Outdoor sports equipment: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 37410000Supplies · classin Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories

Codes and neighbouring classes

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

Open tenders in outdoor sports equipment

4 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

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
  • Local authorities 52% (87 notices)
  • Central government 23% (38 notices)
  • Other public bodies 4% (7 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 4% (7 notices)
  • Education & universities 4% (6 notices)
  • Not classified 13% (22 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Ministry of DefenceCentral government1960
LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITEDCentral government810
YPOnot classified511
ESPOnot classified500
East Suffolk CouncilLocal authorities440
Scotland Excelnot classified400
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough CouncilLocal authorities310
Caerphilly County Borough CouncilLocal authorities300
Defence Equipment and SupportCentral government310
Education Authority NIEducation & universities300

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 113 of 168 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
South West England30 · 27%91%75%
Scotland27 · 24%
Yorkshire and the Humber25 · 22%
South East England25 · 22%
East of England22 · 19%
North West England19 · 17%
Greater London18 · 16%
West Midlands18 · 16%
North East England15 · 13%
East Midlands15 · 13%
Northern Ireland13 · 12%
Wales (Cymru)11 · 10%

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 72% (121 notices)
  • Framework 26% (43 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 2% (4 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 67% (112 notices)
  • Route not published 15% (25 notices)
  • Selective 12% (20 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 7% (11 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 28% (15 notices)
  • Below threshold 72% (39 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=48median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (87) · 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=28
  • 1 bid 32% (9)
  • 2–3 32% (9)
  • 4–6 29% (8)
  • 7 or more 7% (2)
Contract value, net
p25 £74,250median £174,841p75 £1,085,868
interquartile range of 42 awards · p90 £12,570,212
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=24middle half 1–5
Competed89%robust · n=87open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs87%robust · n=84of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs79%robust · n=34single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally63%robust · n=27winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimateat the estimaterobust · n=227 below · 5 above
Abandoned5%robust · n=87cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot12robust · n=1927 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 185 awards to 126 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 30% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 55 of 168 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)14 notices · 25% · 1 open
EU-Supply Complete Tender Management8 notices · 15% · 1 open
Proactis / ProContract8 notices · 15% · 1 open
In-tend Electronic Procurement5 notices · 9% · 1 open
Sell2Wales5 notices · 9%
eTendersNI2 notices · 4%

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 3741. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 10 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 3741. 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.