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Public tenders in East Midlands
The East Midlands' councils run much of their buying through the EastMids Tenders portal - a classic example of regional work that national-portal searches miss.
Open notices a firm like yours can bid for, pulled from major GB public-sector sources and refreshed daily. You only need the right ones.
£21.3bn+
stated value tracked
78
smaller / council-portal
10 authorities in East Midlands publish their smaller contracts (under £30k) on a portal we do not index yet, so they are not in this feed.
A taste of what's live
The most recently published open tenders naming East Midlands:
EHRC 2627-17 Wales Equality Objective Research
Equality and Human Rights Commission · £20,000 · closes 2 Sept · Find a Tender
Strong fit · 8/10Example score - once we know your business, East Midlands work like this is scored to your trade, scale and distance from base, with a written reason and a bid / no-bid call before you commit a day. The free gov portals just list it.
Littlehampton Museum Options Appraisal Consultant
Littlehampton Town Council · £7,000 · closes 10 Aug · Find a Tender
ITT for Hot Cell
MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED · £300,000 · Find a Tender
ENQ1347 - Ice Rink for Festive Derby
Derby City Council · £74,000 · closes 14 Aug · Find a Tender
199_27 Design and Technology Materials and Equipment
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO · £1,333,333 · closes 4 Sept · Find a Tender
286_27 Musical Instruments
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO · £833,333 · closes 4 Sept · Find a Tender
Example score shown for illustration. Your own matches are scored to your business once you add it - free, no card.
Closing soon in East Midlands
Open now, deadline within three weeks - soonest first. Miss the date and you miss the contract.
- 1 day
Step Up To Social Work Cohort 10 Emerging Talent Contractor
Department for Education · Find a Tender
- 1 day
Gates and Barriers Maintenance and Repairs
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire
- 1 day
Post Office Branch - Grafton Close
Post Office Limited · Find a Tender
- 2 days
Scaffolding
Broxtowe Borough Council · Find a Tender
- 2 days
Security Gate Maintenance
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire · Find a Tender
- 2 days
North Northamptonshire Local Plan - Habitats Regulations Assessment
North Northamptonshire Council · Find a Tender
Add your business and BidSquirrel tracks every East Midlands deadline for you, flags the ones that fit, and helps you win them - free to start.
How East Midlands buys, and who buys
The East Midlands runs much of its buying through EastMids Tenders, the regional e-tendering portal built on ProContract and used by councils across the region. It is a classic example of regional work that a national-portal search misses: a lot of the smaller and mid-sized council contracts live here as notices and quick quotes rather than on Find a Tender or Contracts Finder.
The region is also the home of ESPO, the council-owned Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, whose 120-plus frameworks cover everything from supplies to facilities services for the wider public sector. ESPO runs its own tender exercises through EastMids Tenders too, so registering there gives a supplier sight of both the open council work and the framework opportunities.
Public buyers concentrated here
Portals & frameworks that serve East Midlands
The smallest work often never reaches a national portal at all, living instead as invitation-only quick quotes on the regional systems. We watch every source so East Midlands notices reach you in one place, not one portal at a time.
Guides for East Midlands bidders
New to bidding? Start with our free SME’s guide to winning public-sector contracts.
Browse East Midlands tenders by industry
Narrow to your trade or service - each industry page covers how the work is bought, the buyers and frameworks, and what is live now.
Social value East Midlands buyers reward
Public buyers here often score social value at 10-30% of the marks. The priorities that recur across East Midlands:
- Net zero / carbon reduction - the regional headline priority. The East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA, live 2024, first mayor 2024) has committed the region to carbon neutral by 2050, puts clean energy at the heart of its Inclusive Growth agenda, and has approved the country's largest Local Area Energy Plan. Councils (Leicester's Climate Ready Leicester, Derby, Nottingham's own carbon-neutral push) reward carbon reduction, low-carbon delivery and environmental improvement.
- Local employment and skills / apprenticeships for local and disadvantaged people - the dominant theme in every council framework here. Derbyshire's TOMs lead on 'jobs' (local skills and employment, opportunities for disadvantaged people, employability of young people); Leicester routes suppliers to its Leicester Employment Hub; EMCCA frames this as inclusive growth. This is what a small supplier should lead with.
- Local and SME/VCSE spend - keeping the pound in the region. EMCCA explicitly commits to prioritise local suppliers, SMEs, VCSEs and social enterprises and to open contracts to SMEs via training/workshops/simplified processes; Nottinghamshire's Sustainable Procurement Policy asks 'for every GBP1 spent, what added value for the local community'; Derbyshire's 'growth' theme backs responsible regional business and local MSMEs/VCSEs. Anchor-institution / local supply-chain thinking runs through the region.
Quick wins you can commit to
- Lead with LOCAL employment and skills: commit to recruiting/training a named number of local people, take on or share an apprentice, or offer work-experience/interview slots via the Leicester Employment Hub or a local college - and quantify it (e.g. 'X local hires', 'X apprentice weeks'). This is the single theme every East Midlands buyer rewards.
- Make a concrete carbon/net-zero pledge proportionate to a small firm: switch delivery vehicles/routes, source materials locally to cut miles, cut packaging/waste, or set a simple emissions-reduction step with a date. It directly serves EMCCA's 2050 net-zero frame and council climate plans - and reads credibly from an SME.
- Show you keep the pound in the region: commit a stated share of sub-contract/supply spend to other East Midlands SMEs or VCSEs, pay the real Living Wage, and pay your own small suppliers promptly (30 days). This maps onto EMCCA's local-supplier priority and Derbyshire's 'Growth' theme.
On any live tender, BidSquirrel writes your social value in the buyer's own framework and scoring style, tuned to what they reward. See your matches free.
Or get the East Midlands tenders that fit you
BidSquirrel watches major GB sources daily and scores each tender against your business - trade, scale, distance from your base, eligibility. Pick one and it builds the full draft answer by answer from your own evidence, then stress-tests it against the criteria and hands it back to you with the facts to confirm. 380 live tenders in East Midlands right now; you only need the right ones.
And when it comes to the number, we help you price the bid to win - a costed build-up and the value-for-money case, the axis no SME rival covers.
See what you could winEast Midlands tenders: common questions
Where are East Midlands public sector tenders advertised?
Above-threshold contracts in East Midlands are published on Find a Tender, while below-threshold and council work is spread across EastMids Tenders (ProContract), ESPO frameworks, Find a Tender. BidSquirrel watches these major sources and brings East Midlands notices into one feed, each scored to your business.
How do I find low-value council work in East Midlands?
Much of the low-value local-authority work in East Midlands never reaches a national portal - it lives as invitation-only quick quotes on the regional council systems (typically ProContract). You have to be registered with your categories set, or use a tool like BidSquirrel that monitors the major sources for you.
Can BidSquirrel match East Midlands tenders to my business?
Yes. BidSquirrel scores live East Midlands tenders against your business, scale and location, gives a strong, fair or development verdict with the reasoning, and checks whether you are even eligible before you commit time to a bid.