Official UK procurement notice
Household Waste & Recycling Centre (HWRC) - Plant Hire Services Contract
Authority: London Borough of Harrow (Local council)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: London (UKI74)
Awarded value£419,448published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 Jul 2026no call for competition
Awarded to John Hanlon & Co Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHire and Maintenance of Plant Equipment Machinery used for processing of waste and recyclable materials in the Councils HWRC site.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jul 2026, 16:06 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 08:44 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092626- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d803Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
The direct award is justified as a special case, as the incumbent contractor is withdrawing from contract-rental activities and no alternative compliant procurement route can be implemented
within the required timescales to avoid service disruption.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jul 2026- Transparency notice published30 Jul 2026, 16:06 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published31 Jul 2026, 15:29 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected3 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published1 Oct 2026, 08:44 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £419,4481 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 3 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hanlon & Co LtdSME3 Aug 2026 – 2 Aug 2028 | £419,448 | 29 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · John Hanlon & Co LtdSME
- Signed
- 3 Aug 2026
- Value
- £419,448
- Period
- 3 Aug 2026 – 2 Aug 2028
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: Operational continuity · Engineer response time · First-time fix rate
- Operational continuity
- Engineer response time
- First-time fix rate
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- JOHN HANLON & CO. LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
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
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender