Framework agreement in UK public tenders
Framework agreement (any) is a framework or route to market that UK public buyers ask suppliers for. In the UK public notices we have read, 27,976 name Framework agreement in their published text — 743 of them in words that make it a requirement.
759,877 notices classified · 10 Oct 2026
Frameworks & routes to market
Framework agreement (any)
- Who sells against it
- Bid consultants
- Named in notices
- 27,976
- As a requirement
- 743
- Open for bids now
- 108
01/ How often
How often UK buyers name Framework agreement
Notices naming it each full year. The count is small because a notice is a summary: requirements usually sit in the tender documents, which the notice never quotes.
Every count here is a floor. We match the text of the notice, and a notice description is a summary — most tender packs demand things it never mentions. From 2025 the Procurement Act changed notice conventions, so the series is not continuous across that line.
Rate per 10,000 notices: 2019 411.1 · 2020 381.3 · 2021 381.8 · 2022 348.3 · 2023 353.0 · 2024 344.1 · 2025 333.2
| Period | Notices naming Framework agreement | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2107 | 2107 |
| 2020 | 1547 | 1547 |
| 2021 | 2352 | 2352 |
| 2022 | 3184 | 3184 |
| 2023 | 3410 | 3410 |
| 2024 | 3461 | 3461 |
| 2025 | 2879 | 2879 |
02/ Alongside it
What buyers ask for with Framework agreement
Of the 27,976 notices that name Framework agreement, how many also name each of these.
Notices naming it that also carry a classified requirement for each item.
03/ Against the others
Framework agreement against its class
The most-named frameworks & routes to market in UK notices, all years, and how often each is made a requirement.
Every count here is a floor. We match the text of the notice, and a notice description is a summary — most tender packs demand things it never mentions.
04/ The evidence
The sentence that asks for it
Every count on this page traces to a sentence in a real notice. These are the most recent, requirements first.
This will be multi-lots and multi-supplier Framework Agreement, for the duration of Four (04) years, expected to start on 1st November 2025 and shall expire on 30 October 2029.
RequiredForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeFramework Agreement for Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) supplies for British Embassy in Kathmandu (Nepal)The resulting Framework Agreement shall contain a set of Key Performance Indicators to measure performance in areas such as delivery and quality and shall include remedies for poor performance.
RequiredMinistry of DefenceThe Repair of Operational Infrastructure EquipmentMandatory Training for students enrolled on FEHHS Healthcare programmes Framework Agreement
RequiredLondon and South East University GroupMandatory Training for students enrolled on Healthcare programmes Framework AgreementSuppliers appointed to the Framework Agreement shall be capable of managing multiple projects appointed through the framework agreement and employ a number of competent and qualified personnel to execute each project required by the Client Organisations.
RequiredYpoNational Framework for Developer Led SchemesUnder this Framework Agreement, the Council shall issue individual Call-Offs (work packages) for specific behaviour-change marketing requirements, the appointed Provider shall be responsible for using business intelligence, customer insight, evidence-based approaches and established behavioural change models to create…
RequiredDerbyshire County CouncilCPH160 - Framework Agreement for the Provision of Public Health Behavioural Change MarketingThe Framework Agreement for each Lot shall commence on the Commencement Date and shall continue for an initial period of two (2) years.
RequiredApex Housing AssociationAPX058 - Framework for the Provision of Agency Nursing, Care, Support and Ancillary Staff
05/ Method
How this page is made
Live figures
Notice counts come from RFP Quest's requirements Observatory: every UK notice on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder is read, and a notice counts as naming Framework agreement only when a sentence in its published text names it. That sentence is stored with the count, which is how the evidence section can quote it.
“Required” means the sentence itself uses obligation wording — must, shall, mandatory, is required and similar — and a negated one (“is not required”) does not count. Rates are per 10,000 notices published that year, so years with more notices in the record compare fairly with years with fewer.
“Alongside it” counts, among the notices that name it, how many also carry each other classified requirement. The JOSCAR tag is left out: its matcher also catches “Achilles Building Confidence”, a different scheme.
Outside sources
- Find a Tender and Contracts Finder — every notice counted on this page, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Observatory
Every requirement
Certifications, schemes and clearances named in UK notices, side by side.
Live
Every open UK tender
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Requirement
CHAS accreditation
Levels, prices and the notices — the template's worked example.
Record
Who's winning
Which suppliers win which categories, and how often incumbents keep the work.
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