Tender week in numbers — 1,857 notices, United Kingdom out front (w/e 21 May 2026)

Monitored portals published 1,857 tender notices in the week of 15 May 2026–21 May 2026 (up 43% week-on-week). United Kingdom led on volume with 522 notices — 28% of the week's flow. The largest disclosed value was £120bn — a framework ceiling, not a single award — for Construction Works and Associated Services 3 including ProCure24, from Crown Commercial Service.

Top markets this week

• United Kingdom — 522 notices (no baseline last week)
• Slovenia — 492 notices (no baseline last week)
• Croatia — 194 notices (no baseline last week)
• North Macedonia — 186 notices (vs 2 last week)
• New Zealand — 153 notices (vs 1 last week)
• Bosnia & Herzegovina — 88 notices (no baseline last week)
• Albania — 84 notices (vs 2 last week)
• United States — 55 notices (down 82% week-on-week)
• Bulgaria — 35 notices (no baseline last week)
• Serbia — 5 notices (no baseline last week)

Sector spotlight

Construction works (CPV 45) was the busiest classified sector with 184 notices. Sector figures below count tenders carrying at least one CPV code — 43% of this week's corpus.

• Construction works (CPV 45) — 184 notices
• Health & social work (CPV 85) — 89 notices
• Repair & maintenance services (CPV 50) — 82 notices
• Architecture & engineering services (CPV 71) — 65 notices
• Business & professional services (CPV 79) — 61 notices
• IT services (CPV 72) — 53 notices
• Environment & sanitation (CPV 90) — 37 notices
• Transport equipment (CPV 34) — 35 notices

Biggest contracts

Values are as disclosed by the buyer. Framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems publish ceiling values covering the full term and all call-offs — they are not single-award amounts.

• £120bn (framework ceiling) — Construction Works and Associated Services 3 including ProCure24 · Crown Commercial Service · United Kingdom
• £2.6bn (framework ceiling) — Apprenticeships and Education Services Framework · Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, trading as North of England NHS Commercial Procurement Collaborative ("NOE CPC") · United Kingdom
• £1.4bn — Custodial Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government · United Kingdom
• £1.3bn — Innovation Chain North · Great Places Housing Group Limited · United Kingdom
• 1.0bn ALL — “Ndertim i rrjetit të kanalizimeve të ujrave të ndotura dhe impjanti i pastrimit të qytetit Peshkopi, Bashkia Dibër” · Shoqëria Rajonale Ujësjellës Kanalizime Dibër SH.A · Albania
• £600m (framework ceiling) — Intermediate and Major Works Contractor Framework · Leeds City Council · United Kingdom
• £500m — Waste Disposal Strategy Post 2034 · Birmingham City Council · United Kingdom
• £500m — Homes England - Warwick Bar Phase 2 Digbeth, Birmingham - Development Partner · Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) · United Kingdom

Disclosed value by currency

45% of the week's notices disclosed an estimated value. Totals are per currency — we don't convert or sum across currencies.

• EUR — 441 notices totalling €740m (median €177k)
• GBP — 348 notices totalling £133bn (median £3.0m) — £120bn of that is a single framework ceiling
• ALL — 46 notices totalling 2.2bn ALL (median 6.0m ALL)

Closing in the next two weeks

The largest live opportunities with submission deadlines before 5 June 2026:

• £120bn — Construction Works and Associated Services 3 including ProCure24 · Crown Commercial Service · United Kingdom · closes 4 June 2026
• €5.0m — Denmark – Urban furniture – Rammeaftale om plante- og blomsterkummer (Genudbud) · Københavns Kommune - Teknik- og Miljøforvaltningen · European Union (TED) · closes 4 June 2026
• €1.5m — Italy – Refuse disposal and treatment – ACCORDO QUADRO - SERVIZI DI TRATTAMENTO/RECUPERO/SMALTIMENTO DEI MATERIALI RIVENIENTI DALLA RACCOLTA DIFFERENZIATA NEL TERRITORIO COMUNALE CODICI CER 15.01.01 – 15.01.02 – 15.01.06 – 15.01.07 – 16.01.03 – 17.09.04 – 20.01.01 – 20.01.02 – 20.01.38 – 20.01.39 – · Comune di Nardò · European Union (TED) · closes 3 June 2026
• €1.4m — Germany – Angiography supplies – Kardiologie_Angiologie_Kathetermessplatz HKLII · Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg A.ö.R. · European Union (TED) · closes 4 June 2026
• £250k — West Cliff Beach - Beach-based, food-led Leisure Club · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · United Kingdom · closes 4 June 2026

Most active buyers

• MINISTRSTVO ZA INFRASTRUKTURO, DIREKCIJA REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE ZA INFRASTRUKTURO — 27 notices
• Ministry of Education - School Infrastructure — 24 notices
• SPEKTER, poslovanje z nepremičninami in tehnično svetovanje, d.o.o. — 23 notices
• NUKLEARNA ELEKTRARNA KRŠKO d.o.o. — 14 notices
• Accident Compensation Corporation — 14 notices
• Bristol City Council — 13 notices
• DRUŽBA ZA AVTOCESTE V REPUBLIKI SLOVENIJI D.D. — 13 notices
• Leeds City Council — 11 notices

Methodology & caveats

Drawn from the DataMesh Consulting tender corpus: notices published 15 May 2026–21 May 2026 across our monitored public procurement portals, with portal navigation pages filtered out. Coverage this week: 100% of notices carry a country, 43% a CPV sector code, 45% a disclosed value — sector and value rankings reflect the classified subset, not the full corpus. Week-on-week comparisons use the preceding 7-day window. All numbers are reproducible from the public corpus.