Cooling and ventilation equipment: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 42500000Supplies · 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 cooling and ventilation equipment

10 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 24% (39 notices)
  • Other public bodies 24% (38 notices)
  • Central government 20% (32 notices)
  • Education & universities 9% (15 notices)
  • NHS & health 3% (5 notices)
  • Not classified 20% (32 notices)

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 112 of 168 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
South East England23 · 21%
Greater London22 · 20%
Scotland22 · 20%
East Midlands19 · 17%
Wales (Cymru)19 · 17%
East of England19 · 17%
North West England16 · 14%
South West England14 · 13%
West Midlands10 · 9%
Yorkshire and the Humber9 · 8%
North East England8 · 7%
Northern Ireland4 · 4%

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 62% (104 notices)
  • Framework 33% (56 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 5% (8 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 61% (103 notices)
  • Route not published 18% (31 notices)
  • Selective 17% (28 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 4% (6 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 72% (33 notices)
  • Below threshold 28% (13 notices)
Typical tender window33 daysrobust · n=48median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (58) · 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=27
  • 1 bid 7% (2)
  • 2–3 19% (5)
  • 4–6 37% (10)
  • 7 or more 37% (10)
Contract value, net
p25 £102,227median £330,000p75 £565,382
interquartile range of 27 awards · p90 £1,213,946
Typical bids per lot5robust · n=21middle half 4–8
Competed93%robust · n=58open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs76%robust · n=144of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs65%robust · n=20single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally63%robust · n=16winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned7%robust · n=58cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot10robust · n=1647 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 145 awards to 118 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 31% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 62 of 168 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract14 notices · 23% · 1 open
In-tend Electronic Procurement10 notices · 16% · 2 open
Delta eSourcing7 notices · 11% · 1 open
SAP Ariba3 notices · 5% · 1 open

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 4250. 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 4250. 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.