Chemical products: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 24000000Supplies · division31 classes with notices

Sub-sectors of chemical products

31 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 731 of 855 notices in this division carry a class-level code

ClassOpen nowNotices, 12mBuyersBids / lotSME wins
Specialised chemical products24950000550118457%
Industrial gases24110000242113233%
Basic inorganic chemicals2431000022242422%
Various chemical products24960000119661385%
Gases24100000017303
Basic organic chemicals24320000114386
Prepared explosives24610000413255
Agro-chemical products24450000111423
Glues2491000011127
Fertilisers and nitrogen compounds244000001914
Explosives246000000891
Photographic chemicals2493000017154
Basic inorganic and organic chemicals2430000016177
Miscellaneous fertilisers2444000004143
Nitrogenous fertilisers244100000412
Fine and various chemical products24900000141114
Animal or vegetal fertilisers24430000033
Phosphatic fertilisers244200000263
Oxides, peroxides and hydroxides24210000026
Plastics in primary forms24500000026
Primary-form of vinyl polymers245400000234
Dyes and pigments24200000014
Primary-form polymers of styrene24530000012
Primary-form polymers of ethylene24510000002
Primary-form polymers of propylene24520000002
Primary-form silicones24590000002
Tanning extracts, dyeing extracts, tannins and colouring matter24220000001
Primary-form of polyesters24550000001
Primary-form polyamides24560000001
Primary-form urea resins24570000001
Primary-form amino-resins24580000001

Open tenders in chemical products

22 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Fore Street E-Chlorination SystemIpswich Borough Council21 Sept 20263d£30,000
Property Maintenance & Construction MaterialsFramework11 lotsGreat Places Housing Group2 Oct 202614d£32,000,000
DGM/2073 - Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS)Defence Equipment and Support2 Oct 202614d£1,230,000
Parks, Green Spaces and Market Street Public Toilets Maintenance and Cleaning Contract for Kidderminster Town CouncilWest Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner5 Oct 202617d£1,392,000
CLI-FTS-62821 Quality Control Organisms, Lysis Buffer, & Bottled Media (Culture Media)Framework3 lotsNHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)5 Oct 202617d£2,285,000
Provision of Laboratory Consumables and ChemicalsFrameworkSellafield Limited7 Oct 202619d£7,700,000
Trace, Evaluate and Reinforce (TracER)Department for Transport7 Oct 202619d£135,000
PfH Materials Supply FrameworkFramework16 lotsProcurement for Housing Ltd (t/a PfH Scotland)9 Oct 202621d£1,538,000,000
PfH Materials Supply FrameworkFramework16 lotsProcurement for Housing9 Oct 202621d£1,538,000,000
2026 WS3282950901 Maintenance, Repairs and Operations Goods (MRO) (Interim)FrameworkAnglian Water Services14 Oct 202626d£14,000,000
GWR - Bulk Packed Oils, Lubricants and Greases2 lotsFIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED19 Oct 202631d£2,400,000
Supply of Food Service- (Multiple Lots)3 lotsAnchor Hanover Group27 Nov 202670d£88,375,000
Provision of a deep geothermal solutionCountess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust9 Dec 202682d£30,000,000
SOL - LDC Stores Procurement DPSDPS11 lotsSolihull Metropolitan Borough Council1 Aug 2028683d£1,400,000
Energy Efficiency Dynamic Purchasing System (EEDPS)DPS25 lotsPlymouth City Council30 Sept 2028743d£425,000,000
YPO - 000881 Ground Maintenance ServicesDPS4 lotsYPO23 Feb 2029889d£500,000,000
Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Solutions (VCIS)DPSThe Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (CCS)23 Feb 2029889d£450,000,000
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Events Services, Equipment (via Hire) and Associated StructuresDPS16 lotsGlasgow City Council22 Aug 20301434d£17,000,000
UVDB Powered by Achilles QUDM for Goods, Works and ServicesDPSAFFINITY WATER LIMITEDnot published
Supply of SaltDPSSEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITEDnot published
ScottishPower - SuppliesSCOTTISH POWER UK PLCnot published
Link-Up - SuppliesACHILLES INFORMATION LIMITEDnot published

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Central government 26% (214 notices)
  • Local authorities 21% (172 notices)
  • Other public bodies 19% (161 notices)
  • Education & universities 7% (57 notices)
  • NHS & health 6% (47 notices)
  • Not classified 22% (184 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Ministry of DefenceCentral government2530
LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITEDCentral government22120
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authoritynot classified1900
Glasgow City CouncilLocal authorities1421
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITEDOther public bodies1420
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Central government1331
Northern Ireland Water LimitedOther public bodies12100
Scotland Excelnot classified1210
ESPOnot classified1100
Health and Safety ExecutiveCentral government1050

386 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 529 of 855 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Scotland128 · 24%455%50%
South East England82 · 16%325%60%
Northern Ireland68 · 13%681%67%
Wales (Cymru)66 · 12%
North West England62 · 12%250%75%
Yorkshire and the Humber51 · 10%
South West England51 · 10%
East of England50 · 9%
West Midlands49 · 9%
East Midlands46 · 9%
Greater London45 · 9%
North East England36 · 7%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 61% (519 notices)
  • Framework 36% (312 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (24 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 53% (453 notices)
  • Route not published 25% (213 notices)
  • Selective 15% (127 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 7% (60 notices)
  • Direct award 0% (2 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 65% (117 notices)
  • Below threshold 35% (64 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=189median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (270) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=115
  • 1 bid 11% (13)
  • 2–3 39% (45)
  • 4–6 21% (24)
  • 7 or more 29% (33)
Contract value, net
p25 £321,240median £700,000p75 £2,750,000
interquartile range of 345 awards · p90 £6,090,000
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=77middle half 2–10
Competed89%robust · n=270open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs52%robust · n=692of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs54%robust · n=105single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally47%robust · n=81winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimateat the estimaterobust · n=4712 below · 17 above
Abandoned4%robust · n=270cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot4robust · n=103209 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 1,552 awards to 934 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 12% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 262 of 855 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)39 notices · 15% · 1 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution35 notices · 13% · 1 open
In-tend Electronic Procurement31 notices · 12% · 3 open
Proactis / ProContract29 notices · 11% · 1 open
Atamis Health Family Portal27 notices · 10% · 2 open
eTendersNI22 notices · 8%
Sell2Wales21 notices · 8% · 1 open

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 24 — on the procedure or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 24. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.