Official UK procurement notice
Forklift Tucks for the Port of Sunderland
Authority: Sunderland City Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSupply of new forklift trucks for cargo operations at the Port of Sunderland
6 no 8 tonne forklift trucks
3 no 33 tonne forklift trucks
Current Port fleet to be used in part exchange
CPV: Forklift trucks
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£1,860,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #18 Tonne Forklift TruckAwardedPublished value£1,000,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #233 Tonne ForkliftAwardedPublished value£860,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
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).
Published award criteria (1)
- Price: Cost of Forklifts (Less any part exchange on existing fleet)
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Dec 2025, 13:52 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:52 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
OPEN20252199- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-006853- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f933Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
18 Dec 2025 → 7 Oct 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published307 days ago18 Dec 2025, 13:52 GMT
- Market engagement285 days ago9 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
There is a preliminary market engagement questionnaire available on the Councils online tendering platform, the Open system.
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This market engagement will allow the Council to understand the appetite in the market and prepare the market and to advise them to register with the appropriate sies to ensure that have access to all documentation and can submit compliant tenders
- Next notice expected278 days ago16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published268 days ago26 Jan 2026, 17:43 GMT
- Clarification questions by246 days ago17 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline239 days ago24 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by226 days ago9 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent183 days ago22 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends169 days ago5 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published14 days ago7 Oct 2026, 13:52 BST
Notice history
10 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Dec 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Dec 2025, 13:52 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published26 Jan 2026, 17:43 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active26 Jan 2026, 17:43 GMT
- Procurement method changed26 Jan 2026, 17:43 GMT
- Deadline published: 24 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT26 Jan 2026, 17:43 GMT
- Contract award notice published22 Apr 2026, 15:36 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete22 Apr 2026, 15:36 BST
- Contract signature expected6 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published27 May 2026, 15:42 BSTUK7
- Contract termination notice published7 Oct 2026, 13:52 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-01: 1 release · 26 Jan 2026
- 2025-12: 1 release · 18 Dec 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · 8 Tonne Forklift Truck1 award | |||
| FORKLIFT SOLUTIONS LIMITEDLot 1 - Supply of 8 tonne Forklift Trucks x 66 May 2026 – 2 Oct 2026 | £682,800 | 22 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · 33 Tonne Forklift1 award | |||
| Pristine trading Group Inc LtdSMESupply of 33 tonne Forklift trucks x 36 May 2026 – 2 Oct 2026 | £578,947 | 22 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Lot 1 - 6no 8 tonne forklift trucks · FORKLIFT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- Signed
- 14 May 2026
- Value
- £682,800
- Period
- 19 May 2026 – 2 Oct 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: below value for KPIs plus one off supply of goods
Lot 2 - 3no 33 tonne forklift trucks · Pristine trading Group Inc LtdSME
- Signed
- 14 May 2026
- Value
- £578,947
- Period
- 18 May 2026 – 2 Oct 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- —
- Termination
- mutuallyAgreed
No agreed KPIs: Below value for KPIs plus one off supply of goods
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · 8 Tonne Forklift Truck | 5final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2 · 33 Tonne Forklift | 5final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- FORKLIFT SOLUTIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- Pristine trading Group Inc LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender