121 construction tenders close on Find a Tender 9 to 22 October, with £431m in single contracts

Public-sector buyers have 121 construction works tenders closing on Find a Tender between 9 and 22 October 2026, with the 105 single contracts that carry an estimate valued at £431.0 million in total, according to Cabinet Office open data.

The notices come from 99 buyers. Fifty-four of the deadlines fall in the first week, 9 to 15 October, and 67 in the second, 16 to 22 October.

A further 11 tenders are for framework agreements or dynamic purchasing systems. Their estimated values are ceilings rather than contract values and are not included in the £431.0 million total.

By place of work, Wales has the most tenders closing in the fortnight, with 23.

The largest tenders

The biggest opportunity by estimated value is Response Maintenance and Improvement Works from Northern Ireland Housing Executive, at £95,931,041 excluding VAT. The notice, published on 11 September, uses an open procedure and closes on 12 October at 15:00.

According to the notice, the contracts will cover responsive maintenance, emergency repairs, void property works, civil engineering, asbestos services, fire safety works and associated inspections across the Housing Executive's properties in the relevant region. The successful supplier or suppliers will provide a 24/7/365 responsive repairs service.

Second is the Barbican Renewal Programme - MEP Programme from The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, estimated at £50,000,000 excluding VAT. The trade contract package covers mechanical, electrical and public health strip-out and renewal works at the occupied Barbican Centre, the notice says, and is being run under a competitive flexible procedure. Requests to participate are due by 12 October at 12:00.

The same buyer has a separate Barbican Renewal Programme - Demolition and Structures package, estimated at £16,000,000, closing on 19 October at 12:00.

Derbyshire County Council's PLACE1134H Surface Dressing and Ancillary Works, estimated at £40,000,000 excluding VAT, has the earliest of the large deadlines, closing at 11:00 on 9 October. The council is seeking a contractor to deliver a programme of highways surface dressing across the county's rural and urban road network, covering labour, plant, materials, equipment and supervision, according to the notice. The procedure is open.

Montrose Port Authority wants a contractor to design and build a new quay with associated hardstanding, utilities and dredging under Berths 9-10-11 Construction, Montrose Port. The contract is estimated at £35,000,000 excluding VAT and the restricted procedure closes on 16 October at 12:00.

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited's ITT for the Provision of Repairs Services Tender, valued at £32,197,500 including VAT, also closes on 16 October at 12:00. The notice lists day-to-day responsive repairs to occupied properties, empty homes refurbishment to the landlord's enhanced lettable standard, out-of-hours emergency repairs for a limited number of specialist trades and compliance-related works.

Other opportunities in the table below include Basildon Station Platform Replacements (1&2) GRIP 5-8 2026 from C2C Railway Limited, estimated at £20,000,000 and closing on 20 October, and Wirral Council's £20,000,000 Development Opportunity: Seaview Road - Site of former Liscard Municipal Buildings and Adjacent Carpark, which closes on 22 October at 10:00.

The British Museum Round Reading Room Roof Oculus Works, at £9,000,000, closes on 19 October at 13:00.

Largest construction works tenders closing 9 to 22 October 2026

Deadline	Opportunity	Buyer	Estimated value	Place of work
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
19 October 2026, 12:00	Barbican Renewal Programme - Demolition and Structures	The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London	£16,000,000	London
19 October 2026, 13:00	British Museum Round Reading Room Roof Oculus Works	British Museum	£9,000,000	London
20 October 2026, 10:00	Basildon Station Platform Replacements (1&2) GRIP 5-8 2026	C2C Railway Limited	£20,000,000	More than one region
22 October 2026, 10:00	Development Opportunity: Seaview Road - Site of former Liscard Municipal Buildings and Adjacent Carpark	Wirral Council	£20,000,000	North West

How the figures were compiled

The figures come from tender notices published on Find a Tender, the UK government's procurement notice service, read from its open contracting data feed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 as it stood on 8 October 2026. They count open notices classified by the buyer under division 45 of the Common Procurement Vocabulary, construction work, with a deadline for tenders or requests to participate between 9 and 22 October 2026, taking each tender at its latest notice. Only notices published or updated since 18 August 2026 were read, so older tenders not updated since then are left out, and estimated values are the buyers' own, excluding VAT where the notice gives that figure. Deadlines can change, so check the notice itself before relying on a date.