Soldering, brazing and welding tools, surface tempering and hot-spraying machines and equipment: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 42660000Supplies · 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
  • Education & universities 19% (12 notices)
  • Central government 16% (10 notices)
  • Local authorities 11% (7 notices)
  • Other public bodies 11% (7 notices)
  • Not classified 42% (26 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authoritynot classified1200
Ministry of DefenceCentral government410
LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITEDCentral government300
Scottish Governmentnot classified300
UK Atomic Energy AuthorityOther public bodies310
APUC LIMITEDnot classified210
AWE PLCnot classified200
Air Commercialnot classified200
Scotland Excelnot classified200
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDEducation & universities220

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 44 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
South East England15 · 34%
Scotland9 · 20%
South West England5 · 11%
Wales (Cymru)5 · 11%
North East England4 · 9%
North West England4 · 9%
Northern Ireland3 · 7%
Yorkshire and the Humber3 · 7%
West Midlands2 · 5%
Greater London1 · 2%
East Midlands1 · 2%
East of England1 · 2%

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% (42 notices)
  • Framework 31% (19 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 2% (1 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 47% (29 notices)
  • Route not published 26% (16 notices)
  • Selective 23% (14 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 5% (3 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 64% (7 notices)
  • Below threshold 36% (4 notices)
Typical tender window30 daysrobust · n=14median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (16) · 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 £124,174median £261,442p75 £354,347
interquartile range of 10 awards · p90 £374,501
Typical bids per lot1robust · n=5middle half 1–2
Competed88%robust · n=16open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Awards won by SMEs40%robust · n=10single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot10robust · n=710 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 87 awards to 65 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 16 of 62 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 4266. 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 4266. 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.