UK Government Tender Notices for August 2021

UK Public Procurement Notices for August 2021 contain Find a Tender notices published daily. The dataset is provided by the Crown Commercial Service. The notices were last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Extract contract award values and supplier names from XML notice text to analyze government spending.
• Classify procurement notices by sector using keywords from the published description fields.
• Track publication dates and deadlines to model the frequency and timing of tender releases.
• Parse notice identifiers and organization names to map relationships between government bodies and contractors.

Strengths

• Notices are published daily, providing granular temporal data.
• Data is structured according to the official Find a Tender XML schema.

Limitations

• The dataset covers only one month (August 2021), limiting longitudinal analysis.
• Sample size and specific row counts are unknown.
• Data is provided in raw XML, requiring parsing for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Crown Commercial Service via the Find a Tender service.

Collection Method

Official publication of government procurement notices.

Time Range

August 2021

Freshness

Platform record updated April 2026, but core data is from August 2021.

Geography

United Kingdom