Official UK procurement notice
Access Equipment Hire · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Liverpool Experience Campus Ltd (Public body)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: North West (UKD72)
Published estimate£450,000≈ £450k / year · £540,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 15 Dec 2025awarded 25 Feb 2026
Awarded to HSS HIRE SERVICE GROUP LIMITED2 awards
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe ACC Liverpool Group is awarding a contract to supply various electrically powered pieces of Access Equipment on fixed term Hire Purchase Agreement for three years with a two-year extension option.
The contract value is indicative of the total of the five years and based off previous Pre-Market Engagement bench marking.
CPV: Access platforms
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£540,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 45%
- Pricing: 45%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Pricing
- Social Value
- Quality
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 45 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Jun 2026, 08:16 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
TT000151- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-073407- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e01aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
- Submission deadline
- 15 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
13 Nov 2025 → 16 Jun 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published342 days ago13 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
- Clarification questions by322 days ago3 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline310 days ago15 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by274 days ago19 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent238 days ago25 Feb 2026
- Standstill ends225 days ago9 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts203 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published127 days ago16 Jun 2026, 08:16 BST
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Nov 2025- Tender notice published13 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published14 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMTUK4
- Deadline moved to 15 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT14 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT+7 days · was 8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract award notice published26 Feb 2026, 11:20 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 Feb 2026, 11:20 GMT
- Contract signature expected11 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published16 Jun 2026, 08:16 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-11: 1 release · 13 Nov 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £450,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Mar 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HSS HIRE SERVICE GROUP LIMITED1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: Two year extension option at the ACC Group discretion. | £450,000same award published again · counted once | 25 Feb 2026standstill to 9 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
| HSS HIRE SERVICE GROUP LIMITED | £450,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · HSS HIRE SERVICE GROUP LIMITED
- Signed
- 11 Mar 2026
- Value
- £450,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Two year extension option at the ACC Group discretion.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HSS Hire Group PlcAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender