What is Find a Tender Service? Find a Tender Service (FTS) is the official UK government platform for publishing and searching public sector contract notices. It replaced the EU's TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) as the mandatory publication channel for UK above-threshold contracts following Brexit. It launched in January 2021 and is operated by Cabinet Office. All UK contracting authorities are legally required to publish contract notices on FTS for contracts above the relevant procurement thresholds . This includes central government departments, local councils, NHS trusts, universities, housing associations, and other public bodies. What types of notices appear on FTS? FTS publishes several types of procurement notices: Prior Information Notice (PIN): An advance warning that a contract wi
Yes. Following Brexit, UK above-threshold contracts that were previously published on EU TED are now published on Find a Tender Service. UK contracts no longer appear on TED.
Yes. Above-threshold contracts from Scotland and Wales must be published on Find a Tender. Scotland also has its own portal (Public Contracts Scotland) and Wales has Sell2Wales, but above-threshold notices cross-publish to FTS.
A contract notice is published at the start of a procurement, inviting suppliers to bid. A contract award notice is published after the contract has been awarded, showing who won, the value, and the contract duration.
No. Below-threshold contracts do not need to be published on FTS. They are typically advertised on Contracts Finder, buyer-specific portals, or not advertised at all. TenderSignal aggregates below-threshold opportunities from multiple sources.
Notices typically appear on FTS within minutes of submission by the buyer. TenderSignal picks up new FTS notices within a few hours and includes them in your next alert.
You can register for free at find-tender.service.gov.uk to save searches and receive email alerts. For more precise matching across multiple sources, TenderSignal provides sector-specific alerts with keyword and CPV code filtering.