How do I edit or withdraw a published Notice?

How you can edit/withdraw a Notice depends on whether the notice was published on Contracts Finder, Find a Tender or your public site.

Contracts Finder Notices

If you wish to edit a published CF notice:

• Within the relevant notice, simply click Edit
• Populate the necessary details in the new Notice version (if you need to edit details that automatically get pulled into the Requirement, remember to edit the Requirement details before going into the notice. Note you cannot edit the prefix number).
  • Within the notice, you can select Replacements to see the different versions of the notice
• The existing notice will not change until you publish the edited version.
  • Within the notice, you can select Replacements to see the different versions of the notice
  • If you are still drafting the new version, you will have a link to take you to the new drafted version 
• When published, the new version will:
  • Replace the old version
    • In CF, the old notice will show that it has been replaced by the new notice with a link
  • Show the original publication date and the date it was last edited

If you wish to withdraw a published CF notice:

• Within the relevant notice, simply click Withdraw
  • You will be asked to provide a reason
  • N.B. Once a notice has been withdrawn it cannot be reversed
• Once a notice has been Withdrawn, within Contracts Finder the notice will:
  • Have withdrawn status instead of open
  • Not be shown in search results
  • Remain available at the same URL

Find a Tender Notices (For Procurements before 24th February 2025)

If you wish to edit or withdraw a published FTS notice:

FTS does not allow notices to be edited or withdrawn once they have been published. Instead they allow users to publish a F14 Corrigendum Notice to correct/replace a previously published notice.

• Within the relevant FTS notice, click Correction at the top of the screen

• Make your changes in Section VII and click Save

• Go to the Summary Section where you'll then be able to publish this notice.

• Once published, there will be a link to the Corrigendum Notice on the original notice under the 'Newer Publications' section.

If you need to publish a Corrigendum Notice against an notice placed on an external portal, please see this link.

Please use this link to find more information on changes to published notices.

If a tender exercise is no longer going ahead and a notice has already been published, you may decide to publish a F03 Award Notice and specify that no awards have been made, and provide further information as needed.

Find a Tender/CDP Notices (For Procurements starting from 24th February 2025)

If you wish to edit or withdraw a published FTS/CDP notice:

• Open up the relevant Published Notice you wish to edit, and click Edit Notice (Corrections)
  • The published notice will not change until you publish the edited version
• Make the corrections as needed
• Republish the Notice when corrections are made and all mandatory information is provided.

When linking an external notice, the 'Type' column will display the relevant notice type e.g. UK1, UK2, UK3, etc.

Public Site

If you wish to edit a published Public notice:

• Within the relevant notice, simply make any edits and then click Save. 
• Likewise, make any changes to the Requirement details, and then go into the relevant notice and click Saveto update the notice details. 
  • Note you cannot edit the prefix number

If you wish to withdraw a published Public notice:

• Within the relevant notice, simply click Withdraw.
• The notice status will now be withdrawn.
• You can re-publish the notice at any point by simply clicking publish.