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Public tenders in West Midlands
Birmingham, the Black Country and a large two-tier county hinterland make the West Midlands a dense market for works, transport and services contracts.
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.
£23.1bn+
stated value tracked
29
smaller / council-portal
25 authorities in West 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 West 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, West 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
P2141 - Handsworth Park Cafe
Birmingham City Council · £24,000 · closes 4 Sept · Find a Tender
Economic impact assessment for an outbreak of African swine fever in the UK
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board · £33,333 · closes 24 Aug · Find a Tender
Health Inequalities Evaluation
The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,600,000 · closes 10 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 West Midlands
Open now, deadline within three weeks - soonest first. Miss the date and you miss the contract.
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715883477-Provision of a Mindset-Based Development Program Implementation and Sustainment
Ministry of Defence · Find a Tender
- 1 day
Repairs & Maintenance Services (RMS) - Demolition and Rebuild of Two Property Extensions (CRN/2026/205)
Stoke-on-Trent City Council · Find a Tender
- 1 day
Pressure Garments Tender
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Find a Tender
- 1 day
Step Up To Social Work Cohort 10 Emerging Talent Contractor
Department for Education · Find a Tender
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Framework Agreement for Landscape and Visual Impact Appraisal Support (SSDC)
South Staffordshire District Council · Find a Tender
- 1 day
Support for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers in Worcestershire (CSC26009)
Worcestershire County Council · Find a Tender
Add your business and BidSquirrel tracks every West Midlands deadline for you, flags the ones that fit, and helps you win them - free to start.
How West Midlands buys, and who buys
The West Midlands is a dense, layered market: Birmingham (the largest local authority in Europe) and the Black Country boroughs sit alongside the West Midlands Combined Authority and a large two-tier county hinterland of works, transport and services contracts. Birmingham City Council advertises through FinditinBirmingham and runs its tenders on the In-tend platform, and its contracts are frequently used by other authorities across the region.
Because so much volume concentrates around a few big buyers, getting registered with the major council portals and the combined authority is the practical way in - while collaborative frameworks such as ESPO carry recurring supplies and services. Watching the national sites in parallel catches the above-threshold works that publish on Find a Tender.
Public buyers concentrated here
Portals & frameworks that serve West 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 West Midlands notices reach you in one place, not one portal at a time.
Guides for West Midlands bidders
New to bidding? Start with our free SME’s guide to winning public-sector contracts.
Browse West 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 West Midlands buyers reward
Public buyers here often score social value at 10-30% of the marks. The priorities that recur across West Midlands:
- Local employment and skills - apprenticeships, training places, jobs for people furthest from the labour market (NEETs, long-term unemployed, care leavers, ex-offenders, people with disabilities). This is the single most-weighted theme across WMCA and its councils.
- Local and SME/VCSE spend - the 'West Midlands Pound' / 'Wolverhampton Pound' community-wealth-building agenda: keep spend circulating in the local economy, build local supply chains, sub-contract to and mentor local small firms and social enterprises.
- Net zero and environment - WMCA's WM2041 net-zero target (interim 69% cut by 2027) makes carbon reduction, air quality, sustainable transport and green measures a rising, credibly-weighted theme region-wide.
Quick wins you can commit to
- Commit to a specific, numeric local-employment pledge tied to this contract - e.g. one new apprenticeship or a set number of training/work-experience weeks, ideally targeting people furthest from work (long-term unemployed, care leavers, ex-offenders, people with disabilities). Say how you will recruit locally (Job Centre Plus, local college) and evidence it with start dates and payroll records.
- Quantify your local spend: state the share (a %) or pounds of contract value you will spend with West Midlands-based sub-contractors and suppliers, and name how you will find them (e.g. Find it in Birmingham / local supply-chain events). This speaks directly to the 'West Midlands / Wolverhampton Pound' local-spend agenda and is easy to evidence with supplier invoices.
- Pay the real Living Wage (and say so) plus one concrete good-employer commitment (secure hours, staff training, wellbeing). For Birmingham, explicitly reference the Business Charter 'Good Employer' principle and offer to sign the Charter with a proportionate action plan.
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 West 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. 357 live tenders in West 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 winWest Midlands tenders: common questions
Where are West Midlands public sector tenders advertised?
Above-threshold contracts in West Midlands are published on Find a Tender, while below-threshold and council work is spread across FinditinBirmingham, In-tend (Birmingham CC), West Midlands Combined Authority. BidSquirrel watches these major sources and brings West Midlands notices into one feed, each scored to your business.
How do I find low-value council work in West Midlands?
Much of the low-value local-authority work in West 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 West Midlands tenders to my business?
Yes. BidSquirrel scores live West 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.