UK Government Tender Notices for October 2023

UK Public Procurement Notices for October 2023 contain Find a Tender notices published daily. The dataset is provided by the Crown Commercial Service and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Extract contracting_authority and contract_value fields to analyze government spending distribution across sectors.
• Classify notice_type (e.g., contract award, prior information) using text from the XML notices for market monitoring.
• Parse publication_date and deadline fields to model procurement process timelines and seasonal trends.
• Identify cpv_codes (Common Procurement Vocabulary) from notice text to track demand for specific product or service categories.

Strengths

• Notices are published daily, providing high temporal granularity for October 2023.
• Data originates from the authoritative UK government Find a Tender service.

Limitations

• The dataset covers only one month, limiting longitudinal analysis.
• Data is provided in raw XML format, requiring parsing and schema validation for use.
• Sample size and specific row count are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Crown Commercial Service via the UK Find a Tender service.

Collection Method

Official daily publication of procurement notices.

Time Range

October 2023

Freshness

Dataset metadata was last updated in April 2026, but the core data is from October 2023.

Geography

United Kingdom