Confined Space Tenders

Stotles is tracking 152 confined space contracts across every stage, of which 68 have been awarded and 12 sit at pre-tender or early market engagement. Very few are open for bids at any one time: most confined space work is bought through standby rescue cover, management contracts or training frameworks rather than a standalone open competition.

Confined space contracts cover work in sewers, tanks, ducts, shafts, plant rooms and other spaces where gas, oxygen levels or the space itself are the hazard. That includes standby rescue cover during works, confined space management and emergency response services, and training in confined space entry and rope rescue. Fire and rescue services, NHS trusts, water companies and highways contractors are the buyers who return to this category most.

Confined space work is filed under several CPV codes rather than one, since it spans training, rescue and consultancy. The codes that turn up most in Stotles' own data are 71317210 (Health and safety consultancy services), 80550000 (Safety training services) and 75250000 (Fire-brigade and rescue services).

Not always. A number of notices bundle confined space entry training, rope rescue and gas safety training into one lot alongside working-at-height courses, so a single framework award can cover training that would otherwise need three separate tenders. Standalone confined space management contracts, covering scheduled visits and a guaranteed emergency response time, are also common, mostly from NHS trusts and water companies.

Search live confined space tenders on public portals, or move earlier by tracking the buyers who run this category on Stotles and reading their safety and estates strategy documents before a tender opens. Platform-wide, 2 new tenders are added to Stotles every week, so a saved search against this topic is the fastest way to see a confined space contract the day it lands.