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Public tenders in North East
From combined-authority programmes to district council works, the North East publishes steady volumes across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and the regional ProContract portals.
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.
£19.2bn+
stated value tracked
33
smaller / council-portal
14 authorities in North East 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 North East:
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, North East 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.
HR & Payroll Software and Managed Payroll Services - Tyne Coast College
Tyne Coast College · £571,667 · closes 1 Sept · Find a Tender
Framework for Small and Cluster Supported Living Schemes
Stockton on Tees Borough Council · £12,000,000 · closes 7 Sept · Find a Tender
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
Tees Urban Nature Network (TUNN) Evaluation Partner
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council · £35,000 · closes 26 Aug · 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 North East
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
- 2 days
North Northamptonshire Local Plan - Habitats Regulations Assessment
North Northamptonshire Council · Find a Tender
- 2 days
NCC1759 Mental Health, Suicide Awareness and Mental Wellbeing training Provision
Northumberland County Council · Find a Tender
- 2 days
Theatre UPS Replacements
Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management · Find a Tender
- 2 days
Security Gate Maintenance
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire · Find a Tender
- 2 days
Framework for provision of Earthworks
Durham County Council · Find a Tender
Add your business and BidSquirrel tracks every North East deadline for you, flags the ones that fit, and helps you win them - free to start.
How North East buys, and who buys
The North East is unusually consolidated: the twelve local authorities buy collaboratively through NEPO, the North East Procurement Organisation, which now runs its tenders on the "Open" e-procurement platform. If you want the council work in this region, NEPO is the single most important place to be registered, with alerts switched on for your categories.
On top of open tenders, a large share of professional and specialist services is called off through NEPRO, delivered via Bloom Procurement Services, rather than advertised as one-off competitions. Combined-authority programmes and a busy set of NHS and housing buyers add further volume, so pairing the regional portal with the national sites gives the fullest view of what is live.
Public buyers concentrated here
Portals & frameworks that serve North East
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 North East notices reach you in one place, not one portal at a time.
Guides for North East bidders
New to bidding? Start with our free SME’s guide to winning public-sector contracts.
Browse North East 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 North East buyers reward
Public buyers here often score social value at 10-30% of the marks. The priorities that recur across North East:
- Local spend and community wealth building - the North East is one of the strongest 'keep the pound local' regions in England. Durham runs an explicit 'County Durham Pound' (money spent and retained in the county); Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Stockton and North Tyneside have Preston-style community wealth building programmes. Buyers reward local sub-contracting, local supply-chain spend and use of VCSE (voluntary, community and social enterprise) organisations. This is usually the single biggest social value theme in the region.
- Local employment, apprenticeships and skills - job creation for local residents, apprenticeship and training placements, work experience and targeted recruitment (care leavers, long-term unemployed, ex-forces). NEPO reports jobs and apprenticeships as its most-secured social value outcome, and every combined-authority and council links procurement to its skills and employment agenda.
- Net zero and carbon reduction - the North East Combined Authority declared a climate emergency (2019) and Tees Valley targets net zero by 2050 with a clean-energy, hydrogen and offshore-wind jobs agenda. Carbon reduction, low-emission delivery, and environmental commitments are a standing scored theme; NEPO's ESG model puts net zero as a core driver.
Quick wins you can commit to
- Commit to keeping spend local and evidence it - name specific North East / county sub-contractors and suppliers you will use, state a target percentage of contract spend retained in the region, and reference the buyer's own language (e.g. the 'County Durham Pound' or 'community wealth building'). This directly answers the region's number-one theme and a small local firm is naturally credible on it.
- Offer a concrete, proportionate employment/skills commitment - e.g. one apprenticeship or T-level/work-experience placement over the contract, a set number of local hires, or paid time for local school STEM/careers sessions. Give a number and a timeframe you can actually hit; NEPO scores real, deliverable jobs over vague promises.
- Become (or pledge to become) a real Living Wage employer and say so - accreditation, or a written commitment to pay the real Living Wage to staff on the contract, is cheap to state, easy to evidence, and lands strongly in a region led by Sunderland's Living Wage City status. Add fair-work basics (secure hours, prompt payment to your own sub-contractors).
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 North East 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. 304 live tenders in North East 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 winNorth East tenders: common questions
Where are North East public sector tenders advertised?
Above-threshold contracts in North East are published on Find a Tender, while below-threshold and council work is spread across NEPO (North East Procurement Organisation), Open (NEPO e-procurement), NEPRO / Bloom. BidSquirrel watches these major sources and brings North East notices into one feed, each scored to your business.
How do I find low-value council work in North East?
Much of the low-value local-authority work in North East 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 North East tenders to my business?
Yes. BidSquirrel scores live North East 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.