Industrial inspection services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 71730000Services · classin Architecture & Engineering

Open now0no live notices at the nightly build
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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.

Notices, last 12 months1010 contracting authorities · 36 in the catalogue
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys
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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

Buyer type
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.

Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.

  • Central government 31% (11 notices)
  • Local authorities 11% (4 notices)
  • Other public bodies 8% (3 notices)
  • NHS & health 6% (2 notices)
  • Education & universities 3% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 42% (15 notices)

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

Where the work is delivered
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Where this supplier has delivered.

Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.

Where the work was, not where the company is based.

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 26 of 36 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
Scotland11 · 42%
Northern Ireland8 · 31%
Wales (Cymru)3 · 12%
East of England2 · 8%
South West England2 · 8%
North West England2 · 8%
Yorkshire and the Humber2 · 8%
North East England1 · 4%
East Midlands1 · 4%
West Midlands1 · 4%
Greater London1 · 4%
South East England1 · 4%

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

How it is bought
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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

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract 67% (24 notices)
  • Framework 31% (11 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (1 notices)
Procedure route
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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.

  • Route not published 50% (18 notices)
  • Open 39% (14 notices)
  • Selective 11% (4 notices)
Threshold
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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 threshold 71% (5 notices)
  • Below threshold 29% (2 notices)

Who wins
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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 · 93 awards to 23 suppliers

Where to submit
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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 · 8 of 36 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract2 notices · 25%
eTendersNI1 notices · 13%
myTenders1 notices · 13%
Sell2Wales1 notices · 13%

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 7173. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 14 Aug 2026.

Competition figures

Lot-grain contest statistics over the last 36 months: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 7173; contracts and frameworks / DPS are kept apart. Each figure’s own method — grain, window, exclusions and this page’s sample — is behind its ; the long form is on Methodology.

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.