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Public tenders in East of England
From Cambridge's research economy to coastal district councils, the East of England publishes a broad mix of professional services, works and FM opportunities.
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.
£21.7bn+
stated value tracked
65
smaller / council-portal
40 authorities in East of England 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 of England:
St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow | Main Contractor for Internal Reordering Project
PCC of Dunmow St Marys · £500,000 · closes 4 Sept · Contracts Finder
Strong fit · 8/10Example score - once we know your business, East of England 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.
EHRC 2627-17 Wales Equality Objective Research
Equality and Human Rights Commission · £20,000 · closes 2 Sept · Find a Tender
Provision of Right to Buy Valuations Services for Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Great Yarmouth Borough Council · closes 2 Sept · Find a Tender
Littlehampton Museum Options Appraisal Consultant
Littlehampton Town Council · £7,000 · closes 10 Aug · Find a Tender
Replacement Cremator Equipment for GYBC Crematorium
Great Yarmouth Borough Council · closes 17 Sept · Find a Tender
ITT for Hot Cell
MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED · £300,000 · 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 of England
Open now, deadline within three weeks - soonest first. Miss the date and you miss the contract.
- 1 day
Supply of alcoholic drinks and related items
Ipswich Borough Council · Find a Tender
- 1 day
Step Up To Social Work Cohort 10 Emerging Talent Contractor
Department for Education · Find a Tender
- 2 days
EEAST - Chemical, Biological, Radioactive and Nuclear Protection Suits and Gas-Tight Suits and Associated Products (26-T04a)
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust · Find a Tender
- 2 days
North Northamptonshire Local Plan - Habitats Regulations Assessment
North Northamptonshire Council · Find a Tender
- 2 days
Security Gate Maintenance
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire · Find a Tender
- 2 days
North Norfolk District Council - Refurbishment of Rocket House, Cromer
North Norfolk District Council · Find a Tender
Add your business and BidSquirrel tracks every East of England deadline for you, flags the ones that fit, and helps you win them - free to start.
How East of England buys, and who buys
The East of England is a broad mix - from Cambridge's research and university economy through to coastal district councils - and the buying reflects that, spanning professional services, works and facilities-management opportunities. Several of the county councils here (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Peterborough among them) are member-owners of ESPO, so the region sits close to one of the country's largest collaborative buying organisations.
Day-to-day council work is spread across individual authorities' portals, much of it on ProContract systems, with above-threshold contracts publishing on Find a Tender. For a supplier that means combining a watch on the national site with attention to the local portals and the ESPO frameworks that carry recurring supplies and services.
Public buyers concentrated here
Portals & frameworks that serve East of England
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 of England notices reach you in one place, not one portal at a time.
Guides for East of England bidders
New to bidding? Start with our free SME’s guide to winning public-sector contracts.
Browse East of England 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 of England buyers reward
Public buyers here often score social value at 10-30% of the marks. The priorities that recur across East of England:
- Local employment and skills - the single most-weighted theme in the region. Buyers reward jobs and apprenticeships for local residents, entry-level and 'first rung' roles, and employment for people facing barriers (long-term unemployed, care leavers, ex-offenders, people with disabilities). Essex explicitly names entry-level employment, local employment and employment of disadvantaged groups as its core priorities.
- Local economic growth and SME/local spend - keeping the public pound circulating in the local economy. Buyers want spend with local SMEs, VCSEs and social enterprises, local supply-chain commitments and prompt payment. Essex targets £0.25 of measurable social value for every £1 it spends over £100k, so 'what stays in the county' is scored, not just promised.
- Net zero and environment - a fast-rising, sometimes mandatory theme. NHS bodies across the region apply a minimum 10% net zero + social value weighting and require Carbon Reduction Plans; the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority is net zero for its own operations by 2030 and backs the region to 2050. Expect carbon reduction, low-emission delivery, waste/circular-economy and biodiversity asks.
Quick wins you can commit to
- Commit named local jobs, apprenticeships or work-experience placements you can actually staff - e.g. 'we will create one local apprenticeship and offer two work-experience weeks per year of the contract, recruited from within [the county]'. Local employment is the top-scored theme; a small, specific, deliverable number beats a vague pledge and maps directly onto a TOMs measure.
- Put a number on local and SME spend, and pay fast - e.g. 'at least X% of subcontract/materials spend with businesses based in [Essex/Suffolk/Norfolk], and 30-day (or faster) payment to our supply chain'. This feeds Essex-style 'social value per £1' targets and is easy to evidence with invoices.
- Offer a modest, costed environmental commitment as an SME - a short Carbon Reduction Plan (essential for any NHS work), switching to a low-emission vehicle or route-planning to cut mileage, cutting/segregating waste, or reducing packaging. Frame it as measurable (kg CO2e or £), not a slogan.
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 of England 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. 410 live tenders in East of England 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 of England tenders: common questions
Where are East of England public sector tenders advertised?
Above-threshold contracts in East of England are published on Find a Tender, while below-threshold and council work is spread across ESPO frameworks, council ProContract portals, Find a Tender. BidSquirrel watches these major sources and brings East of England notices into one feed, each scored to your business.
How do I find low-value council work in East of England?
Much of the low-value local-authority work in East of England 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 of England tenders to my business?
Yes. BidSquirrel scores live East of England 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.