Research
Numbers computed directly from the tenders Lucius ingests and structures every day. Not surveys, not estimates. Free to cite with attribution.
Case study · 8 August 2026
Anatomy of a £1M Council Tender
One live parish council tender, measured end to end: 133 pages across 6 documents hiding 45 mandatory requirements, with 9 of the 13 high-severity clauses buried in the conditions of contract rather than the specification.
133
pages in one pack
45
mandatory requirements
9 of 13
high-severity clauses are legal terms
Report · 31 May 2026 · corrected 25 October 2026
The State of Public Procurement 2026
An analysis of 55,818 live public tenders across six countries. Across the 50,673 tenders with a publication date and a deadline, the median buyer gives suppliers 14 days to respond. Across 136 full tender documents parsed in depth, the median document holds 45 mandatory requirements.
55,818
tenders in the corpus
14 days
median response window, 50,673 tenders
45
requirements per tender (median), 136 parsed documents
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