by 220 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 248 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 140 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 1,331 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 260 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 122 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Older People Out of Area Project - Hawthorne Court | Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust | 27 Dec 2026 | 52d | — |
| PRN26144 Antrim Area Land, Design and Build | Choice Housing | 4 Dec 2026 | 29d | £9,000,000 |
| Procurement of a Principal Contractor for the Construction of Thameside Academy Alternative Provision Base | Thurrock Council | 30 Nov 2026 | 25d | £600,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
45210000 Building construction work1,427 notices · 35%45211100 Construction work for houses259 notices · 6%45211300 Houses construction work253 notices · 6%45211340 Multi-dwelling buildings construction work186 notices · 5%45212000 Construction work for buildings relating to leisure, sports, culture, lodging and restaurants135 notices · 3%45211310 Bathrooms construction work107 notices · 3%- Roof works and other special trade construction works 900 · 12m
- Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork 888 · 12m
- Other building completion work 710 · 12m
- Electrical installation work 704 · 12m
- Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work 478 · 12m
- Joinery and carpentry installation work 352 · 12m
- Plumbing and sanitary works 343 · 12m
- Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work 222 · 12m
- Engineering works and construction works 188 · 12m
- Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work 184 · 12m
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Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities45%(1,748 notices)
1,748 of 3,872 notices are Local authorities (45%).Central government17%(655 notices)
655 of 3,872 notices are Central government (17%).Other public bodies16%(607 notices)
607 of 3,872 notices are Other public bodies (16%).Education & universities9%(357 notices)
357 of 3,872 notices are Education & universities (9%).Housing associations4%(162 notices)
162 of 3,872 notices are Housing associations (4%).Not classified9%(343 notices)
343 of 3,872 notices are Not classified (9%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| NHS Property Services Limited | NHS & health | 138 | 104 | 0 |
| the Education Authority | Education & universities | 90 | 12 | 0 |
| Choice Housing | Other public bodies | 86 | 14 | 4 |
| Education Authority NI | Education & universities | 78 | 0 | 0 |
| Hampshire County Council | Local authorities | 65 | 63 | 0 |
| North Lincolnshire Council | Local authorities | 51 | 47 | 2 |
| Northern Ireland Housing Executive | Other public bodies | 45 | 4 | 0 |
| Kingdom Housing Association Limited | Housing associations | 43 | 5 | 0 |
| Gov Facility Services Ltd | Other public bodies | 40 | 35 | 0 |
| The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London | Local authorities | 39 | 27 | 0 |
1,124 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 3,114 of 4,080 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| South East England | 4 | 74% | 47% | |
| Greater London | 4 | 61% | 35% | |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 95% | 97% | |
| East of England | 5 | 75% | 27% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 3 | 69% | 39% | |
| East Midlands | 6 | 78% | 34% | |
| West Midlands | 3 | 73% | 25% | |
| South West England | 4 | 81% | 46% | |
| North West England | 4 | 72% | 40% | |
| North East England | 4 | 78% | 24% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 3 | 84% | 58% | |
| Scotland | 4 | 54% | 93% |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract89%(3,628 notices)
3,628 of 4,080 notices are Contract (89%).Framework8%(344 notices)
344 of 4,080 notices are Framework (8%).Dynamic purchasing system3%(108 notices)
108 of 4,080 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (3%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open34%(1,402 notices)
1,402 of 4,080 notices are Open (34%).Limited / restricted20%(831 notices)
831 of 4,080 notices are Limited / restricted (20%).Selective20%(826 notices)
826 of 4,080 notices are Selective (20%).Route not published17%(688 notices)
688 of 4,080 notices are Route not published (17%).Direct award8%(333 notices)
333 of 4,080 notices are Direct award (8%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold46%(510 notices)
510 of 1,116 notices are Above threshold (46%).Below threshold54%(606 notices)
606 of 1,116 notices are Below threshold (54%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (2,299) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid18%(68)
68 of 388 lots fall in 1 bid (18%).2–325%(98)
98 of 388 lots fall in 2–3 (25%).4–631%(119)
119 of 388 lots fall in 4–6 (31%).7 or more27%(103)
103 of 388 lots fall in 7 or more (27%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 388 lots from 336 competitions run by 220 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 248 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 140 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
1,121 of 2,107 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 192 more are call-offs or give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
1,214 SME bids out of 1,747, on 343 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
684 of 946 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 308 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
70 of 2,299 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 214 lots from 78 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 2,877 awards to 1,591 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 4% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| J.P. DEVELOPERS LIMITED | 39 | 39 | 38 | 2 |
| Irwin M&E Limited | 28 | 45 | 2 | 4 |
| Maurice Flynn and Sons Ltd | 22 | 33 | 1 | 3 |
| CHC Group Ltd | 17 | 29 | 2 | 2 |
| LM Services NI LTD | 17 | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| Greystone Joinery Construction Ltd | 16 | 28 | 0 | 2 |
| Broad Oak Properties Limited | 15 | 20 | 5 | 12 |
| Woodvale Construction Company | 14 | 19 | 5 | 3 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 1,270 of 4,080 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in building construction work
122 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 4521. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 4 Nov 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.