UK Government Tender Notices for December 2024

December 2024 records detail all public procurement opportunities published through the UK's Find a Tender service. The dataset is provided by the Crown Commercial Service and was last updated in April 2026. Each daily file contains notices in XML format.

Use Cases

• Extract contract values and procurement categories from XML notice fields to analyze monthly government spending.
• Parse contracting authority names and publication dates to model tender announcement frequencies across organizations.
• Analyze text from notice descriptions to classify procurement types using natural language processing.

Strengths

• Data covers a full calendar month (December 2024) of national procurement activity.
• Notices are structured using a defined XML schema available from the official source.

Limitations

• Dataset is limited to a single month, preventing longitudinal trend analysis.
• Core metrics like row count, file size, and specific XML field details are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Crown Commercial Service via the UK Find a Tender service.

Collection Method

Official publication of legally required procurement notices.

Time Range

December 2024

Freshness

Data reflects December 2024 events; metadata was updated in April 2026.

Geography

United Kingdom