UK Government Tender Notices for April 2026

UK Public Procurement Notices for April 2026 contain Find a Tender notices published daily. The dataset is provided by the Crown Commercial Service and was last updated on April 4, 2026. Each notice is stored in XML format with schemas available from the official website.

Use Cases

• Analyze procurement activity frequency and value by parsing notice publication dates and contract award amounts from the XML fields.
• Identify common contracting authorities and suppliers by extracting organization names and identifiers from the notice metadata.
• Track procurement categories and keywords by processing the subject and description fields within each tender notice.
• Monitor contract award timelines by comparing notice publication dates and contract start/end dates present in the data.

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from the authoritative UK government Find a Tender service.
• Notices are provided in a structured XML format with published schemas for validation.
• Covers a specific, recent month (April 2026), offering a focused temporal snapshot.

Limitations

• The dataset scope is limited to a single month, preventing longitudinal trend analysis.
• Specific data volume metrics like row count and file size are unknown.
• Data is provided only in XML format, requiring parsing tools and potentially limiting accessibility.

Provenance

Source

Crown Commercial Service via the UK Find a Tender service.

Collection Method

Official publication of government procurement notices.

Time Range

April 2026.

Freshness

Updated daily during the coverage period; data reflects notices published on April 4, 2026.

Geography

United Kingdom.