UK Government Tender Notices for October 2024

UK Public Procurement Notices for October 2024 contain Find a Tender notices published daily. The dataset is provided by the Crown Commercial Service and was last updated in April 2026. Each file corresponds to notices published on a specific date.

Use Cases

• Extract contract values and procurement categories from notice XML to analyze monthly government spending.
• Parse contracting authority and supplier names to map government buyer-supplier networks.
• Analyze notice publication dates and deadlines to model procurement timelines and process efficiency.
• Identify CPV (Common Procurement Vocabulary) codes from notices to classify procurement by sector and product type.

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from the UK government's official Find a Tender service.
• Provides a complete month of procurement activity for October 2024.
• Notices are structured in XML with available schemas for validation.

Limitations

• Dataset is limited to a single month, preventing longitudinal or trend analysis.
• Sample size and specific row counts are unknown.
• Data is provided only in XML format, requiring parsing for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Crown Commercial Service via the Find a Tender service.

Collection Method

Official publication of contract notices as required by UK procurement regulations.

Time Range

October 2024

Freshness

Data reflects notices from October 2024; metadata was last updated in April 2026.

Geography

United Kingdom