Lifting and handling equipment and parts: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 42400000Supplies · 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 and parts

7 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
  • Other public bodies 45% (49 notices)
  • Local authorities 28% (30 notices)
  • Central government 6% (7 notices)
  • NHS & health 4% (4 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 2% (2 notices)
  • Not classified 15% (16 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Barcud Shared ServicesOther public bodies610
Sellafield LimitedOther public bodies400
London Borough of HillingdonLocal authorities310
NHS Shared Business Services LimitedNHS & health310
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Central government320
Procurement for HousingOther public bodies300
Yorwaste LtdOther public bodies212
TranslinkOther public bodies221
Codi Group LtdOther public bodies200
Glasgow City CouncilLocal authorities210

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 77 of 109 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
Wales (Cymru)22 · 29%
North West England14 · 18%
Greater London12 · 16%
Yorkshire and the Humber10 · 13%
Scotland10 · 13%
East of England9 · 12%
East Midlands8 · 10%
North East England7 · 9%
South West England7 · 9%
South East England5 · 6%
West Midlands5 · 6%
Northern Ireland4 · 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 60% (65 notices)
  • Framework 37% (40 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 4% (4 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 60% (65 notices)
  • Route not published 21% (23 notices)
  • Selective 16% (17 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 4% (4 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 66% (27 notices)
  • Below threshold 34% (14 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=35median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (38) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Contract value, net
p25 £36,818median £123,408p75 £427,797
interquartile range of 14 awards · p90 £1,974,700
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=9middle half 2–7
Competed95%robust · n=38open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs85%robust · n=41of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs64%robust · n=11single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally18%robust · n=11winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned8%robust · n=38cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot11robust · n=832 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 435 awards to 198 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 41 of 109 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Sell2Wales11 notices · 27%
Proactis / ProContract10 notices · 24% · 4 open
In-tend Electronic Procurement6 notices · 15% · 1 open
eTendersNI3 notices · 7% · 1 open
SAP Ariba2 notices · 5%
Delta eSourcing2 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 4240. 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 4240. 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.