UK Government Tender Notices for April 2024

April 2024 notices published through the UK's Find a Tender service. The dataset contains official procurement announcements in XML format, provided by the Crown Commercial Service. Data was last updated in the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Classify notice types (e.g., contract award, prior information) using XML tags and textual content.
• Extract key entities like contracting authorities, contract values, and deadlines from the structured XML notices.
• Analyze temporal patterns in tender publication dates and deadlines within the April 2024 period.
• Model text similarity between tender descriptions to identify related procurement opportunities.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative UK government Find a Tender service.
• Notices are provided in a structured XML format with published schemas.
• Covers a specific, complete calendar month (April 2024) of procurement activity.

Limitations

• Sample size and row count for the month are unknown.
• Limited to a single month, preventing longitudinal trend analysis.
• Data is provided only in XML format, requiring parsing for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Crown Commercial Service via the UK Find a Tender service.

Collection Method

Official publication of procurement notices as required by UK regulation.

Time Range

April 2024

Freshness

Data reflects notices from April 2024; platform record was updated in April 2026.

Geography

United Kingdom