Historic England
11
open to bid for
206
contracts awarded
£30.5k
typical award
35%
of awards went to small firms
Where their spending actually goes
Counted across everything they have published, not only what is open today. The figure in brackets is how much of it is open now.
- Research, evaluation and insight165 (9 open)
- New build construction29
- Technology and digital20 (1 open)
- Renewables and building decarbonisation19 (2 open)
- Website design and development18
- Building surveying and inspection17 (1 open)
- Marketing, advertising and communications16
- Photography, film and events16
Where they take bids
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Open now
11 open to bid for
21 Oct 2026, 09:30 BSTBids close 21 Oct 2026, 09:30 BST.
up to £40k (£40,000)below thresholdpublished 30 Sep 2026
26 Oct 2026, 09:30 GMTBids close 26 Oct 2026, 09:30 GMT.
up to £66.7k (£66,665)below thresholdpublished 1 Oct 2026
27 Oct 2026, 09:30 GMTBids close 27 Oct 2026, 09:30 GMT.
up to £15k (£15,000)below thresholdpublished 22 Sep 2026
28 Oct 2026, 09:30 GMTBids close 28 Oct 2026, 09:30 GMT.
up to £20k (£20,000)below thresholdpublished 22 Sep 2026
30 Oct 2026, 09:30 GMTBids close 30 Oct 2026, 09:30 GMT.
up to £349k (£349,000)above thresholdpublished 6 Oct 2026
2 Nov 2026, 09:30 GMTBids close 2 Nov 2026, 09:30 GMT.
up to £24k (£24,000)below thresholdpublished 5 Oct 2026
2 Nov 2026, 09:30 GMTBids close 2 Nov 2026, 09:30 GMT.
up to £15k (£15,000)below thresholdpublished 7 Oct 2026
4 Nov 2026, 09:30 GMTBids close 4 Nov 2026, 09:30 GMT.
up to £1.2m (£1,160,000)above thresholdpublished 9 Oct 2026
6 Nov 2026, 09:30 GMTBids close 6 Nov 2026, 09:30 GMT.
up to £50k (£50,000)below thresholdpublished 9 Oct 2026
13 Nov 2026, 09:30 GMTBids close 13 Nov 2026, 09:30 GMT.
up to £312k (£312,000)above thresholdpublished 12 Oct 2026
OpenNo closing date given
up to £149k (£149,000)above thresholdpublished 9 Oct 2026
