123 construction tenders worth £817.7m close between 13 and 26 November

Contractors have 123 open construction works tenders to bid for over the next two weeks, with a combined estimated value of £817.7m, according to open contracting data published by the Cabinet Office through Find a Tender.

The opportunities come from 108 public-sector buyers and carry deadlines between 13 and 26 November 2026. Of those, 56 close in the first week, from 13 to 19 November, and 67 in the second, from 20 to 26 November.

The £817.7m total covers the 101 tenders that are for a single contract with an estimated value. Their buyers' estimates add up to £817,731,736. A further 17 tenders are for framework agreements or dynamic purchasing systems; their values are ceilings rather than contract estimates and are left out of the total.

The largest opportunities

The biggest single tender is from The Crown Estate, which is seeking a main works contractor for "SJM2 – Contractor Procurement – Main Works", estimated at £322m excluding VAT. Requests to participate are due by 17:00 on 19 November 2026 under a competitive flexible procedure.

The notice, published on 23 October, says the St James Market Phase 2 main works will run first under a Pre-Construction Services Agreement and then under an amended JCT Design and Build 2024 contract. The scheme includes a new office building of about 312,500 sq ft net internal area from basement level 2 to level 7, built around the retained Grade II listed Carlton Cinema, together with shell and core refurbishment of the cinema and retail shell and core space. The place of work is London.

Wiltshire Council has the second-largest tender, the "HE1076 Wiltshire Council Machine Surfacing Term Contract", estimated at £200m excluding VAT, with a deadline of 12:00 on 19 November. The council is using an open procedure. The notice describes term machine surfacing works with associated civils, road markings, cats' eyes, loop cutting and traffic management on the highway or other council land in Wiltshire.

Housing providers account for several of the next largest contracts. VIVID Housing Ltd wants two roofing contractors for its "Planned Roofing, Balconies/Walkways Replacement" programme across its housing stock, estimated at £56m excluding VAT and closing at 12:00 on 20 November.

Ipswich Borough Council is tendering a "Planned Maintenance Contract" estimated at £33.7m excluding VAT to upgrade, repair and maintain its 8,000 properties, with bids due at 11:00 on 25 November. Aster Group Limited is running a restricted procedure for "CP-401 - Aster Group External Decorations", classified as facade work and estimated at £31.5m excluding VAT, with a 23 November deadline. The notice describes Aster as a housing association operating across the south of England and London.

Where the work is

By place of work, the South East has the most tenders closing in the period, with 23. The table below lists the largest opportunities by deadline, including a £16m Interim Capital Programme for Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council closing on 13 November and a £12.3m contract for 55 homes at Godwinson Gate, Ormesby, from Bromford Flagship LiveWest Limited closing on 25 November.

Largest construction works tenders closing 13 to 26 November 2026

Deadline	Opportunity	Buyer	Estimated value	Place of work
13 November 2026, 15:00	Interim Capital Programme	Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	£16,000,000	West Midlands
19 November 2026, 12:00	HE1076 Wiltshire Council Machine Surfacing Term Contract	Wiltshire Council	£200,000,000	South West
19 November 2026, 13:00	Fit-out of Folca 2, Folkestone	The District Council of Folkestone and Hythe	£9,000,000	South East
19 November 2026, 17:00	SJM2 – Contractor Procurement – Main Works	The Crown Estate	£322,000,000	London
20 November 2026, 12:00	Planned Roofing, Balconies/Walkways Replacement	VIVID Housing Ltd	£56,000,000	South East
20 November 2026, 13:00	GH2011 Kitchen and Bathrooms Refurbishment	Golding Homes	£21,000,000	South East
21 November 2026, 12:00	The Harlington Refurbishment And Remodelling	Fleet Town Council	£10,000,000	More than one region
23 November 2026	CP-401 - Aster Group External Decorations	Aster Group Limited	£31,500,000	More than one region
23 November 2026, 12:00	The provision of Mechanical Services for Sutton Housing Partnership on Behalf of the London Borough of Sutton.	London Borough of Sutton	£12,000,000	London
23 November 2026	Provision of Decoration Works	Progress Housing Group Limited	£6,925,000	More than one region
25 November 2026, 11:00	Planned Maintenance Contract	Ipswich Borough Council	£33,700,000	East of England
25 November 2026, 12:00	Development of 55 Dwellings at Godwinson Gate, Barton Way, Ormesby	Bromford Flagship LiveWest Limited	£12,300,000	East of England

How the figures were compiled

The figures come from tender notices on Find a Tender, the UK government's procurement notice service, read from its open contracting data feed as it stood on 12 November 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 13 and 26 November 2026. Only notices published or updated since 18 August 2026 were read, so older tenders not updated since then are not included. Values are the buyers' own estimates, excluding VAT where the notice gives that figure, and deadlines can change, so bidders should check the notice itself.