Comparison

TenderTracker vs Find a Tender

Find a Tender is the UK government's free, official portal for above-threshold procurements under the Procurement Act 2023. TenderTracker is a paid search platform (£99/month) that combines Find a Tender with Contracts Finder in one hourly-refreshed index of 264,250 notices, adding unified search, alerts, and buyer intelligence. You never need TenderTracker to bid; it exists to save you the time of watching two portals.

At a glance

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Find a Tender	TenderTracker
Price	Free	£99/month (14-day free trial)
Above-threshold contracts (Find a Tender)
Sub-threshold contracts (Contracts Finder)
Official source of record
Full-text search across both portals
Email alerts	Saved-search emails	Configurable alerts across both portals
Buyer & supplier profiles
Contract statistics & market data
Browse by CPV category and location	Basic filters	Dedicated directory pages

What Find a Tender Does Well

Find a Tender is the legal place of publication for high-value UK public procurements: roughly contracts above £139,688 for central government goods and services and £5,372,609 for works. It carries the full notice detail required by the Procurement Act 2023, including tender documents, award notices, and transparency information. It is free and authoritative; if a major contract exists, it is on Find a Tender.

What TenderTracker Adds

TenderTracker currently tracks 191,640Find a Tender notices alongside Contracts Finder's sub-threshold opportunities, refreshed hourly, so one search covers the whole market:

The pipeline below the threshold: many buyers run smaller procurements on Contracts Finder before scaling up; watching only Find a Tender means arriving after relationships are formed.
One search, one alert: unified full-text search and alerts across both portals, instead of maintaining saved searches in two systems.
Buyer and supplier intelligence: profile pages showing contract history, values, and active tenders for every organisation.
Market context: procurement statistics, CPV category pages, and location directories for sizing a sector before you invest in bidding.

Which Should You Use?

Use Find a Tender directly if you only pursue large, above-threshold contracts and have the patience for its search interface. Use TenderTracker if you want the sub-threshold pipeline too, or if the time spent monitoring two government portals is worth more than £99 a month to your business. Bidding always happens through the official channels linked from each notice.

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Find a Tender free to use?

Yes. Find a Tender (FTS) is the UK government's official, free portal for above-threshold procurements under the Procurement Act 2023, roughly contracts over £139,688 for central government goods and services and £5,372,609 for works. You never need a paid tool to view or bid on these contracts.

What does TenderTracker add over Find a Tender?

TenderTracker combines Find a Tender with Contracts Finder (sub-threshold notices) in one search index that refreshes hourly, currently covering 264,250 notices including 191,640 from Find a Tender. It adds unified full-text search, configurable email alerts, buyer and supplier profiles, and procurement statistics. It costs £99/month after a 14-day free trial.

Does TenderTracker replace bidding through Find a Tender?

No. TenderTracker is a discovery and monitoring tool; every notice links back to the official source, and bids are submitted through the buyer's e-procurement system as instructed in the notice.