Industrial machinery: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 42000000·Supplies · division·40 classes with notices
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 220 lots from 184 competitions run by 116 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 123 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 97 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 673 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 118 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 84 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| COV - Supply of Tools and Equipment 2026 | Coventry City Council | 1 Dec 2026 | 28d | £800,000 ceiling |
| NLV Pharos Buoy Crane 5-year service | Northern Lighthouse Board | 11 Nov 2026 | 8d | £33,000 |
| Box-Making Machine Replacement | National Records of Scotland | 27 Nov 2026 | 24d | £114,000 |
Sub-sectors of industrial machinery
40 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 1,896 of 2,095 notices in this division carry a class-level code
Show 12 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Food, beverage and tobacco-processing machinery42210000 | 0 | 7 | — | — | |
Machine tools for working hard materials except metals42640000 | 0 | 7 | — | — | |
Industrial or laboratory furnaces, incinerators and ovens42300000 | 0 | 14 | 3 | — | |
Parts and accessories of machine tools42670000 | 0 | 5 | — | — | |
Non-domestic ovens42340000 | 0 | 3 | — | — | |
Buckets, shovels, grabs and grips for cranes or excavators42420000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Parts of general-purpose machinery42950000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | |
Machine tools operated by laser and machining centres42610000 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | |
Nuclear reactors and parts42150000 | 0 | 6 | — | — | |
Machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing and associated parts42200000 | 0 | 2 | — | — | |
Gas generators42980000 | 0 | 3 | 4 | — | |
Smelting furnaces42330000 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government34%(691 notices)
691 of 2,010 notices are Central government (34%).Other public bodies19%(378 notices)
378 of 2,010 notices are Other public bodies (19%).Local authorities17%(337 notices)
337 of 2,010 notices are Local authorities (17%).Education & universities13%(271 notices)
271 of 2,010 notices are Education & universities (13%).NHS & health3%(65 notices)
65 of 2,010 notices are NHS & health (3%).Not classified13%(268 notices)
268 of 2,010 notices are Not classified (13%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 199 | 107 | 1 |
| United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority | not classified | 64 | 0 | 0 |
| Sellafield Limited | Other public bodies | 57 | 23 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 53 | 6 | 1 |
| Ministry of Justice | Central government | 49 | 42 | 0 |
| The University of Sheffield | Education & universities | 31 | 6 | 0 |
| UK Atomic Energy Authority | Central government | 29 | 21 | 2 |
| Nuclear Restoration Services Limited | Other public bodies | 26 | 14 | 0 |
| United Utilities Water Limited | Other public bodies | 25 | 9 | 1 |
| Transport for London | Other public bodies | 23 | 5 | 0 |
649 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 1,397 of 2,095 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| South East England | 2 | 65% | 30% | |
| North West England | 3 | 49% | 35% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 3 | 58% | 27% | |
| South West England | 3 | 69% | 22% | |
| East of England | 3 | 68% | 22% | |
| Scotland | 3 | 59% | 56% | |
| West Midlands | 3 | 71% | 12% | |
| North East England | 4 | 63% | 12% | |
| East Midlands | 4 | 69% | 20% | |
| Greater London | 1 | 62% | 3% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 3 | 81% | 25% | |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 50% | 42% |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract89%(1,875 notices)
1,875 of 2,095 notices are Contract (89%).Framework10%(211 notices)
211 of 2,095 notices are Framework (10%).Dynamic purchasing system0%(9 notices)
9 of 2,095 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (0%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open41%(867 notices)
867 of 2,095 notices are Open (41%).Direct award18%(384 notices)
384 of 2,095 notices are Direct award (18%).Limited / restricted16%(345 notices)
345 of 2,095 notices are Limited / restricted (16%).Route not published15%(312 notices)
312 of 2,095 notices are Route not published (15%).Selective9%(187 notices)
187 of 2,095 notices are Selective (9%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold57%(246 notices)
246 of 432 notices are Above threshold (57%).Below threshold43%(186 notices)
186 of 432 notices are Below threshold (43%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (1,179) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid24%(52)
52 of 220 lots fall in 1 bid (24%).2–340%(87)
87 of 220 lots fall in 2–3 (40%).4–629%(64)
64 of 220 lots fall in 4–6 (29%).7 or more8%(17)
17 of 220 lots fall in 7 or more (8%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 220 lots from 184 competitions run by 116 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 123 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 97 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
489 of 1,122 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 57 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
484 SME bids out of 630, on 184 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
260 of 432 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 146 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
38 of 1,179 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 165 lots from 49 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 1,597 awards to 1,107 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 4% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Facultatieve Technologies Ltd | 12 | 12 | 3 | 12 |
| JENSEN UK LIMITED | 11 | 15 | 1 | 5 |
| XYZ Machine Tools | 10 | 11 | 4 | 9 |
| Briggs Equipment Uk Ltd | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| Girbau UK Ltd | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
| Haas Automation Ltd | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Toyota Material Handling UK Limited | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| Createc Ltd | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 731 of 2,095 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in industrial machinery
84 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 42, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 2 Nov 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.