Mowers: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 16310000Supplies · classin Agricultural 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 mowers

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
YPO - 000881 Ground Maintenance ServicesDPS4 lotsYPO23 Feb 2029889d£500,000,000

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 61% (50 notices)
  • Central government 11% (9 notices)
  • Other public bodies 5% (4 notices)
  • Education & universities 5% (4 notices)
  • Not classified 18% (15 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)Local authorities520
Northern Ireland Housing ExecutiveCentral government510
Stoke on Trent City CouncilLocal authorities410
Ards and North Down Borough CouncilLocal authorities310
Education Authority NIEducation & universities300
Caerphilly County Borough CouncilLocal authorities210
Cheshire west and Chester Borough CouncilLocal authorities200
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)not classified200
Defra Group Commercialnot classified200
Dumfries and Galloway CouncilLocal authorities200

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 55 of 82 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
Northern Ireland14 · 25%
Scotland13 · 24%
Yorkshire and the Humber6 · 11%
North West England6 · 11%
South East England5 · 9%
South West England4 · 7%
East of England4 · 7%
Wales (Cymru)4 · 7%
West Midlands3 · 5%
East Midlands2 · 4%
North East England2 · 4%
Greater London2 · 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 68% (56 notices)
  • Framework 29% (24 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 2% (2 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 74% (61 notices)
  • Route not published 10% (8 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 9% (7 notices)
  • Selective 6% (5 notices)
  • Direct award 1% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 42% (10 notices)
  • Below threshold 58% (14 notices)
Typical tender window28 daysrobust · n=22median, 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

Bids per lot · n=27
  • 1 bid 11% (3)
  • 2–3 15% (4)
  • 4–6 41% (11)
  • 7 or more 33% (9)
Contract value, net
p25 £28,871median £69,000p75 £293,013
interquartile range of 39 awards · p90 £538,659
Typical bids per lot5robust · n=9middle half 4–9
Competed79%robust · n=38open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs31%robust · n=143of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs57%robust · n=23single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally23%robust · n=13winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned0%robust · n=38cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot16robust · n=813 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 212 awards to 112 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 46% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 22 of 82 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

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 1631. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 10 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 1631. 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.