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Finding construction work in the UK

Public work is posted on a different portal for each nation, and private work turns up as a planning application months before anybody is invited to price it. These guides cover where to look, what to register on, and how to be known before the enquiry goes out.

3 ways to move forward

Practical guidesFind UK construction tendersThe UK has four national tender feeds, not one, sitting on top of several hundred buyer-run portals. This is what each system covers, the value band a small firm can actually win in, and the three filters that turn the alerts into something worth opening.Practical guidesFind work from planningYour council's weekly planning list names schemes six to eighteen months before anyone tenders them, and it names the agent to ring. Learn to read application types, decision notices and pre-commencement conditions, then spot the section 80 demolition notice, the CIL commencement notice and the building control filing that mean a spade is about to go in.Practical guidesSocial value in a tenderSocial value is a published marking scheme, not a CSR essay, and the Cabinet Office's own guide says volumes are not evaluated. Work out what those marks are worth in pounds of price, then write the answer that scores.

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