I
Declare your patch
CPV codes that describe what you sell, by official 8-digit category. Staffing (79600000). Software (72000000). Construction (45xxxxxx). You set the primary set and the adjacencies you would still bid on.
Volume I · Issue N° 05072026 · Sunday, 5 July 2026
Brefi
The morning brief for UK public-sector bidders & recruiters.
Today's lead · Briefing for the morning
Every UK public-sector opportunity
that matches you. In your inbox
by seven.
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Our wire · Sources polled hourly, every day of the year
UK CENTRAL
Contracts Finder
OCDS
gov.uk
UK ≥ OJEU
Find a Tender
OCDS
find-tender.service.gov.uk
SCOTLAND
Public Contracts Scotland
OCDS
publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
EU & EEA
Tenders Electronic Daily
TED v3
ted.europa.eu
The method
Three steps · five minutes
II
Tune the lens
Match keywords — "framework", "locum", "discovery phase". Negative keywords. Contract value range. Preferred regions. Priority buyers worth a bonus.
III
Read the brief
Each morning at 07:00 GMT, a single email. Every match scored against your filters, graded A, B or C, with deadlines surfaced and framework re-tenders flagged.
More than a feed
Tools that compound the wire
Team logins
One subscription, many desks.
Invite up to five colleagues under a single subscription. Filter profiles are shared so the director sets the lens; each desk lead signs in with their own login and works their own pipeline. Dismiss, bid status and pipeline notes stay personal.
Framework calendar
Re-tenders, before they hit the wire.
UK gov frameworks run 4 years on average. Brefi tracks the major ones — NHS Workforce Alliance, RM6277 PSR, G-Cloud, DOS, CWAS — and auto-detects framework signals (RM-codes, NHS SBS, ESPO, term lengths) from new award notices. Start drafting before your competitors notice.
Bid pipeline
From discovery to win.
Mark each match Interested · Bidding · Submitted · Won · Lost. A kanban view of your agency's pipeline — currently bidding, value at stake, wins this quarter. Run your BD ops through Brefi.
UK + Ireland + EU
Cross-border, when you need it.
Default is UK-only. Tick Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and the rest of the English-friendly EU per profile. Especially useful for agencies serving NHS Wales, NHS Scotland and Irish HSE buyers.
Export & share
CSV, PDF, forward.
One click downloads today's brief as CSV (for your analyst) or a publication-quality PDF (for your bid team). The daily email also lands in your inbox — forward, archive, search.
A/B/C grading
Read the As first.
Every match scored 0–100 against your filters. Grade A is "act today"; B is "this week"; C is "skim if you have time". Thresholds are configurable. Cyber Essentials and subcontracting clauses surfaced automatically.
Instant alerts
Grade A, the moment it lands.
Per-profile notifications. Choose daily digest only, or instant alerts the second a grade A appears (B and C still arrive in the morning) — or grade A alerts only. The most valuable opportunities shouldn't wait for breakfast.
Security & privacy
Built for the procurement team's compliance form.
Two-factor authentication via authenticator app or email codes. Self-service GDPR data export and account deletion. Consent log for every accept. UK-hosted, UK GDPR–aligned. Available to tick on every supplier questionnaire you fill in.
Built for
Recruitment
Stop missing the framework cycles you live by.
NHS Workforce Alliance. CCS RM6277. HealthTrust Europe. Council temp frameworks. Brefi watches every CPV in the 796xxxxx range and surfaces mini-competitions, call-offs and re-tenders the day they're published. Filter for IR35, umbrella, MSP, neutral vendor, locum, interim — the language your sector actually uses.
- 796 00000 Recruitment services
- 796 20000 Supply of personnel — temporary staff
- 796 24000 Nursing personnel ← NHS locum frameworks
- 796 25000 Medical personnel ← NHS & private MSP
Also for suppliers
Stop scrolling tender portals.
IT, design, marketing, construction, professional services. Set your CPV codes and contract value range — Brefi watches the wire. Cyber Essentials and subcontracting clauses are detected automatically and flagged in the brief.
A note on Cyber Essentials
A CE or CE+ requirement is often a moat, not a blocker. Brefi flags them with a small green tag so you spot the tenders where smaller competitors get filtered out.
A specimen brief
Each row scored against your filters
Brefi
Your morning brief
Sun, 05 Jul 2026 · 07:00 18JulUTC
A
92
Workforce Alliance — NHS Locum & Agency Framework Refresh (Lot 4: Nursing)
NHS Workforce Alliance · CPV 79624000 · £12.4m
Closes in 14 days
A
88
Contingent Labour — Council Temp Staff (West Midlands Combined Authority)
WMCA · CPV 79620000 · £3.8m
Closes in 21 days
B
71
Strategic Recruitment Partner — Senior Digital Talent (DWP Digital)
DWP Digital · CPV 79600000 · £900k
Closes in 28 days
B
65
Interim Project Management Services Framework (Cabinet Office Crown Commercial Service)
CCS · CPV 79421000 · £2.1m
Closes in 32 days
C
52
Translation & Linguistic Services for HM Courts and Tribunals Service
HMCTS · CPV 79530000 · —
Closes in 40 days
— Five of forty-seven matches in today's brief —
Questions & answers
What is Brefi?
Brefi is a tender-alert and bid-tracking service for UK public-sector bidders and recruiters. It watches every major UK and EU tender feed and delivers a graded daily brief of the opportunities that match your business, with a pipeline to track them from shortlist to won.
Which tender sources does it cover?
Contracts Finder, Find a Tender (FTS), Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and TED (EU) — deduplicated so the same tender across sources appears once.
How is it different from searching Contracts Finder myself?
Brefi watches all the sources at once, removes duplicates, scores every notice against your profile of keywords, CPV codes, value band and regions, grades it A/B/C, and emails you only the relevant ones — so you stop manually searching and reviewing feeds.
Does it track framework re-tenders?
Yes. Brefi keeps a framework re-tender calendar that tracks when major UK framework agreements expire and come up for re-tender, so you can prepare early rather than miss the window.
Is it useful for recruitment agencies?
Yes. Public-sector staffing and locum/agency framework opportunities are a core use case — agencies use Brefi to catch NHS and local-authority staffing tenders as they publish.
How much does it cost?
£79 per month, or £49 per month billed annually, after a 7-day free trial.
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