Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, and mining machinery: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 43260000Supplies · classin Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

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 mechanical shovels

2 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Ground Care, Agricultural and Plant Equipment for Defra Group Fleet Services4 lotsENVIRONMENT AGENCY22 Oct 202634d£69,876,145
Provision and maintenance of mobile plantDPS4 lotsYorwaste Ltd30 Sept 20301473d£3,000,000

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 40% (25 notices)
  • Other public bodies 26% (16 notices)
  • Central government 8% (5 notices)
  • NHS & health 2% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 24% (15 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Natural Resources WalesOther public bodies510
Department for InfrastructureCentral government400
Yorwaste LtdOther public bodies321
ESPOnot classified300
Falkirk CouncilLocal authorities300
ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTSOther public bodies200
Belfast City CouncilLocal authorities210
Construction Industry Training Boardnot classified200
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough CouncilLocal authorities210
Scotland Excelnot classified200

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 47 of 62 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)13 · 28%
Northern Ireland10 · 21%
Scotland10 · 21%
Yorkshire and the Humber7 · 15%
West Midlands6 · 13%
South West England5 · 11%
East Midlands4 · 9%
East of England4 · 9%
North West England4 · 9%
North East England3 · 6%
Greater London2 · 4%
South East England2 · 4%

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 44% (27 notices)
  • Framework 55% (34 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 2% (1 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 81% (50 notices)
  • Route not published 10% (6 notices)
  • Selective 8% (5 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 2% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 91% (10 notices)
  • Below threshold 9% (1 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=15median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (13) · 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 £215,000median £270,358p75 £621,000
interquartile range of 14 awards · p90 £747,600
Typical bids per lot4robust · n=7middle half 3–6
Competed92%robust · n=13open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs70%robust · n=27of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs67%robust · n=12single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot14robust · n=1018 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 198 awards to 88 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 21 of 62 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract5 notices · 24% · 1 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution3 notices · 14%
Sell2Wales3 notices · 14%
SAP Ariba1 notices · 5%
Delta eSourcing1 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 4326. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 8 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 4326. 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.