Official UK procurement notice
Lithium Ion Battery Recharge and Storage for Hand Tools Including Breakers Floor Saws Drills Grinders etc
Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPreliminary Market Engagement Notice – Lithium Ion Battery Recharge and Storage for Hand Tools Including Breakers Floor Saws Drills Grinders etc
Reference SMBC 25059
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (“SMBC”) Highways & Grounds Maintenance Teams, based at Taylors Lane Depot, Oldbury, is conducting a Preliminary Market Engagement (“PME”) exercise to engage with suitably qualified/experienced suppliers, who can work with the team to determine current and future requirements for the charging and storage of (mainly) Lithium Ion batteries, used in our hand tools, including Breakers, Floor Saws, Drills, Grinders, etc.
The purpose of this PME is to engage and seek feedback from suitably qualified/experienced suppliers, for charging and storage of Lithium batteries, used for their hand tools.
Please Note: This PME notice is not a call for competition.
Contract Dates (estimated)
Estimated to commence September 2026.
Description
We recognise that Lithium batteries are now more widely used as effective and efficient power sources for a wide range of electric equipment and although safe, lithium batteries can be a potential fire risk if damaged or overheated and that lithium fires are quick to spread through a chemical reaction which causes thermal runaway and are difficult to extinguish.
We currently have approximately 40 chargers and in excess of 80 batteries, however we expect this to increase as we move away from tools/equipment with internal combustion engines, in favour of battery operated.
Participation
SMBC Invites Interest from potential suppliers. Applicants that respond, will be required to visit the Depot and meet with a small group of employees, to discuss and develop a specification for a future procurement exercise.
There is no commitment to purchase.
To arrange a visit please contact: Tim Pitt
Email: [email protected]
Engagement Deadline
Responses should be submitted by 5PM Friday 20 June 2025
The engagement process is being carried out using the Council’s procurement portal in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc/aspx/Home ↗
CPV: Battery chargers · Hand tools · Miscellaneous hand tools
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 9 Jun 2025, 09:45 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2025, 09:45 BST
- Authority reference
SMBC 25059- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030804- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0544ffFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
9 Jun 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published9 Jun 2025, 09:45 BST
- Market engagement21 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (“SMBC”) Highways & Grounds Maintenance Teams, based at Taylors Lane Depot, Oldbury, is conducting a Preliminary Market Engagement (“PME”) exercise to engage with suitably qualified/experienced suppliers, who can work with the team to determine current and future requirements for the charging and storage of (mainly) Lithium Ion batteries, used in our hand tools, including Breakers, Floor Saws, Drills, Grinders, etc.
The purpose of this PME is to engage and seek feedback from suitably qualified/experienced suppliers, for charging and storage of Lithium batteries, used for their hand tools.
Please Note: This PME notice is not a call for competition.
Contract Dates (estimated)
Estimated to commence September 2026.
Description
We recognise that Lithium batteries are now more widely used as effective and efficient power sources for a wide range of electric equipment and although safe, lithium batteries can be a potential fire risk if damaged or overheated and that lithium fires are quick to spread through a chemical reaction which causes thermal runaway and are difficult to extinguish.
We currently have approximately 40 chargers and in excess of 80 batteries, however we expect this to increase as we move away from tools/equipment with internal combustion engines, in favour of battery operated.
Participation
SMBC Invites Interest from potential suppliers. Applicants that respond, will be required to visit the Depot and meet with a small group of employees, to discuss and develop a specification for a future procurement exercise.
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Jun 2025, 09:45 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
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- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender