Modular and Portable Buildings Tenders and Contracts

Modular and portable buildings tenders cover the supply, hire, installation and removal of prefabricated, modular and portable structures, including temporary classrooms, site cabins, welfare units, modular clinical space and prison accommodation.

Stotles brings together modular and portable buildings 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. Modular buildings are often called off from modular construction frameworks and NHS Shared Business Services frameworks, and hire contracts are let on their own.

Modular building tenders are scored on design, build quality, programme, energy performance and whole-life cost. Many school and NHS projects run to tight deadlines, so delivery programme carries weight.

Modular buildings must meet Building Regulations and the buyer's design standards, and installation brings duties under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. 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.

Many public buyers use construction frameworks, such as regional modular building agreements or NHS Shared Business Services frameworks, to award these contracts alongside standalone open tenders.

Modular buildings are prefabricated units assembled on site to form larger permanent or semi-permanent structures such as classrooms or clinical space. Portable buildings are single, free-standing units, such as site cabins or welfare facilities, that can be relocated.

Schools and local authorities buy modular classrooms and site accommodation. NHS trusts buy modular clinical units. Councils and combined authorities also use portable buildings for site offices and community facilities.

Read school place planning papers, capital programmes, estate expansion plans and pre-tender notices naming offsite construction routes, which show 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.

Notices carry 44211100 (Modular and portable buildings) and 45223810 (Prefabricated constructions). Classroom projects also carry 45214200 (Construction work for school buildings).