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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

    Preliminary Market Engagement: Storage and Distribution of Medicinal Products, Consumables and Equipment for use in a Health Emergency

    Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 21 Sept 2026 · Est. £1 · Storage services · Published 7 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    ANDBC Preliminary Market Engagement Exercise - Appointment of an Operating Partner for a Creative Innovation Hub in Holywood, Co.Down

    Ards and North Down Borough Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 18 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Information technology services · Published 7 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Sphygmomanometer(s) and BP Cuffs for Use With Electronic Monitoring Devices

    Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 5 Oct 2026 · Est. £5.9m · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Published 4 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire - Intubating Devices

    Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 5 Oct 2026 · Est. £2.2m · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Published 4 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Pre-Market Engagement Exercise relating to Food and Drink Programme 2027-2029

    Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 22 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Catering services · Published 1 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement For Defibrillators and Associated Equipment

    Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 1 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Published 27 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement: Prescription Processing and Validation Solution

    Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 2 Sept 2026 · Est. £1 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Published 26 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement For Medical Fridges, Freezers and Associated Equipment

    Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 16 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Published 26 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    ***PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT EXERCISE***FOR TENDER Bid Writing Framework REF 2627 TNDR CP 002 PME

    Fermanagh and Omagh District Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 8 Sept 2026 · Est. £120k · Business and management consultancy and related services · Published 26 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement For Infusion Pumps, Syringe Pumps, Ambulatory Pumps, Subcutaneous, Administration and Gravity Sets and Associated Equipment

    Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 4 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Published 26 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Inpatient Parenteral Nutrition Products

    Procurement and Logistics Service · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 8 Sept 2026 · Est. £16.5m · Parenteral nutrition products · Published 25 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Provision of Human Resources, Payroll and Finance Solutions and Associated Services

    Northern Ireland Assembly Commission · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 7 Sept 2026 · Est. £3m · Financial analysis and accounting software package · Published 25 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Pre Market Engagement Exercise relating to the procurement of PPM and RM 04 - Boiler Plant and Combustion Systems

    Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 14 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Radiators and boilers · Published 21 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire - Patient Diagnostic and Monitoring Electrodes

    Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 21 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Published 21 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire - Pessaries

    Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 21 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Published 20 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Pre-Market Engagement - Service for the Collection, Transportation and Recovery of Waste Wood from Council Household Recycling Centres

    Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council · No tender date given yet · Value not stated · Wood waste · Published 19 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement for Healthcare Waste

    Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 14 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · Collection, transport and disposal of hospital waste · Published 18 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire for Cochlear Implants and Accessories

    Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Services · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 1 Sept 2026 · Est. £20.7m · Cochlear implant · Published 18 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement for Non-Emergency Ambulance Patient Transport Service

    Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 2 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Ambulance services · Published 18 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Pre Market Engagement Exercise relating to the procurement of PPM and RM 08 - Emergency Lighting Systems

    Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 4 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Emergency lighting equipment · Published 14 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Automated Immunohaematology System

    Regional Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 10 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Analysers · Published 13 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement for Consumables for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and Adaptive Support Ventilation (ASV) Machines

    Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Services · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 25 Aug 2026 · Value not stated · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Published 11 Aug 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Instrumentation, Control & Automation (ICA)

    NI Water and its subsidiaries · No tender date given yet · Engagement closes 30 Sept 2026 · Value not stated · Instrumentation and control equipment · Published 11 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.