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Frameworks being set up, and open jobs worth a look. Generated on 9 September 2026. It went to nobody: this is the email the code produces, with the same wording, order and links a subscriber would get.
Wednesday 9 September
3 doors are opening, and there are also 3 contracts worth a look.
We read 1,834 public tender notices from the last 30 days. 25 were in your sectors, your patch and your size, and we set aside 56 closed competitions you could not have entered. These 6 are the ones worth your evening.
This is the part nobody else emails you. These buyers are setting up lists of approved suppliers. Win a place and you are asked to quote for that buyer's work for as long as the list runs. Miss it and you usually wait until it is re-tendered.
| Buyer | Newcastle City Council |
| Value | £8,000,000 (total across all suppliers, whole arrangement) |
| Apply by | 14 Sept 2026 (4 days left) |
| How it works | Open to anyone who can do the work (Open procedure) |
| Places | 4 suppliers will be appointed |
A new framework is being set up. Win a place and you can be asked to quote for this buyer's work for the life of the framework. Miss it and you are usually locked out until it is re-tendered.
Newcastle Council is picking four contractors to supply and fit timber fencing. Win a place and you are invited to quote for the city's fencing work for the life of the framework.
| Buyer | Imperial War Museums |
| Value | £3,000,000 (total across all suppliers, whole arrangement) |
| Apply by | 23 Sept 2026 (13 days left) |
| How it works | The buyer sets its own stages; read the notice for how it runs (Competitive flexible procedure) |
A new framework is being set up. Win a place and you can be asked to quote for this buyer's work for the life of the framework. Miss it and you are usually locked out until it is re-tendered.
Imperial War Museums is picking a panel of exhibition build contractors for three years. Lot 1 covers projects under two hundred thousand pounds. This stage is a questionnaire only, not a full tender.
| Buyer | Holbeach Parish Council |
| Value | No value stated |
| Apply by | 25 Sept 2026 (16 days left) |
| How it works | Open to anyone who can do the work (Open procedure) |
A new framework is being set up. Win a place and you can be asked to quote for this buyer's work for the life of the framework. Miss it and you are usually locked out until it is re-tendered.
A parish council wants a wooden tractor building repaired, materials included. The notice is tagged as a framework but reads as one small job, states no value, and is two lines long.
| Buyer | Burnley Borough Council |
| Value | £55,000 |
| Closes | 14 Sept 2026 (5 days left) |
| How it works | Open to anyone who can do the work (Below threshold - open competition) |
Full refurbishment of one empty house: pointing, gutters, sandblasting, re-roofing, kitchen extension, plastering and rewiring. Twelve weeks from mid-September. A principal designer is already appointed.
| Buyer | Crewe Town Council |
| Value | £80,000 |
| Closes | 16 Sept 2026 (6 days left) |
| How it works | Open to anyone who can do the work (Below threshold - open competition) |
Two adjoining Crewe offices knocked into one council headquarters: strip-out, new structural openings, partitions, fire doors, kitchen, two new boilers, decoration and electrics. Labour, plant and materials included.
| Buyer | University of Salford |
| Value | £75,000 |
| Closes | 18 Sept 2026 (8 days left) |
| How it works | Open to anyone who can do the work (Below threshold - open competition) |
Refurbishing one room in a university building as an accessibility showcase, fitting a range of access technologies. Full details are only on the university's tender portal.
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Newcastle City Council appointing four fencing contractors, Imperial War Museums building an exhibition panel, a parish council setting up for building repairs. None of those is a job you bid for today. Each is a list being opened. Most close again for years once the places are filled.
A framework’s stated value is the total across every supplier for the whole of its life, which is why the numbers look large. The digest says so on every line rather than letting you misread it.
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