Machinery for the production and use of mechanical power: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 42100000Supplies · 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

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 32% (8 notices)
  • Local authorities 20% (5 notices)
  • Central government 16% (4 notices)
  • Education & universities 12% (3 notices)
  • NHS & health 8% (2 notices)
  • Not classified 12% (3 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Southend-on-Sea Borough CouncilLocal authorities200
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")NHS & health200
ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTSOther public bodies100
Chief Constable for Devon and Cornwall PolicePolice, fire & emergency100
Crown Commercial ServiceCentral government100
Defence Equipment and SupportCentral government110
Department for InfrastructureCentral government100
Fusion21 Members ConsortiumOther public bodies100
Kent County Council (t/a KCS Procurement Services)Local authorities100
London Procurement Partnershipnot classified100

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 17 of 26 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
Yorkshire and the Humber3 · 18%
Scotland3 · 18%
South West England3 · 18%
East of England2 · 12%
Greater London2 · 12%
North West England2 · 12%
East Midlands2 · 12%
West Midlands2 · 12%
Wales (Cymru)1 · 6%
South East England1 · 6%
Northern Ireland1 · 6%

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 54% (14 notices)
  • Framework 42% (11 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 4% (1 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 54% (14 notices)
  • Selective 31% (8 notices)
  • Route not published 15% (4 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 86% (6 notices)
  • Below threshold 14% (1 notices)
Typical tender window35 daysrobust · n=10median, notice to deadline

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 67 awards to 48 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 10 of 26 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract3 notices · 30%
Delta eSourcing2 notices · 20%
eTendersNI1 notices · 10%
JAGGAER / BravoSolution1 notices · 10%

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 4210. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 4 Aug 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 4210. 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.