UK Public Sector Contract & Tender Intelligence 🇬🇧

Find open UK government tenders to bid on, or track who wins public-sector contracts — straight from Contracts Finder's official OCDS data. No API key, no proxy.

Two high-value angles on UK public procurement:

• 🎯 Opportunities — open tenders you can still bid on: title, buyer, value, bid deadline, category (CPV), region and a direct link. Lead generation for any business selling to the public sector.
• 🏆 Awards — who won which contracts, for how much, from which buyer. Track a competitor's wins, size a market, or map public spending.

Perfect for bid/tender teams, sales & business development, competitor intelligence, market research, and public-spending analysis.

Uses the official Contracts Finder OCDS API — public procurement data, no key, very low maintenance.

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Modes

• Opportunities — open tenders (stage: tender).
• Awards — awarded contracts with supplier + value (stage: award).
• Planning — early pipeline notices.

Features

• ✅ No API key, no proxy — official OCDS API.
• ✅ Bid deadlines — never miss a tender close date.
• ✅ Competitor tracking — filter awards by supplier name.
• ✅ Smart filters — keyword, buyer, CPV category, value range, date range.
• ✅ Direct links — every notice links back to Contracts Finder.

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Input

Field	Description
Mode	opportunities / awards / planning.
Keyword	Search notice text (e.g. software, cleaning, construction).
Published from / to	Date range (YYYY-MM-DD).
Buyer contains	Filter by public body (e.g. NHS, County Council).
Supplier contains	Track a supplier/competitor's wins (awards mode).
CPV code prefix	Category filter, e.g. 48 (software), 45 (construction), 85 (health).
Min / Max value (GBP)	Contract value range.
Max results	Cap on notices.

Example — open software tenders over £50k

{
  "mode": "opportunities",
  "keyword": "software",
  "minValue": 50000
}

Example — track a competitor's contract wins

{
  "mode": "awards",
  "supplierContains": "Capita",
  "publishedFrom": "2025-01-01"
}

Example — all NHS awards this quarter

{
  "mode": "awards",
  "buyerContains": "NHS",
  "publishedFrom": "2026-04-01"
}

Output

{
  "ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-…",
  "stage": "tender",
  "title": "Property Services Framework",
  "buyer": "Ongo Homes",
  "value_amount": 8472397.64,
  "value_currency": "GBP",
  "cpv_code": "70330000",
  "cpv_description": "Residential property services",
  "region": "DN15 …",
  "status": "active",
  "published_date": "2026-07-17T…",
  "deadline": "2026-08-17T12:00:00+01:00",
  "suppliers": [],
  "award_amount": null,
  "url": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/…"
}

Awards populate suppliers, award_amount and award_date.

Run it on a schedule

Run daily with publishedFrom = yesterday to get a fresh feed of new tenders (or new awards for a competitor) — pipe to Slack, email, a CRM or a webhook so your bid team never misses one.

Notes & limitations

• Official Contracts Finder OCDS data (England-wide public sector; other UK nations have their own portals).
• Keyword search matches the full notice text (title, description, category), not only the title.
• A single contract (OCID) can have multiple release notices (amendments).
• Data source: Contracts Finder (Crown Commercial Service). Informational, not legal advice.

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Keywords

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