UK Government Tender Notices for October 2022

October 2022 records from the UK's Find a Tender service detail government procurement opportunities. The dataset is published by the Crown Commercial Service and was last updated in April 2026. Data is provided in daily XML files.

Use Cases

• Analyze procurement trends by extracting contract values and publication dates from XML notice fields.
• Classify tender notices into sectors using categories or keywords found in the notice text.
• Identify contracting authorities and their procurement frequency from issuer metadata within the notices.
• Extract key requirements and deadlines for bids from structured sections of the tender documents.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative UK Crown Commercial Service.
• Provides a complete month of national procurement activity for October 2022.
• Notices are structured using a defined XML schema available from the source.

Limitations

• Dataset scope is limited to a single month, preventing longitudinal analysis.
• Specific data volume, row counts, and column details are unknown.
• The raw description provides no sample data for schema verification.

Provenance

Source

Crown Commercial Service via the UK Find a Tender service.

Collection Method

Official publication of procurement notices as required by law.

Time Range

October 2022

Freshness

Metadata was updated in April 2026, but the underlying data covers October 2022.

Geography

United Kingdom