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UK tender pipeline and market engagement

Pipeline, preliminary market engagement and planned procurement notices: buyers telling the market what they intend to buy before the tender opens. You can't bid on these yet, but you can often join market engagement, register interest or get ready. From Find a Tender and Contracts Finder only.
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  1. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Employment support products for JCS

    Department for Work & Pensions · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 30 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · Software-related services · Published 18 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  2. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Homecare, Rapid Response and Reablement Services

    The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 17 Sept 2026 · Est. £4.9m · Health and social work services · Published 17 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  3. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Provision of Facilities Management & Associated Services

    THE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 31 Aug 2026 · Value not stated · Construction work for commercial buildings · Published 14 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  4. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Election Results System RFI

    BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 11 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Published 14 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  5. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    National Audit of Care at the End of Life (NACEL)

    Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership Ltd · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 16 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Health services · Published 14 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  6. Early engagement notice · not open for bids yet

    L7 Accountancy Modules Funding

    Department for Education · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 28 Aug 2026 · Value not stated · Adult-education services at university level · Published 14 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Contracts Finder ↗

  7. Pipeline notice (UK1) · not open for bids yet

    DDaT: Digital and Data: Solutions Factory

    Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · No tender date given yet · Est. £7.5m · IT software development services · Published 13 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  8. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Body Worn Cameras Service

    FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITED · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 25 Aug 2026 · Est. £1.3m · Security cameras · Published 12 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  9. Early engagement notice · not open for bids yet

    Clinical Decision Support & Medical Knowledge Platform

    Barts Health NHS Trust · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 21 Aug 2026 · Value not stated · Library services · Published 12 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Contracts Finder ↗

  10. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Rail Vehicle Electronics

    Transport for London · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 9 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment · Published 12 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  11. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Automatic Vehicle Inspection System

    Transport for London · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 28 Aug 2026 · Value not stated · Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts · Published 11 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  12. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Provision of a Fuel Finder Service

    Department for Energy Security & Net Zero · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 14 Aug 2026 · Est. £3m · Software-related services · Published 11 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  13. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Library Management System

    The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 25 Aug 2026 · Value not stated · Library software package · Published 11 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  14. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Communal Recycling Innovation Challenge 2026

    West London Waste Authority · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 10 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Published 11 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  15. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    ESFM: FM- Soft Facilities Management Services for BE in Brasilia

    Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · No tender date given yet · Est. £620k · Facilities management services · Published 10 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  16. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Building Works Specification Solution

    The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 24 Aug 2026 · Value not stated · Industry specific software package · Published 10 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  17. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Continuous Improvement Action Tracker software

    Department for Energy Security & Net Zero · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 24 Aug 2026 · Value not stated · Software package and information systems · Published 10 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  18. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Woolwich Ferry Linkspan Maintenance

    Transport for London · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 25 Aug 2026 · Value not stated · Access ramps · Published 10 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  19. Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) · not open for bids yet

    Records Management

    Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · No tender date given yet · Est. £1.5m · Document management services · Published 10 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

About this data

Tenders come from the UK government's Find a Tender and Contracts Finder services (OCDS feeds), refreshed twice a day. A tender counts as open until its stated deadline. Values are as stated by the buyer and are often estimates. Always check the official notice before bidding.

Early notices are releases tagged as planning on Find a Tender (UK1 pipeline, UK2 preliminary market engagement, UK3 planned procurement) and Contracts Finder (early engagement, future opportunity) whose tender has not opened yet. “Tender expected” is the future notice date the buyer gave; notices without one are shown for 60 days after publication. Buyers can change or drop plans, so dates are indicative. See also open tenders and contracts ending soon.