Miscellaneous business-related services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 79990000Services · classin Business Services & Consultancy

Open now28open for bids now · see them in the search
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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.

Notices, last 12 months378199 contracting authorities · 1,285 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.

Typical bids per lot414% single-bid · 120 procedures, 36 months
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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 140 lots from 120 competitions run by 103 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 56 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 84 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).

Last 36 months.

Typical contract value£88,389middle value of 428 contract awards, net · not frameworks
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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 428 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.

Published values, not actual spend.

Last 36 months.

Deadline to award64 daysmiddle value · 62 awarded procedures
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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 62 decided competitions, last 36 months.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Newest open tenders

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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 government41%(506 notices)
    506 of 1,245 notices are Central government (41%).
  • Local authorities21%(263 notices)
    263 of 1,245 notices are Local authorities (21%).
  • Other public bodies11%(134 notices)
    134 of 1,245 notices are Other public bodies (11%).
  • Education & universities10%(122 notices)
    122 of 1,245 notices are Education & universities (10%).
  • NHS & health3%(33 notices)
    33 of 1,245 notices are NHS & health (3%).
  • Not classified15%(187 notices)
    187 of 1,245 notices are Not classified (15%).
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeCentral government42122
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation TrustCentral government34260
UK Research and InnovationCentral government33230
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustCentral government21180
Ministry of DefenceCentral government1930
Ministry of JusticeCentral government1880
Department for Work & PensionsCentral government1210
Education Scotlandnot classified1200
Government Commercial AgencyCentral government1111
British CouncilLocal authorities1140

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

Where the work is delivered
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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 774 of 1,285 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
Greater London171 · 22%453%42%
Scotland139 · 18%963%87%
East of England129 · 17%541%26%
South East England116 · 15%557%25%
West Midlands112 · 14%647%19%
North West England111 · 14%531%35%
South West England90 · 12%548%27%
East Midlands74 · 10%540%12%
Yorkshire and the Humber72 · 9%538%12%
North East England70 · 9%550%27%
Wales (Cymru)57 · 7%———
Northern Ireland40 · 5%———

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.

  • Contract89%(1,149 notices)
    1,149 of 1,285 notices are Contract (89%).
  • Framework9%(110 notices)
    110 of 1,285 notices are Framework (9%).
  • Dynamic purchasing system2%(26 notices)
    26 of 1,285 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
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.

  • Open33%(425 notices)
    425 of 1,285 notices are Open (33%).
  • Route not published22%(278 notices)
    278 of 1,285 notices are Route not published (22%).
  • Selective18%(236 notices)
    236 of 1,285 notices are Selective (18%).
  • Direct award15%(194 notices)
    194 of 1,285 notices are Direct award (15%).
  • Limited / restricted12%(152 notices)
    152 of 1,285 notices are Limited / restricted (12%).
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 threshold77%(178 notices)
    178 of 232 notices are Above threshold (77%).
  • Below threshold23%(54 notices)
    54 of 232 notices are Below threshold (23%).
Typical tender window
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How long bidders get to respond.

Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.

All notices we hold, not just recent ones.

31 daysrobust · n=236middle value, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (604) · 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=140
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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.

Last 36 months.

  • 1 bid14%(20)
    20 of 140 lots fall in 1 bid (14%).
  • 2–326%(37)
    37 of 140 lots fall in 2–3 (26%).
  • 4–629%(41)
    41 of 140 lots fall in 4–6 (29%).
  • 7 or more30%(42)
    42 of 140 lots fall in 7 or more (30%).
Contract value, net
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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.

p25 £29,946middle value £88,389p75 £572,418
interquartile range of 428 awards · p90 £7,561,559
Typical bids per lot
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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 140 lots from 120 competitions run by 103 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 56 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 84 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).

Last 36 months.

4robust · n=120middle half 3–8
Competed
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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.

267 of 561 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 43 more are call-offs or give no procedure and are left out.

Last 36 months.

48%robust · n=561
Bids from SMEs
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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.

488 SME bids out of 692, on 113 lots where the buyer published the split.

Last 36 months.

71%robust · n=692
Awards won by SMEs
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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.

146 of 322 awards where the winner declared its size.

Last 36 months.

45%robust · n=322
Won locally
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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.

Last 36 months.

54%robust · n=190winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimate
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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 89 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 36 months.

at the estimaterobust · n=8938 below · 20 above
Abandoned
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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.

19 of 604 notices, last 36 months.

Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.

Last 36 months.

3%robust · n=604
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot
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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 92 lots from 29 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.

Last 36 months.

8robust · n=2956 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

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 · 1,483 awards to 890 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 7% of contract awards in the last 36 months

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 · 431 of 1,285 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract69 notices · 16%
In-tend Electronic Procurement60 notices · 14% · 1 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution54 notices · 13% · 2 open
Atamis Health Family Portal49 notices · 11% · 1 open
Delta eSourcing43 notices · 10%
Sell2Wales18 notices · 4%

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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 7999. 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.