UK Public Tenders

What does UK Public Tenders do?

UK Public Tenders finds open UK public sector tenders and upcoming pipeline contracts from Contracts Finder, the official procurement service of the UK government, and returns them as clean, structured data: title, buyer, CPV industry codes, region, bid deadline, contract value range, SME suitability and a direct link to the notice.

The data comes from the official Contracts Finder API, no scraping of web pages. Notices are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contact names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers and award data are not included.

Typical uses:

• Daily or weekly tender alerts for your industry and region, e.g. all new IT, cleaning or construction tenders in London
• Bid pipelines for SMEs: tenders marked as suitable for small businesses within your contract size
• Early preparation with pipeline notices of contracts buyers plan to tender in the coming months
• Market research on public sector demand by region, CPV category and buyer
• Automations and AI agents that screen new tenders and draft bid/no-bid decisions

How to use UK Public Tenders

1. Choose filters: keywords, CPV codes (industry), regions, contract value or SME suitability. All are optional.
2. Set Published within the last days to 1 for a daily alert or 7 for a weekly monitor, or leave it empty to get every tender that is still open.
3. Set Maximum results to cap the number of tenders and the cost, click Start, then export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or schedule the run.

Input

Field	Required	Example	Description
keywords	no	software	Words that must all appear in title, description or buyer name
cpvCodes	no	["72"]	CPV codes, shorter codes include all sub-categories (72 = IT services, 45 = construction, 90910000 = cleaning)
regions	no	["London"]	UK regions where the contract is delivered
includeNationwide	no	true	With regions selected, also return tenders open to any region (default true)
noticeTypes	no	["open", "pipeline"]	open = live opportunities (default), pipeline = planned contracts
minValue	no	100000	Minimum estimated contract value in GBP
maxValue	no	250000	Maximum estimated contract value in GBP
smeSuitableOnly	no	true	Only tenders marked as suitable for SMEs
publishedWithinDays	no	7	Only tenders published in the last N days
maxItems	no	100	Maximum number of tenders, caps the cost

Example input for a weekly IT monitor in London:

{
    "cpvCodes": ["72"],
    "regions": ["London"],
    "publishedWithinDays": 7,
    "maxItems": 200
}

Output example

A real record from a test run:

{
    "noticeId": "b0472684-2784-4d0f-855b-ccc800bd6d67",
    "title": "T0222 - Provision of Replacement Heating System at Evesham Hospital",
    "description": "Tenders are invited to bid for Provision of Replacement Heating System at Evesham Community Hospital (Physio & Training Block) for Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust",
    "buyerName": "Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust",
    "noticeType": "open",
    "publishedDate": "2026-09-21T07:22:45.000Z",
    "deadline": "2026-10-16T11:00:00.000Z",
    "approachMarketDate": null,
    "contractStart": "2026-12-01",
    "contractEnd": "2027-03-30",
    "valueLow": 450000,
    "valueHigh": 450000,
    "currency": "GBP",
    "mainCpv": "45210000",
    "cpvCodes": ["45210000"],
    "cpvDescription": "Building construction work",
    "regions": ["West Midlands"],
    "nationwide": false,
    "postcode": "WR5 1JR",
    "latitude": 52.166284,
    "longitude": -2.188162,
    "suitableForSme": true,
    "suitableForVcse": false,
    "noticeUrl": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0472684-2784-4d0f-855b-ccc800bd6d67",
    "source": "Contracts Finder, UK Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0."
}

Output fields

Field	Description
noticeId	Contracts Finder notice ID, stable across runs, use it to detect new tenders
title	Title of the tender
description	Description, max. 1,500 characters, HTML and contact details removed
buyerName	Contracting authority, e.g. a council, NHS trust or department
noticeType	open or pipeline
publishedDate	Publication date and time (UTC)
deadline	Bid deadline (UTC), empty for pipeline notices
approachMarketDate	Pipeline notices: planned date to go to market
contractStart	Planned contract start
contractEnd	Planned contract end
valueLow	Lower end of the estimated value in GBP
valueHigh	Upper end of the estimated value in GBP, often empty
currency	Always GBP when a value is published
mainCpv	First CPV industry code
cpvCodes	All CPV industry codes
cpvDescription	Plain-text name of the CPV codes
regions	Regions where the contract is delivered
nationwide	True if open to any region
postcode	Place of delivery, published for about a third of tenders
latitude	Latitude of the place of delivery, when known
longitude	Longitude of the place of delivery, when known
suitableForSme	Marked as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises
suitableForVcse	Marked as suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
noticeUrl	Full notice on Contracts Finder with documents and how to apply
source	Source and licence attribution

How much does it cost?

You pay per delivered tender. The price per 1,000 tenders is shown on the Pricing tab. Platform usage is included. Runs that find nothing cost nothing for results, and Maximum results plus your own spending limit always cap the cost.

FAQ

Where does the data come from, and may I reuse it?

From the official Contracts Finder API of the UK government. Contracts Finder publishes notices under the Open Government Licence v3.0, which allows commercial reuse with attribution. Keep the source field when you republish the data. The Actor uses the official API only, respects its limits and returns no personal contact data.

Which tenders are covered?

All open opportunities and pipeline notices on Contracts Finder, mainly contracts from public bodies in England and UK-wide buyers, including many above the procurement thresholds. Scotland and Wales publish most of their tenders on their own portals (Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales), and some above-threshold notices appear only on Find a Tender. Those are not included yet.

Why are value and postcode sometimes empty?

Buyers do not always publish them. The Actor returns what Contracts Finder publishes and leaves the field empty otherwise.

Why did my run stop early?

Either Maximum results or your spending limit was reached. The status message of the run tells you which one.

Can I use it through the API or with AI agents?

Yes. Every input field is documented for API and MCP use. Call the Actor with a JSON input like {"cpvCodes": ["72"], "regions": ["London"]}.

Do you have tenders from other countries?

Yes, German Public Tenders covers Germany, Austria and other EU countries from the official EU database TED.

I found a problem or need another field

Please open an issue on the Issues tab. Issues are answered in writing.