Calculating and accounting machines: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 30140000Supplies · classin Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

Codes and neighbouring classes

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

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
  • Other public bodies 29% (20 notices)
  • Local authorities 24% (17 notices)
  • Central government 16% (11 notices)
  • Charities 4% (3 notices)
  • Education & universities 4% (3 notices)
  • Not classified 23% (16 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Northern Trains LimitedCentral government510
ATOC LimitedOther public bodies210
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITEDCharities200
LONDON NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY LIMITEDnot classified210
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Central government200
Sheffield City CouncilLocal authorities200
Thameslink Southern Great Northern Limited (TSGN)Other public bodies200
Transport for LondonOther public bodies200
Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer)Other public bodies210
Welsh Government - Commercial Deliverynot classified200

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 42 of 70 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
Yorkshire and the Humber10 · 24%
Greater London9 · 21%
North West England7 · 17%
Wales (Cymru)6 · 14%
Scotland5 · 12%
North East England5 · 12%
South East England5 · 12%
South West England3 · 7%
West Midlands3 · 7%
East Midlands2 · 5%
East of England2 · 5%
Northern Ireland2 · 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 71% (50 notices)
  • Framework 26% (18 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (2 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 36% (25 notices)
  • Route not published 30% (21 notices)
  • Selective 20% (14 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 13% (9 notices)
  • Direct award 1% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 86% (12 notices)
  • Below threshold 14% (2 notices)
Typical tender window30 daysrobust · n=12median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (31) · 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=10
  • 1 bid 20% (2)
  • 2–3 40% (4)
  • 4–6 20% (2)
  • 7 or more 20% (2)
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=10middle half 2–6
Competed84%robust · n=31open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs34%robust · n=29of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs30%robust · n=10single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Abandoned6%robust · n=31cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot3robust · n=69 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 36 awards to 28 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 18 of 70 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract4 notices · 22%
JAGGAER / BravoSolution3 notices · 17%
Sell2Wales3 notices · 17%
Delta eSourcing2 notices · 11%
SAP Ariba1 notices · 6%
myTenders1 notices · 6%

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 3014. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 28 Aug 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 3014. 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.