Public contracts won without a rival: 10,091,918 uncontested awards; 29% of all awards; 8,129,648 without a competition; 1,962,270 single bid.
Assay record ASY-UN-1Q5YD5R1UX · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Public contracts won without a rival”, https://assay-systems.com/register/uncontested/
An award is uncontested when the buyer had no rival offer to weigh: it was made without a competition (direct award, negotiated procedure without a call for tenders, sole-source or advance-notice contract), or a competition was held and only one bid arrived. Every count below is built award by award from the official notices. Awards to individuals are not included. Open a country for the full list of buyers and the firms they award without a rival; every such supplier and buyer has its own page (787,254 pages).
3,537,592 without a competition, 0 on a single bid, 727,494 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
2,182,900 without a competition, 702,345 on a single bid, 149,267 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
681,455 without a competition, 45,954 on a single bid, 145,571 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
0 without a competition, 356,436 on a single bid, 18,396 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
315,596 without a competition, 38,400 on a single bid, 102,766 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
5,710 without a competition, 297,856 on a single bid, 70,734 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
271,632 without a competition, 0 on a single bid, 141,144 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
246,873 without a competition, 12,497 on a single bid, 137,277 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
259,265 without a competition, 0 on a single bid, 93,605 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
160,425 without a competition, 0 on a single bid, 44,081 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
95,229 without a competition, 54,984 on a single bid, 47,412 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
118,868 without a competition, 0 on a single bid, 23,838 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
102,574 without a competition, 14,182 on a single bid, 86,485 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
16 without a competition, 115,362 on a single bid, 48,212 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
0 without a competition, 86,406 on a single bid, 36,047 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
44,836 without a competition, 33,886 on a single bid, 41,835 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
24,308 without a competition, 20,209 on a single bid, 13,865 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
13,181 without a competition, 16,399 on a single bid, 23,089 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
6,705 without a competition, 22,255 on a single bid, 19,183 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
8,923 without a competition, 17,248 on a single bid, 18,685 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
1,931 without a competition, 19,177 on a single bid, 8,470 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
346 without a competition, 18,244 on a single bid, 8,692 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
7,519 without a competition, 9,523 on a single bid, 8,427 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
16,695 without a competition, 0 on a single bid, 9,630 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
0 without a competition, 12,062 on a single bid, 6,516 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
953 without a competition, 6,662 on a single bid, 3,102 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
2,959 without a competition, 4,483 on a single bid, 7,085 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
2,116 without a competition, 4,886 on a single bid, 5,019 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
78 without a competition, 6,672 on a single bid, 5,324 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
1,912 without a competition, 4,379 on a single bid, 3,322 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
474 without a competition, 5,289 on a single bid, 2,654 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
2,973 without a competition, 2,507 on a single bid, 4,620 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
1,789 without a competition, 3,630 on a single bid, 4,448 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
1,079 without a competition, 4,303 on a single bid, 3,722 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
796 without a competition, 4,356 on a single bid, 4,642 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
1,443 without a competition, 2,090 on a single bid, 3,298 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
803 without a competition, 2,630 on a single bid, 2,147 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
243 without a competition, 3,067 on a single bid, 2,004 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
129 without a competition, 2,920 on a single bid, 2,422 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
1,502 without a competition, 1,298 on a single bid, 2,103 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
731 without a competition, 2,052 on a single bid, 1,710 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
806 without a competition, 1,618 on a single bid, 1,508 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
2,321 without a competition, 0 on a single bid, 1,458 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
1,120 without a competition, 999 on a single bid, 1,698 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
1,114 without a competition, 892 on a single bid, 1,475 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
0 without a competition, 1,649 on a single bid, 1,496 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
512 without a competition, 871 on a single bid, 1,228 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
235 without a competition, 755 on a single bid, 897 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
486 without a competition, 211 on a single bid, 294 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
194 without a competition, 289 on a single bid, 369 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
175 without a competition, 129 on a single bid, 266 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
19 without a competition, 208 on a single bid, 170 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
78 without a competition, 0 on a single bid, 71 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
29 without a competition, 0 on a single bid, 29 buyer and supplier pairs. Most uncontested awards:
Sources: Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), Publications Office of the European Union, contract award notices; Government of Canada proactive disclosure of contracts over $10,000 (open.canada.ca), Open Government Licence – Canada; ChileCompra / Mercado Público open data (purchase orders and tenders); SECOP II, Colombia Compra Eficiente open data (datos.gov.co); USAspending.gov prime award transactions (contracts); AusTender contract notices, Department of Finance (tenders.gov.au), Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia; “limited tender” is counted as an award without a competition, AusTender does not publish the number of bids; Find a Tender Service and Contracts Finder, Cabinet Office, in the Open Contracting Data Standard (data.open-contracting.org), Open Government Licence v3.0; an award is counted once where both services publish it; Open Contracting Data Standard publications of national procurement regulators (data.open-contracting.org). Updated 17 October 2026.