Cooling towers: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 31140000Supplies · classin Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

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 towers

2 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Supply and Maintenance of Water CoolersChesterfield Borough Council8 Oct 202620d£75,000
Facilities ManagementDPS12 lotsSEC PROCUREMENT LIMITED T/A SOUTH EAST CONSORTIUMnot published

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 24% (9 notices)
  • Other public bodies 22% (8 notices)
  • Local authorities 14% (5 notices)
  • Education & universities 11% (4 notices)
  • NHS & health 8% (3 notices)
  • Not classified 22% (8 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
MSE Groupnot classified200
Ministry of DefenceCentral government210
Scotland Excelnot classified200
Ubico LtdOther public bodies210
University of StrathclydeEducation & universities210
Chesterfield Borough CouncilLocal authorities111
SEC PROCUREMENT LIMITED T/A SOUTH EAST CONSORTIUMOther public bodies111
Barts Health NHS TrustCentral government110
Bedford CollegeEducation & universities110
British CouncilLocal authorities110

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 22 of 40 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 England6 · 27%
Greater London4 · 18%
South East England4 · 18%
Scotland4 · 18%
South West England4 · 18%
North East England3 · 14%
North West England3 · 14%
East Midlands3 · 14%
Northern Ireland3 · 14%
West Midlands2 · 9%
Wales (Cymru)1 · 5%
Yorkshire and the Humber1 · 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 50% (20 notices)
  • Framework 40% (16 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 10% (4 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 73% (29 notices)
  • Selective 10% (4 notices)
  • Route not published 10% (4 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 8% (3 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 43% (6 notices)
  • Below threshold 57% (8 notices)
Typical tender window28 daysrobust · n=8median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (16) · 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=25
  • 1 bid 4% (1)
  • 2–3 8% (2)
  • 4–6 12% (3)
  • 7 or more 76% (19)
Contract value, net
p25 £308,469median £1,335,000p75 £3,683,946
interquartile range of 22 awards · p90 £6,951,000
Typical bids per lot13robust · n=7middle half 7–13
Competed94%robust · n=16open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs13%robust · n=255of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs75%robust · n=20single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot13robust · n=512 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 210 awards to 86 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 59% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 15 of 40 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

In-tend Electronic Procurement3 notices · 20% · 1 open
eTendersNI2 notices · 13%
SAP Ariba1 notices · 7%
Delta eSourcing1 notices · 7%

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 3114. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 17 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 3114. 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.