Official UK procurement notice
Hire of Plant Equipment · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Cheshire East Council (Local council)
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42)Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment (43)Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: North West (UKD62)
Published estimate£1,400,000≈ £764k / year · £1,680,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 20 Mar 2026
Contract term 1 yr 10 moends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Jun 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Hire of Self operated plant to handle domestic waste and recyclables
CPV: Front-end shovel loaders · Industrial machinery · Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, and mining machinery · Refuse and waste related services
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Scoring: 40%
- Price scoring: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price scoring
- Quality Scoring
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 18 Feb 2026, 14:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Feb 2026, 14:03 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 20 Apr 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-014802- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065721Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 20 Mar 2026
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Mar 2026
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
18 Feb 2026 → 1 Jun 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published252 days ago18 Feb 2026, 14:03 GMT
- Clarification questions by229 days ago13 Mar 2026
- Submission deadline222 days ago20 Mar 2026
- Award decision expected by190 days ago20 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts149 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published18 Feb 2026, 14:03 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender