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Public tenders in Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire's councils and housing providers are heavy users of the YORtender/ProContract portals - much of their lower-value local-authority work never reaches the national sites.
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.
£21bn+
stated value tracked
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smaller / council-portal
5 authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber 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 Yorkshire and the Humber:
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, Yorkshire and the Humber 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
Provision of Minor Adaptations Service
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · £920,000 · closes 9 Sept · Find a Tender
Framework for Accessible Minibuses
East Riding of Yorkshire Council · £5,000,000 · closes 8 Sept · Find a Tender
STH - Winter Gritting and Snow Clearance
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · £232,000 · closes 14 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 Yorkshire and the Humber
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
5112.SH.JN - High Yield Electrospinning System
University of Sheffield · Find a Tender
- 2 days
Princess Buildings Various Roofing and Internal Repairs
The Borough Council of Calderdale · Find a Tender
- 2 days
Security Gate Maintenance
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire · Find a Tender
- 2 days
ERYC Coastal Transition Strategy
East Riding of Yorkshire Council · Find a Tender
- 2 days
Firefighting Equipment Maintenance and Fire Risk Assessments
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · Find a Tender
Add your business and BidSquirrel tracks every Yorkshire and the Humber deadline for you, flags the ones that fit, and helps you win them - free to start.
How Yorkshire and the Humber buys, and who buys
Yorkshire and the Humber's councils and housing providers are heavy users of YORtender, the region's shared e-tendering portal built on ProContract. A great deal of the region's low-value local-authority work lives there as council notices and invitation-only quick quotes, never reaching the national sites - so a supplier who only watches Find a Tender and Contracts Finder misses much of what is actually being bought locally.
On the framework side, the region is home to YPO, the council-owned Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation in Wakefield, whose frameworks are used by schools, councils and emergency services well beyond Yorkshire. Getting onto the right YPO frameworks, alongside bidding through YORtender for open tenders, is a common route to a steady public-sector pipeline here.
Public buyers concentrated here
Portals & frameworks that serve Yorkshire and the Humber
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 Yorkshire and the Humber notices reach you in one place, not one portal at a time.
Guides for Yorkshire and the Humber bidders
New to bidding? Start with our free SME’s guide to winning public-sector contracts.
Browse Yorkshire and the Humber 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 Yorkshire and the Humber buyers reward
Public buyers here often score social value at 10-30% of the marks. The priorities that recur across Yorkshire and the Humber:
- Local employment and skills - jobs for local people, apprenticeships, work experience and school/college engagement. This is the single most consistent ask across the region: Bradford mandates at least one Employment and Skills measure on every contract over 100,000 pounds, and Sheffield built its whole social value practice on jobs-and-apprenticeships going back to 2010.
- SME, VCSE and local spend - keeping the pound in the region by using local small firms, co-operatives and voluntary/community/faith/social-enterprise (VCFSE) organisations. Explicit in Sheffield's Ethical Procurement Policy and Bradford's inclusive-growth stance ('local organisations who know our place the best'). Buyers reward spend committed to the local supply chain.
- Net zero and the environment - West Yorkshire Combined Authority is committed to net zero carbon by 2038 (12 years ahead of the UK target), so carbon reduction, low-emission delivery and sustainable/ethical sourcing score heavily on WYCA and West Yorkshire council tenders. 'Protect the environment' is one of WYCA's four stated priorities.
Quick wins you can commit to
- Commit a named local apprenticeship, T-Level placement or work-experience week tied to a specific local college (e.g. Leeds City College, Bradford College, Sheffield College) - this hits the region's number-one theme (employment and skills) and matches Bradford's over-100k mandate. Evidence it with the college name, number of weeks/placements and a named contact once mobilised.
- Pledge and evidence local supply-chain spend and local hires - state the percentage of contract value you'll spend with businesses inside the region and the number of local people you'll employ or recruit. Sheffield and Bradford explicitly reward 'keeping the pound local'; back it with postcodes and supplier names in your delivery.
- Make a concrete, measurable carbon commitment sized to your firm - e.g. a switch to an EV or low-emission van for deliveries, a stated route-mileage reduction, or a dated net-zero/carbon-reduction plan. This lands directly on WYCA's 2038 net-zero priority; evidence with before/after figures rather than a vague 'we care about the environment' line.
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 Yorkshire and the Humber 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. 302 live tenders in Yorkshire and the Humber 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 winYorkshire and the Humber tenders: common questions
Where are Yorkshire and the Humber public sector tenders advertised?
Above-threshold contracts in Yorkshire and the Humber are published on Find a Tender, while below-threshold and council work is spread across YORtender (ProContract), YPO (Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation), Find a Tender. BidSquirrel watches these major sources and brings Yorkshire and the Humber notices into one feed, each scored to your business.
How do I find low-value council work in Yorkshire and the Humber?
Much of the low-value local-authority work in Yorkshire and the Humber 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 Yorkshire and the Humber tenders to my business?
Yes. BidSquirrel scores live Yorkshire and the Humber 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.