Agricultural machinery: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 16000000Supplies · division28 classes with notices

Sub-sectors of agricultural machinery

28 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 250 of 354 notices in this division carry a class-level code

Open tenders in agricultural machinery

14 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Local authorities 42% (147 notices)
  • Central government 18% (64 notices)
  • Other public bodies 14% (51 notices)
  • Education & universities 6% (21 notices)
  • NHS & health 1% (2 notices)
  • Not classified 19% (67 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
NATURAL ENGLANDCentral government19184
Natural Resources WalesOther public bodies1010
Forestry and Land ScotlandCentral government930
SCOTTISH POWER UK PLCnot classified601
Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural AffairsCentral government650
Ipswich Borough CouncilLocal authorities630
Bishop Burton CollegeEducation & universities500
Education Authority NIEducation & universities500
Glasgow City CouncilLocal authorities500
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)Local authorities520

207 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 254 of 354 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Northern Ireland47 · 19%4100%88%
Scotland42 · 17%
Wales (Cymru)33 · 13%
East of England31 · 12%50%
East Midlands28 · 11%
North West England28 · 11%
Yorkshire and the Humber26 · 10%
South West England21 · 8%
South East England20 · 8%
Greater London15 · 6%
West Midlands15 · 6%
North East England12 · 5%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 69% (246 notices)
  • Framework 28% (99 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (9 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 69% (246 notices)
  • Route not published 17% (59 notices)
  • Selective 9% (33 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 4% (15 notices)
  • Direct award 0% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 42% (48 notices)
  • Below threshold 58% (66 notices)
Typical tender window30 daysrobust · n=91median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (154) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=87
  • 1 bid 13% (11)
  • 2–3 40% (35)
  • 4–6 26% (23)
  • 7 or more 21% (18)
Contract value, net
p25 £29,000median £63,591p75 £256,764
interquartile range of 120 awards · p90 £951,935
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=40middle half 2–6
Competed92%robust · n=154open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs48%robust · n=328of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs73%robust · n=94single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally59%robust · n=64winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimate1% above the estimaterobust · n=5122 below · 10 above
Abandoned3%robust · n=154cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot10robust · n=3460 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 617 awards to 345 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 21% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 110 of 354 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract22 notices · 20% · 4 open
eTendersNI11 notices · 10%
Sell2Wales10 notices · 9%
Delta eSourcing5 notices · 5%

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 16 — on the procedure or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 16. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.