120 public construction works tenders close 5 to 18 October 2026, with £600.9m estimated on 106

Public-sector buyers have 120 open construction works tenders closing on Find a Tender between 5 October 2026 and 18 October 2026, with estimates on 106 single contracts adding up to £600.9 million.

The notices come from 98 buyers, according to open contracting data published by the Cabinet Office.

Of the deadlines, 52 fall between 5 October 2026 and 11 October 2026, and 68 between 12 October 2026 and 18 October 2026.

The £600,912,818 total covers the 106 tenders that are for a single contract with an estimated value. A further 10 tenders are for framework agreements or dynamic purchasing systems. Their estimated values are ceilings and are not included in the total.

By place of work, Wales has the most tenders closing in the period, with 19.

The largest tender

The largest by estimated value is "Net Zero - Retrofit Works (Externals) - Design and Build" from Renfrewshire Council, estimated at £135.0 million excluding VAT. Tenders are due by 12:00 on 5 October 2026 under a restricted procedure.

The notice, published on 31 August 2026, describes a design and build contract for retrofit external works to wholly owned and mixed-tenure homes throughout Renfrewshire. It gives the primary objective as improving the energy efficiency and thermal performance of the housing stock.

Other notices in the period

Northern Ireland Housing Executive is seeking tenders for "Response Maintenance and Improvement Works", estimated at £95,931,041 excluding VAT, with a deadline of 15:00 on 12 October 2026. The notice says the contracts will cover responsive maintenance, emergency repairs, void property works, civil engineering, asbestos services and fire safety works across its properties in the relevant region.

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has set 12:00 on 5 October 2026 as the deadline for requests to participate in "WHC - Housing Maintenance Repairs", estimated at £80,000,000 excluding VAT. The notice covers responsive repairs and related services to the council's stock of about 9,500 properties, under a competitive flexible procedure.

The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London is seeking requests to participate by 12:00 on 12 October 2026 for "Barbican Renewal Programme - MEP Programme", estimated at £50,000,000 excluding VAT. The trade contract package comprises mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) strip-out and renewal works at the existing, occupied Barbican Centre, according to the notice.

Derbyshire County Council's "PLACE1134H Surface Dressing and Ancillary Works" is estimated at £40,000,000 excluding VAT, with tenders due by 11:00 on 9 October 2026 under an open procedure. The notice describes a programme of highways surface dressing across the county's rural and urban road network.

The table below lists the largest tenders closing in the period.

Largest construction works tenders closing 5 to 18 October 2026

Deadline	Opportunity	Buyer	Estimated value	Place of work
5 October 2026, 12:00	Net Zero - Retrofit Works (Externals) - Design and Build	Renfrewshire Council	£135,000,000	Scotland
5 October 2026, 12:00	WHC - Housing Maintenance Repairs	Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council	£80,000,000	East of England
5 October 2026, 17:00	Peacock Centre & Pipewell Avenue, Gorton, Manchester	Clarion Housing Property Development Service Limited	£16,200,000	North West
8 October 2026, 12:00	Flood Alleviation Works at Germany Beck	City of York Council	£6,540,000	Yorkshire and the Humber
9 October 2026, 11:00	PLACE1134H Surface Dressing and Ancillary Works	Derbyshire County Council	£40,000,000	East Midlands
12 October 2026, 12:00	Barbican Renewal Programme - MEP Programme	The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London	£50,000,000	London
12 October 2026, 12:00	Units 1-5, Centennial Park, Airspeed Road, Portsmouth	Glasgow City Council (as administering authority for the Strathclyde Pension Fund)	£8,000,000	South East
12 October 2026, 15:00	Response Maintenance and Improvement Works	Northern Ireland Housing Executive	£95,931,041	Northern Ireland
14 October 2026	MEP Tender Notice	Courtauld Institute of ART	£9,000,000	London
16 October 2026, 12:00	Berths 9-10-11 Construction, Montrose Port	Montrose Port Authority	£35,000,000	Scotland
16 October 2026, 12:00	ITT for the Provision of Repairs Services Tender	Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited	£32,197,500	North West
16 October 2026, 12:00	HAR6071 Brunton Wharf Main Works	Tower Hamlets	£15,809,000	London

How the figures were compiled

The figures come from tender notices on Find a Tender, read from its open contracting data feed, published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0, as it stood on 4 October 2026. They count open notices that the buyer classified under division 45 of the Common Procurement Vocabulary (construction work), with a deadline for tenders or requests to participate between 5 October 2026 and 18 October 2026. Only notices published or updated since 18 August 2026 were read, so a tender advertised earlier and not updated since is not included. Estimated values are the buyers' own, excluding VAT where the notice gives that figure and otherwise including VAT, and deadlines can change, so check the notice itself before relying on a date.