Analysis

Things we can measure in the published record and nobody else seems to have counted. Every number states its denominator and its method, because a statistic without one is marketing.

• 21 September 2026

  One in nine UK public tenders receives a single bid

  The median UK public tender attracts five bids. But 11% receive exactly one, and the least contested band is not the small stuff: contracts worth £1m to £10m have the highest single-bid rate of any value band, at 15%.