How do I bid for UKRI contracts?

Find an open UKRI tender that fits your business, read its requirements and eligibility, and submit before the deadline through the buyer's e-procurement portal. Bidvane lists UKRI's open tenders and shows the requirements alongside your profile.

Where does UKRI publish tenders?

UKRI publishes on the UK public procurement portals (Contracts Finder, Find a Tender and the devolved portals). Bidvane collects them daily into one place with the deadline and category for each notice.

How can I hear about UKRI tenders early?

UKRI often publishes a planning notice before a tender opens. Bidvane surfaces those planning notices and lets you track the buyer, so a new notice reaches you as soon as it is published rather than after you go looking.

UKRI tenders & contracts

buying since 2024 · mainly laboratory, business services · updated Sep 2026

Award activity · last 12 months

1390 awards in the last year · 1396 recorded overall

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What they buy

Awards by category, all recorded history

Laboratory224£18.5m
Business services128£16.8m
Software package and in…127£6.7m
Repair and maintenance…115£17.5m
Electrical machinery97£7.6m
Other705£81.5m

Known published values only · framework ceilings excluded · members see the awards behind every slice.

1Open now

0Planning

331Contracts ending

1,396Awarded

1,004Suppliers

0Frameworks

Live

Open tenders

CSP26613 - Panel Convenor Training education·View source 07 Sep

History

Recently awarded

UKRI-5889 Camera System View source Mar 2026
DDaT26142 - Quality Management Software Core Plus plan View source Mar 2026
CSP26317 - Psychometric testing View source Mar 2026
CSP26291 - Tier 2 transformer and feeder pillar View source Mar 2026
Lot 1 - Training View source Mar 2026
Lot 2 - Mentoring View source Mar 2026
UKRI-5876 HRPD-X Rail components View source Mar 2026
UKRI-5864 RAL Endeavour Programme Radiation Shielding MUSHROOM Phase 2 View source Mar 2026

Members also see the winning suppliers, known values, and the likely incumbent for their own field.