Lifting and handling equipment: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 42410000Supplies · 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 lifting and handling equipment

23 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Protect Framework (Compliance Services)Framework8 lotsThe Hyde Group21 Sept 20263d£2,688,000,000
Lifts Servicing and MaintenanceNottingham Community Housing Association Limited22 Sept 20264d£900,000
Plant Lifting Equipment Testing2 lotsVia East Midlands LTD25 Sept 20267d£280,000
IMAX Escalator RefurbishmentScience Museum Group28 Sept 202610d£105,000
St Edmunds College Lift Maintenance ServicesST EDMUND'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE28 Sept 202610d
Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of an Electric Forklift TruckCivil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) / Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC)1 Oct 202613d£60,000
Caversham Lakes Boat HoistENVIRONMENT AGENCY6 Oct 202618d£2,372,500
Procurement for Supply, Delivery and Maintenance of one (1) Telescopic Material HandlerYorwaste Ltd7 Oct 202619d£135,000
BAS - SDA - Scientific Mooring HoistUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)12 Oct 202624d£320,000
Passenger & Domestic Lifting Equipment Servicing and Maintenance2 lotsSalix Homes Limited12 Oct 202624d£1,125,000
For Fully Comprehensive Maintenance of passenger, goods, bed and platform lifts across two sitesHull University Teaching Hospitals12 Oct 202624d£235,000
Passenger Lifts and MaintenanceBeyond Housing Limited14 Oct 202626d£380,000
Supply and Delivery of Heavy and Municipal VehiclesFramework13 lotsScotland Excel16 Oct 202628d£100,000,000
Escalator and Lift Maintenance and RepairStrathclyde Partnership for Transport23 Oct 202635d
Escalator Programmable Logic Controllers, Drives, inverters and interfacesFramework2 lotsTransport for London23 Oct 202635d£18,061,649
Group Plant & Tool Hire TenderMAG AIRPORT LIMITED30 Nov 202673d£1,000,000
Repairs and Maintenance DPSDPS14 lotsLHC Procurement Group18 Feb 2029884d£55,000,000
Repairs and Maintenance DPSDPS14 lotsLHC Procurement Group for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)19 Feb 2029885d£60,000,000
Repairs and Maintenance DPSDPS14 lotsLHC Procurement Group for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)19 Feb 2029885d£4,000,000
Repairs and Maintenance DPSDPS14 lotsLHC Procurement Group for the Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA)19 Feb 2029885d£4,000,000
London and Quadrant Housing Trust - Telehandlers Dynmaic Purchasing System (DPS)DPSLondon and Quadrant Housinh Trust 20 Feb 2029886d
Provision and maintenance of mobile plantDPS4 lotsYorwaste Ltd30 Sept 20301473d£3,000,000
YPO - 001110 Emergency Response and Rescue EquipmentDPS10 lotsYPO13 Jun 20322095d£40,000,000

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 32% (215 notices)
  • Other public bodies 30% (199 notices)
  • Central government 13% (89 notices)
  • Education & universities 4% (24 notices)
  • Housing associations 4% (24 notices)
  • Not classified 18% (122 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Ministry of DefenceCentral government1520
PD TEESPORT LIMITEDOther public bodies1430
Sellafield LimitedOther public bodies1200
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authoritynot classified900
Transport for LondonOther public bodies841
ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTSOther public bodies810
Derby City CouncilLocal authorities840
Dover Harbour BoardOther public bodies810
Scotland Excelnot classified721
Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltdnot classified700

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 528 of 711 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
Scotland93 · 18%347%70%
Greater London89 · 17%459%
South East England88 · 17%567%85%
East of England82 · 16%458%67%
Yorkshire and the Humber78 · 15%571%71%
North West England75 · 14%355%46%
East Midlands69 · 13%468%55%
West Midlands66 · 13%350%
South West England60 · 11%3
Wales (Cymru)59 · 11%
North East England58 · 11%470%
Northern Ireland43 · 8%

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 66% (472 notices)
  • Framework 31% (219 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (20 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 66% (466 notices)
  • Route not published 16% (117 notices)
  • Selective 15% (105 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 3% (23 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 64% (126 notices)
  • Below threshold 36% (72 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=188median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (288) · 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=135
  • 1 bid 10% (14)
  • 2–3 37% (50)
  • 4–6 33% (45)
  • 7 or more 19% (26)
Contract value, net
p25 £99,246median £225,000p75 £633,248
interquartile range of 147 awards · p90 £2,641,558
Typical bids per lot4robust · n=109middle half 3–6
Competed96%robust · n=288open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs66%robust · n=531of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs67%robust · n=116single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally48%robust · n=102winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimateat the estimaterobust · n=8335 below · 17 above
Abandoned5%robust · n=288cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot7robust · n=73151 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 1,401 awards to 722 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 18% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 276 of 711 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

In-tend Electronic Procurement55 notices · 20% · 7 open
Proactis / ProContract48 notices · 17% · 4 open
EU-Supply Complete Tender Management38 notices · 14% · 2 open
Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)30 notices · 11% · 2 open
Delta eSourcing20 notices · 7% · 1 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution19 notices · 7%
Sell2Wales15 notices · 5%

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 4241. 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 4241. 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.