Contract renewals
UK public sector contracts expiring in 2028
Every one of these is a re-tender with a date already published in its original award notice. The incumbent has known about it since the day the contract was signed.
- 16,495
- Contracts ending in 2028
- 2,032
- Buying organisations
- £174k
- Median contract value
- 15,749 of 16,495
- Publishing a value
When they land
Spread across 2028
Re-tendering usually starts three to six months before a contract ends, and longer for anything complex. A contract ending in the fourth quarter is being scoped around the middle of the year, which is when a conversation is still possible.
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Contract renewals in 2028
How many UK public sector contracts expire in 2028?
16,495 contracts have a recorded end date during 2028, held by 2,032 buying organisations. This counts contracts whose award notice published an end date; many do not, so the real number is higher.
Why does a contract end date matter before the tender appears?
A contract with an end date is a re-tender with a date already attached. The incumbent knows it and plans for it. Everyone else usually finds out when the new tender is published, by which point the specification has been written, often with the incumbent's help. The gap between the two is where the work of positioning happens.
Where does this end date information come from?
From the original contract award notices published by the buyers themselves to Find a Tender and Contracts Finder under the Open Government Licence. It is public information, but it is scattered across four portals and hundreds of thousands of notices, which is why almost nobody looks at it.
What is a typical contract ending in 2028 worth?
The median is £174k, across the 15,749 of 16,495 that publish a value. Medians rather than totals, because framework ceilings run to billions and would make the typical figure meaningless.
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Not every award notice publishes an end date, so these counts are a floor rather than a complete picture.