Sample digest · building trades
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 new supplier lists are open for applications. We also found 3 open contracts for you.
We read 1,834 public tender notices from the last 30 days. 25 of them matched your sectors, your regions and your contract size. We set aside 56 closed competitions that you cannot enter. These 6 are the ones we recommend you read.
These buyers are setting up new lists of approved suppliers. If you win a place, the buyer can invite you to quote for its work while the list runs. If you miss the deadline, you normally wait until the buyer sets the list up again.
| Buyer | Newcastle City Council |
| Area | Northumberland and Tyne and Wear |
| Value | £8,000,000 (total across all suppliers, whole arrangement) |
| Apply by | 14 Sept 2026 (4 days left) |
| How it works | Open to any supplier that can do the work. (Open procedure) |
| Places | 4 suppliers will be appointed |
A buyer is setting up a new framework. If you win a place, the buyer can invite you to quote for its work while the framework runs. If you miss the deadline, you normally wait until the buyer sets the framework up again.
Newcastle Council is choosing four contractors to supply and fit timber fencing. If you win a place, the buyer invites you to quote for the city's fencing work while the list runs.
| Buyer | Imperial War Museums |
| Area | North West England; South East England |
| 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 the detail. (Competitive flexible procedure) |
A buyer is setting up a new framework. If you win a place, the buyer can invite you to quote for its work while the framework runs. If you miss the deadline, you normally wait until the buyer sets the framework up again.
Imperial War Museums is choosing a panel of exhibition build contractors for three years. Lot 1 covers projects under two hundred thousand pounds. This stage is a questionnaire, not a full tender.
| Buyer | Holbeach Parish Council |
| Area | England |
| Value | No value stated |
| Apply by | 25 Sept 2026 (16 days left) |
| How it works | Open to any supplier that can do the work. (Open procedure) |
A buyer is setting up a new framework. If you win a place, the buyer can invite you to quote for its work while the framework runs. If you miss the deadline, you normally wait until the buyer sets the framework up again.
A parish council wants a wooden tractor building repaired, with materials included. The buyer has tagged the notice as a framework. It reads as one small job, states no value and runs to two lines.
| Buyer | Burnley Borough Council |
| Area | Lancashire |
| Value | £55,000 |
| Closes | 14 Sept 2026 (5 days left) |
| How it works | Open to any supplier that can do the work. (Below threshold - open competition) |
The buyer wants one empty house fully refurbished. The work covers pointing, gutters, sandblasting, re-roofing, a kitchen extension, plastering and rewiring. It runs for 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 any supplier that can do the work. (Below threshold - open competition) |
Two adjoining Crewe offices become one council headquarters. The work covers strip-out, new structural openings, partitions, fire doors, a kitchen, two boilers, decoration and electrics. Labour, plant and materials are included.
| Buyer | University of Salford |
| Area | Greater Manchester |
| Value | £75,000 |
| Closes | 18 Sept 2026 (8 days left) |
| How it works | Open to any supplier that can do the work. (Below threshold - open competition) |
The university is refurbishing one room as an accessibility showcase and 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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