UK Government Tender Notices for January 2024

January 2024 records from the UK's Find a Tender service, containing all public procurement notices published daily. The Crown Commercial Service provides this data in XML format, with schemas available from the official website. The dataset was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Extract contract values and procurement categories from XML notices to analyze monthly government spending trends.
• Parse organization names and tender titles to map the supplier landscape and identify frequent bidders.
• Analyze publication dates and notice types to model the procurement lifecycle and forecast future tender volumes.
• Use the structured XML fields for entity recognition on contracting authorities and awarded suppliers.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative UK government Find a Tender service.
• Covers a complete calendar month (January 2024) of national procurement activity.
• Provided in a structured, machine-readable XML format with available schemas.

Limitations

• The dataset's size, row count, and specific columns are unknown.
• Contains only one month of data, limiting longitudinal analysis.
• The XML format requires parsing, which adds complexity compared to tabular data.

Provenance

Source

Crown Commercial Service via the UK Find a Tender service.

Collection Method

Official daily publication of public procurement notices.

Time Range

January 2024

Freshness

Data reflects January 2024 notices, but the metadata was updated in April 2026.

Geography

United Kingdom