National platform
Find a Tender (Central Digital Platform)
The official UK notice service: councils and NHS bodies publish most care tenders, reopenings and awards here, including NHS Provider Selection Regime notices.
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Where tenders are published, sector by sector.
The main places UK buyers advertise work in our four sectors, and where you register to bid. Use it to set up the right accounts and alerts before a deadline lands.
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Find a Tender
Find a Tender (also called the Central Digital Platform) is the government's free website for public sector procurement notices. Since the Procurement Act 2023 came into force on 24 February 2025, public buyers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland must publish notices for most new procurements there, above and below the main value thresholds, from early pipeline notices to contract awards; Scottish public bodies mainly use Public Contracts Scotland.
Open Find a Tender ↗Still worth a look
Contracts Finder
Contracts Finder has not been switched off, but procurements started on or after 24 February 2025 only need notices on Find a Tender, so it now mainly holds older procurements run under the previous rules (the Public Contracts Regulations 2015). Some buyers still cross-post there, so an occasional check does no harm.
Open Contracts Finder ↗Where you actually bid
Buyer portals
Find a Tender tells you an opportunity exists; the tender documents, clarification questions and your bid itself usually sit on the buyer's own e-procurement portal, such as ProContract, In-tend, Delta eSourcing, Atamis or Mercell. Each notice links to the right portal and registering is normally free, so set up accounts with the portals your target buyers use well before a deadline.
Search live tenders →12 places to know
Health and social care
Councils usually advertise care framework and dynamic purchasing system rounds (approved provider lists that reopen) on Find a Tender and run them on their own portal or Access Adam; NHS bodies mostly use Atamis, and a few councils (such as Leeds and Westminster) use Jaggaer portals.
Buyer portal
Atamis – Health Family eCommercial System
The NHS's main tendering system, used by the large majority of NHS organisations, including integrated care boards, plus some councils such as Bradford.
Free to register
Sector specific
Access Adam (SProc.Net)
Care commissioning platform that councils and NHS bodies, such as Derbyshire, Cornwall and NHS West Yorkshire, use for home care, care home and children's placements.
Check with the organisation
Buyer portal
ProContract (Proactis)
Hosts tender portals for many councils, including the North West's The Chest used for regional children's placement systems; one registration reaches over 400 organisations.
Free to register
Buyer portal
In-tend
Councils such as Hampshire, Warwickshire and Bedford each run an In-tend site; In-tend's Sell2UK single login covers hundreds of these portals.
Free to register
Buyer portal
Delta eSourcing
E-tendering system whose supplier database Delta says over 2,700 public sector buyers use to find providers; worth registering once and keeping your profile current.
Free to register
Buyer portal
Mercell (EU-Supply CTM)
Mercell's system, still called EU-Supply on many sites; used by councils such as Lambeth, Yorkshire's YORtender councils, NHS bodies and universities.
Free to register
Framework body
Scotland Excel
Buys on behalf of Scottish councils; its Care and Support Services flexible framework covers care at home and supported living, and admits new providers periodically.
Tenders are published free on Public Contracts Scotland
National platform
Public Contracts Scotland
Scotland's national portal, where Scottish councils and Scotland Excel advertise care contracts; many tenders are then run through its PCS-Tender system.
Free to register
National platform
Sell2Wales
The Welsh Government's procurement portal, still used by Welsh public bodies alongside Find a Tender; add your Find a Tender unique supplier ID to bid.
Free to register
National platform
eTendersNI
Northern Ireland's central tender portal, used by government departments, arm's-length bodies and the 11 councils for contracts above £30,000.
Free to register
Sector specific
Care England – tender and contract opportunities for adult social care
Care England's curated list of council and integrated care board opportunities for adult social care providers, compiled from OSCAR-Research data.
Free to view
12 places to know
Cleaning and facilities management
Schools and academies often buy cleaning through Department for Education-approved frameworks (CPC, ESPO, YPO, Procurement Services), so getting onto these matters as much as watching single council, NHS and university tenders.
National platform
Find a Tender (Central Digital Platform)
The official UK notice service; most cleaning and facilities management tenders from councils, NHS bodies and government departments must be published here.
Free to register
Framework body
Government Commercial Agency (formerly Crown Commercial Service) – RM6378 Facilities Management and Security Services
Crown Commercial Service became GCA in April 2026; its eight-year open framework (reopens to new suppliers) covers cleaning and facilities management for public buyers.
No joining fee; a small fee on sales made through it
Framework body
ESPO – Total Cleaning Service Solutions (263_25)
National framework for general, deep and specialist cleaning, open to councils, schools, NHS bodies and social landlords; initial term runs to December 2026.
Check with the organisation
Framework body
YPO – Building in Use Support Services DPS (879)
Department for Education-approved dynamic purchasing system (a supplier list open to new applicants throughout) for school cleaning, catering and security, running to February 2029.
Check with the organisation
Framework body
Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) – Building Cleaning
Education charity whose frameworks schools, academies, colleges and universities use; its Department for Education-approved Building Cleaning framework runs to May 2027.
Check with the organisation
Framework body
Procurement Services (Kent County Council) – Cleaning Services framework (Y23005)
Kent County Council's trading arm; its cleaning framework has lots for schools and for other public buildings, and runs until June 2027.
Free for public bodies to use
Framework body
Fusion21 – Workplace and Facilities Management framework
Framework provider for housing, education, health and public bodies; its facilities management framework has cleaning and security lots, plus a cleaning and washroom purchasing system.
Check with the organisation
Framework body
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS)
Runs NHS estates frameworks, such as hard facilities management, linen and laundry, and grounds maintenance; tenders appear on Find a Tender and SAP Ariba.
No joining fee; a small fee on sales made through it
Framework body
UK Universities Purchasing Consortia (UKUPC)
Partnership of eight higher and further education purchasing consortia, such as SUPC, LUPC and NWUPC, whose frameworks cover university cleaning, security and estates.
Check with the organisation
National platform
Public Contracts Scotland
Scotland's national portal, where Scottish public bodies advertise contracts, including cleaning and facilities management; set up free email alerts by category.
Free to register
National platform
Sell2Wales
The Welsh Government's procurement portal, still used by Welsh public bodies alongside Find a Tender; add your Find a Tender unique supplier ID to bid.
Free to register
National platform
eTendersNI
Northern Ireland's central tender portal, used by government departments, arm's-length bodies and the 11 councils for contracts above £30,000.
Free to register
12 places to know
Construction and maintenance
Much housing repair and public building work is called off from frameworks (LHC, Fusion21, PfH, Pagabo, GCA), so watch for framework reopenings and pipeline notices, not just single tenders, and keep any Constructionline or CHAS accreditation current.
National platform
Find a Tender (Central Digital Platform)
The official UK notice service; councils, NHS bodies, schools and other public buyers publish most works tenders, framework opportunities and pipeline notices here.
Free to register
Sector specific
Constructionline
A supplier database, not a tender portal: buyers use it to check contractors' pre-qualification, and members can search leads through its Marketplace tool.
Paid annual membership
Sector specific
CHAS
Health and safety accreditation owned by Veriforce, not a tender portal; accredited firms' profiles are visible to its 2,500-plus client organisations.
Paid annual membership
Framework body
LHC Procurement Group
Frameworks for building, refurbishing and maintaining social housing and public buildings, run regionally through LHC, NPA, SPA, SWPA and WPA.
Check with the organisation
Framework body
Fusion21
Frameworks for building maintenance, capital works, refurbishment, decarbonisation and building safety, used by housing, education, health and blue-light members.
Check with the organisation
Framework body
Pagabo
Runs national construction frameworks such as Medium Works (projects from £50k), where two-thirds of firms appointed last time were small or medium-sized.
Free for public bodies to use
Framework body
Procurement for Housing (PfH)
Housing-sector procurement body, partnered with the National Housing Federation, CIH and Housemark, whose frameworks cover responsive repairs, planned works, voids and compliance.
Check with the organisation
Framework body
Government Commercial Agency (formerly Crown Commercial Service) – Construction Works and Associated Services
Government's main construction framework (includes NHS ProCure 23), mostly for larger contractors; its successor, CWAS3/ProCure 24, is due to go live early 2027.
No joining fee; a small fee on sales made through it
Framework body
Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) – Minor Works DPS 2 and Crescent Construction
Education buying consortium; its Minor Works dynamic purchasing system gives schools and colleges access to contractors for refurbishment and building work.
Check with the organisation
National platform
Public Contracts Scotland
Scotland's national portal, where Scottish councils and public bodies advertise works and maintenance contracts; set up free email alerts by category.
Free to register
National platform
Sell2Wales
The Welsh Government's procurement portal, still used by Welsh public bodies alongside Find a Tender; add your Find a Tender unique supplier ID to bid.
Free to register
National platform
eTendersNI
Northern Ireland's central portal for supplies, services and construction, used by departments, the Education Authority and the 11 councils.
Free to register
11 places to know
Security services
Security is often bought inside wider facilities management contracts, so check the security lots on facilities frameworks (GCA, Fusion21) as well as standalone security frameworks and individual council tenders.
National platform
Find a Tender (Central Digital Platform)
The official UK notice service; councils, NHS bodies and government departments must publish most guarding, CCTV and security tenders here.
Free to register
Framework body
Government Commercial Agency (formerly Crown Commercial Service) – RM6378 Facilities Management and Security Services
Eight-year open framework (reopens to new suppliers); lots 4a to 4d cover total security, security officers, security systems and installation, and security advice.
No joining fee; a small fee on sales made through it
Framework body
ESPO – Security Services (347_26)
ESPO's replacement security framework, awarded in 2026, covering static and mobile guarding, key holding, lock and unlock, and waking watch.
Check with the organisation
Framework body
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) – Security Services, CCTV and Video Surveillance Systems
£125m framework launched in November 2024 for manned guarding, key holding, emergency response and CCTV, used by NHS trusts and other public bodies.
No joining fee; a small fee on sales made through it
Framework body
Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) – Security Staffing and Associated Services
Education framework, August 2024 to August 2027 (extendable), for manned guarding, mobile patrols, key holding and alarm response; universities also use it through NWUPC.
Check with the organisation
Framework body
Procurement Services (Kent County Council) – CCTV, Access Solutions and Security Services (Y24007)
Department for Education-approved framework, September 2025 to September 2029, open to all public bodies, covering CCTV, manned guarding, key holding and event security.
Check with the organisation
Framework body
Fusion21 – Workplace and Facilities Management framework
Its facilities management framework has a dedicated security services lot, used by housing, education, health and other public sector members.
Check with the organisation
Framework body
YPO – Building in Use Support Services DPS (879)
Department for Education-approved dynamic purchasing system (a supplier list open to new applicants throughout) that schools use for security, cleaning and catering.
Check with the organisation
National platform
Public Contracts Scotland
Scotland's national portal, where Scottish councils and public bodies advertise contracts, including security; set up free email alerts by category.
Free to register
National platform
Sell2Wales
The Welsh Government's procurement portal, still used by Welsh public bodies alongside Find a Tender; add your Find a Tender unique supplier ID to bid.
Free to register
National platform
eTendersNI
Northern Ireland's central tender portal, used by government departments, arm's-length bodies and the 11 councils for contracts above £30,000.
Free to register
These lists are a starting point, not a complete list. Names, links and fees change, so check with each organisation before you register. Last checked September 2026.
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