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Group Plant Lease & Hire Tender

Buyer: MAG AIRPORT LIMITED →

BuyerMAG AIRPORT LIMITED
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£1,500,000
Published5 Sept 2025

What is being bought

MAG Airport Limited intends to tender a Group-wide contract for the hire and purchase of plant and equipment to support operations across its three airports: Manchester, East Midlands, and London Stansted. As part of this procurement, MAG is also exploring the potential to expand the scope to include consumables, tools, and parts. This preliminary market engagement aims to assess both the level of market interest and supplier capability, helping to shape and inform the final procurement strategy. The current strategy of this Procurement process is to award a group-wide contract to a singular bidder, responsible for the provision of both the hire and purchase of plant and equipment, as well as consumables.

Delivery location

UKD, GB · UKF, GB · UKJ, GB

Categories

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting 31000000Lifting and handling equipment and parts 42400000Machine tools 42600000Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery 42900000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2029

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting, Lifting and handling equipment and parts, Machine tools, Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machineryNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 31. The category anchor is Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 311,1785 median · 73.8 average (291 of 1,178 with a bid count)6.3 average (341 of 1,178 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer110 median · 10 average (1 of 1 with a bid count)2 average (1 of 1 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKD846 median · 16.8 average (13 of 84 with a bid count)3.6 average (16 of 84 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)787 median · 7 average (1 of 78 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 78 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeutilities
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
MAG Airport is undertaking preliminary market engagement to gain refreshed insights into current market capabilities and interest. Previous tender exercises have focused solely on the provision of equipment and plant hire. As we consider the potential inclusion of consumables within the scope, we are seeking to understand whether this would be a viable strategic direction, and to assess whether there is sufficient capacity and capability within the market to meet our overall requirements. To support this, MAG is inviting up to six organisations to participate in 30 minute initial discussions via Microsoft Teams. These sessions will provide an opportunity for mutual introductions and allow MAG to share its current thinking while gaining valuable market input to help shape any future procurement activity. Meetings will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis and will take place over the next two weeks. If your organisation is interested in participating, please contact Dan Garnett at dan.garnett@magairports.com. Subject to availability, a meeting will be scheduled accordingly.engagement30 Sept 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0594ef
Latest release ID054282-2025
Latest release timestampFri Sep 05 2025 12:23:13 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1,500,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
5 Sept 2025planning054282-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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