Before the tender

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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Last updated
6 Oct 2026

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

    Supply of Precast Concrete Shaft Segments

    SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED · Tender expected 1 Nov 2026 (in 27 days) · Engagement closes 10 Aug 2026 · Value not stated · Tanks, reservoirs, containers and pressure vessels · Published 8 Jul 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Fuel Cards

    London Ambulance Service NHS Trust · Tender expected 1 Nov 2026 (in 27 days) · Est. £5.3m · Diesel fuel · Published 14 Apr 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    The appointment of Internal Auditors

    First Garden Cities Homes · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 21 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · Internal audit services · Published 5 Oct 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    PME.PC2627/010. Mass Communication System

    Pembrokeshire College · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 20 Oct 2026 · Est. £80k · Building installation work · Published 5 Oct 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    London Borough of Newham Crisis Resilience Fund (CRF) Services

    London Borough of Newham · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 22 Oct 2026 · Est. £1.5m · Community action programme · Published 5 Oct 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Protective Security Services

    Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 9 Oct 2026 · Est. £1.7m · Public security services · Published 5 Oct 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Maternity and Neonatal Patient Reported Experience Measure (MatNeo PREM)

    NHS England · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 19 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · Survey analysis services · Published 2 Oct 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Independent Living Skills App for Young People

    Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 21 Oct 2026 · Est. £1 · Custom software development services · Published 2 Oct 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    UK4 - Care Leaver Covenant & Corporate Parenting Market Engagement Event Notice

    Department for Education · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 12 Oct 2026 · Est. £2.8m · Welfare services for children and young people · Published 2 Oct 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    715943473Project Ubiquity FPV and Training EOI

    Ministry of Defence · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Est. £3.1m · Unmanned aerial vehicles · Published 1 Oct 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Tameside Independent Advocacy Service

    Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 14 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · Health and social work services · Published 30 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  12. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Primary Surveillance Radar (LSI)

    Highlands and Islands Airports Limited · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 27 days) · Est. £4.5m · Radar surveillance equipment · Published 30 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    EOTIS Multi-Academy Trusts Market Engagement Event

    Hull City Council · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 13 Oct 2026 · Est. £860k · Education and training services · Published 29 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Health Insurance Brokerage Services

    Woven Housing Association Ltd · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 14 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · Insurance services · Published 29 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    GAMBLING HARMS REDUCTION PROGRAMME – GAMBLING BLOCKING PRODUCT

    Public Health Wales NHS Trust · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 13 Oct 2026 · Est. £100k · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Published 29 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Market Engagement Event - Framework for the Provision of Inclusion Services

    City & County of Swansea · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 19 Oct 2026 · Est. £6.5m · Secondary education services · Published 28 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Painting - External and Internal Communal Areas

    BELIEVE HOUSING LIMITED · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 12 Oct 2026 · Est. £2.8m · Roof-painting and other coating work · Published 28 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    CLI-FTS-63676 Women's and Children's Health Consumables

    NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 12 Oct 2026 · Est. £2.9m · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Published 28 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Maintenance Building Management System (BMS) for Maidstone Hospital 2027

    Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 30 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment · Published 28 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Language Translation Services

    The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 20 Oct 2026 · Est. £7.8m · Translation services · Published 28 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Fully Managed Redeployable Average Speed Road Safety Intelligence Service - Expression of Interest

    Milton Keynes City Council · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 16 Oct 2026 · Est. £80k · Traffic-monitoring equipment · Published 28 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Provision of Lift and Lifting Equipment Servicing, Maintenance and Reactive Repairs including Planned Installation and Refurbishments

    Amplius Living · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 31 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · Lifts, skip hoists, hoists, escalators and moving walkways · Published 25 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Synthetic Data Capability

    Financial Conduct Authority · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 12 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · Data-processing services · Published 21 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Certification for Fuel and Appliance Emissions Testing

    DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 12 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · Technical inspection and testing services · Published 18 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  25. Planned procurement notice (UK3) · not open for bids yet

    Staff & Visitor Cakes/Confectionary

    Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Est. £90k · Cakes · Published 18 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Electronic Patient Record System - Cloud Support and Maintenance

    Digital Health & Care Wales · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 1 Oct 2026 · Est. £1 · Software package and information systems · Published 17 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Return to Practice (Nursing and Midwifery) - Market Engagement Webinar

    NHS England · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 7 Oct 2026 · Est. £18m · Education and training services · Published 16 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Preliminary Market Engagement for Calibration and Repair of Audiology and New Born Hearing Screening Equipment [6724423]

    Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 1 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · Repair and maintenance services · Published 16 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Modern Fire Fighting Strategy - Phase 2 Urban Fire Fighting Training Provision

    London Fire Commissioner · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 5 Oct 2026 · Value not stated · Training facilities building · Published 14 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Healthy Ageing and Falls Prevention

    London Borough of Ealing Council · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 25 Sept 2026 · Est. £750k · Health and social work services · Published 14 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Health Cover Services

    West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 28 Sept 2026 · Est. £160k · Health insurance services · Published 14 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  32. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    SPS-11033 The Design and Build of Modular Accommodation at HMP Castle Huntly

    Scottish Prison Service · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 27 days) · Value not stated · Prefabricated constructions · Published 11 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Material Re-Processing Services - Dry Recycling

    Brentwood Borough Council · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 25 Sept 2026 · Est. £2.2m · Refuse and waste related services · Published 11 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Play Equipment Repairs and Remedial Works

    BROMFORD FLAGSHIP LIVEWEST LIMITED · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 10 Oct 2026 · Est. £100k · Swings · Published 11 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    All Wales Framework for the Provision of Foster Care Services for Children and Young People.

    Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 15 Oct 2026 · Est. £433.3m · Health and social work services · Published 11 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  36. Planned procurement notice (UK3) · not open for bids yet

    FE content platform

    JISC SERVICES LIMITED · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Value not stated · Software package and information systems · Published 11 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Construction Consultancy Framework; 2027 - 2031

    Gentoo Group · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 31 Oct 2026 · Est. £5m · Safety consultancy services · Published 9 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

  38. Planned procurement notice · not open for bids yet

    Scotland’s Circular Future Makers Programme

    Zero Waste Scotland Ltd · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 27 days) · Est. £80k · Environmental training services · Published 7 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    Social Media Monitoring Solution Agreement

    Financial Conduct Authority · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 21 Sept 2026 · Est. £1.3m · Information technology services · Published 7 Sept 2026

    CouncilIQ page · Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

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

    PAN3422 - Void Property Repair, Refurbishment & Associated Works

    Leicester City Council · Tender expected 2 Nov 2026 (in 28 days) · Engagement closes 28 Sept 2026 · Est. £17.3m · Refurbishment work · Published 3 Sept 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.