Construction tenders & contracts
Live UK public sector opportunities in construction & trades, collected daily from Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales.
The UK public sector published 54,020 recorded construction & trades awards over the last five years, worth a recorded £235bn across 2,306 public buyers. 470 opportunities are open for bids today, and 30% of the last year's awards ran through a framework or DPS. 7,418 recorded contracts in this market end within the next 12 months.Recorded by BidSkim from published notices. Recorded means published, every figure is a floor. Updated 26 Aug 2026.
Open opportunities
largest of 470 open nowFrameworks & DPS in this market
establishment competitions, listed separatelyWho wins this work
top suppliers by recorded wins · 5 yearsWho buys it
top buyers by recorded awarded value · 5 yearsAwards by year
recorded awards per yearRecent awards
latest recorded awards, 12 monthsConstruction & Trades procurement, answered
computed from published noticesHow many construction & trades contracts are open right now?
470 construction & trades opportunities are open for bids across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales as of 26 Aug 2026. New notices arrive daily; a free scan matches them against your business.
Who buys construction & trades services in the UK public sector?
2,306 public buyers awarded recorded construction & trades contracts in the last five years. The largest by recorded value are Highways England, Ministry of Defence, UK Atomic Energy Authority.
Which construction & trades frameworks and DPS are open in the UK?
211 framework and DPS routes are currently advertised for construction & trades work, including Southern Construction Framework (SCF-6) and Construction and Development DPS. BidSkim badges framework and DPS routes in your matched feed and flags the ones you can still join.
How many construction & trades contracts are coming up for renewal?
7,418 recorded contracts in this market carry an end date within the next 12 months, worth a combined £17bn where a value was published. Renewal timing signals, incumbents and predicted return windows are part of BidSkim Predict.
Market snapshot
26 Aug 2026- Recorded awards, 5 years
- 54,020
- Recorded value, 5 years
- £235bn
- Buyers active, 5 years
- 2,306
- Ending within 12 months
- 7,418
- Via framework or DPS, 12m
- 30%
Trades in this market
narrower viewsOther markets
browseAbout this data. Built from published notices on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, classified by CPV code and entity-resolved by BidSkim. Framework and DPS establishment notices are listed separately, excluded from open-opportunity counts, and value totals exclude framework ceilings and implausible outliers. Last updated 26 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.