Reports
UK procurement reports & data
Data reports on the UK public procurement market, built from FastTender's live feed of UK and EU tenders and contract awards.
The State of UK Procurement
A live snapshot of the UK and EU public procurement market — active tenders, the busiest sectors, the spread across nations and the lifecycle stage of opportunities.
Read the reportProcurement data you can actually use
The UK public sector spends roughly £300 billion a year with external suppliers — about a third of all public spending. Our reports turn the live flow of tender and award notices into a clear picture of where that money is going, so you can target the right sectors, nations and buyers.
Built from live notices
The figures are drawn directly from the official feeds — Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and the EU's TED — plus contract award notices, refreshed continuously rather than published once a year.
Active, not historical
Where a report says 'active', it means opportunities open right now. That makes the data a planning tool for where to focus this quarter, not a retrospective of last year.
Sector, nation and lifecycle
We break the market down by CPV sector, UK nation and Procurement Act lifecycle stage, so you can see not just what's being bought, but how early in the process it is.
Frequently asked questions
Where does the data come from?+
Every figure is built from the official UK and EU procurement feeds — Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and Tenders Electronic Daily — together with published contract award notices. We aggregate and classify them; we don't estimate.
How often is it updated?+
The State of UK Procurement report reads live and refreshes hourly, so the active counts reflect the market as it is now rather than a fixed point in time.
Can I use these figures in my own reports?+
Yes — the headline figures are public market data drawn from official open-contracting sources. We'd ask you to credit FastTender as the source and link back to the report.
Do you offer deeper or custom data?+
The live reports cover the whole market. For company-specific intelligence — who's winning what, buyer spend and your own competitor landscape — that's built into the FastTender app rather than these public reports.
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