Buckets, shovels, grabs and grips for cranes or excavators: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 42420000Supplies · classin Industrial machinery

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Open tenders in buckets, shovels, grabs and grips for…

3 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
  • Central government 33% (4 notices)
  • Local authorities 25% (3 notices)
  • Other public bodies 17% (2 notices)
  • Not classified 25% (3 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
NATURAL ENGLANDCentral government442
Caerphilly County Borough CouncilLocal authorities210
Scotland Excelnot classified200
ENVIRONMENT AGENCYOther public bodies111
Nuclear Restoration Services LimitedOther public bodies100
RSPB Northern Irelandnot classified100
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough CouncilLocal authorities100

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 10 of 12 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
East of England3 · 30%
Wales (Cymru)2 · 20%
Scotland2 · 20%
Northern Ireland1 · 10%
North West England1 · 10%
Yorkshire and the Humber1 · 10%
South West England1 · 10%

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 58% (7 notices)
  • Framework 42% (5 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 83% (10 notices)
  • Route not published 8% (1 notices)
  • Selective 8% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 33% (2 notices)
  • Below threshold 67% (4 notices)
Typical tender window29 daysrobust · n=5median, notice to deadline

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 58 awards to 41 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 4 of 12 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

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 4242. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2022; latest 10 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 4242. 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.