Maps Tenders and Contracts

Maps tenders cover two connected things. One is the production of map and cartographic materials: transport network maps, wayfinding schemes, printed atlases, signage and map licensing. The other is the digital systems that hold and display geographic data: GIS platforms, digital mapping tools, and mapping software used for asset management, planning and highways records. A single framework sometimes covers both, especially at transport authorities.

Stotles brings together maps tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Transport authorities run recurring cartography frameworks, and councils buy GIS and digital mapping software through G-Cloud and the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement.

Mapping suppliers must respect Ordnance Survey licensing under the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement where it applies, and printed and digital maps must meet accessibility requirements. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Transport authorities are the heaviest and most consistent buyers, commissioning map and signage products for networks that change constantly. Local councils buy GIS mapping software and digital mapping platforms to run planning, highways and asset-management systems. National mapping bodies, environment agencies, utilities and emergency services buy aerial mapping, orthophotography and GIS licensing to keep their own base data current.

Read corporate strategies, service reviews, commissioning plans and expiry dates for existing contracts, which show maps work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Map production notices carry 71354300 (Cartographic services) and 71354000 (Map-making services), and GIS software carries 48000000 (Software package and information systems).