Official UK procurement notice
Group Plant & Tool Hire Tender
Authority: MAG AIRPORT LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMAG is seeking to award a contract for the provision of Plant and Tool Hire services across its UK airports through a Competitive Flexible Procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
The successful supplier will be required to provide access to a comprehensive range of plant, powered access equipment, lifting equipment, accommodation units, generators, pumps, survey equipment, temporary site equipment, tools and associated accessories to support operational, maintenance and construction activities across Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands Airport. The contract will also support the requirements of approved third-party contractors operating on MAG sites.
The appointed supplier will be responsible for the supply, delivery, collection and ongoing support of hire assets, together with management information and spend reporting to support effective contract management and continuous improvement throughout the contract term.
The procurement seeks to establish a single contractual arrangement with a supplier capable of delivering a responsive, compliant and commercially competitive service across all MAG locations.
Bidders will be evaluated against the following criteria:
Technical
Commercial
ESG
Legal and Contractual Compliance
- How the procedure runs: This tender will be a multi-stage process following the below steps: Stage 1 - PQQ / Selection questionnaire Stage 2 - Tender response (ITN) Stage 3 - BAFO (optional) Stage 4 - Contract Award Further information about what is to be expected within each stage will be described in the relevant documents provided by the MAG Procurement team.
CPV: Compressors · Construction machinery and equipment · Construction materials and associated items · Cooling and ventilation equipment · Earthmoving and excavating machinery, and associated parts · Floodlights · Generators · Lifting and handling equipment · Modular and portable buildings · Pneumatic or motorised hand tools · Power tools · Pumps · +1 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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 sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 15%
- ESG: 15%
- Commercial: 70%
Published award criteria (3)
- Commercial
- Technical
- ESG
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £666,058 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How MAG AIRPORT LIMITED buys Pumps and compressors (CPV 4212), and who usually turns up
MAG AIRPORT LIMITED’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Pumps and compressors (CPV 4212) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 173 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid18% / 43%
2–364% / 43%
4–69% / 14%
7+9% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate22% / 44%
Within ±2%44% / 34%
Above estimate33% / 22%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 3151Published estimate£1.0m
This lot is listed as CPV 3151. The table above uses the notice category.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid8%
2–379%
4–612%
7+1%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 1 comparable award. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£993k–£1.0m
Estimate£1.0m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £2.0m6 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live · £54k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=2 | |
Sunbelt Rentals LtdLarge | £1.6m36 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 4 live · £1.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 |
| £551k14 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 3 live · £250k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
GAP Group LimitedLarge | £418k19 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 3 live · £177k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 41% below n=1 |
| £618k2 awards in 36m · last 9 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Sept 2025, 13:23 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Sept 2026, 13:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
ID7429- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086423- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0594efFind a Tender
- How it runs
This tender will be a multi-stage process following the below steps:
Stage 1 - PQQ / Selection questionnaire
Stage 2 - Tender response (ITN)
Stage 3 - BAFO (optional)
Stage 4 - Contract Award
Further information about what is to be expected within each stage will be described in the relevant documents provided by the MAG Procurement team.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
If you are wishing to express an interest in this opportunity please register your company details on the MAG portal, on the following URL and select "Register your interest". Please note that the PQQ submission deadline is 15:00 12th October 2026.
www.magairports.com/work-with-us/procure… ↗
Please contact Dan Garnett on [email protected] with any questions.
Timeline
5 Sept 2025 → 4 Mar 2027 · 6 dates- Planning notice published5 Sept 2025, 13:23 BST
- Market engagement391 days ago30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
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 [email protected]. Subject to availability, a meeting will be scheduled accordingly.
- Tender notice published45 days ago11 Sept 2026, 13:44 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 35 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 98 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 128 days4 Mar 2027
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Sept 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Sept 2025, 13:23 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published11 Sept 2026, 13:44 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £1,000,00011 Sept 2026, 13:44 BST
- Status changed to active11 Sept 2026, 13:44 BST
- Procurement method changed11 Sept 2026, 13:44 BST
- Deadline published: 30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT11 Sept 2026, 13:44 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender