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# Operated and Non-Operated Plant & Tool Hire Framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/operated-and-non-operated-plant-tool-hire-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-04e6a9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: "Operated and Non-Operated Plant & Tool Hire Framework". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £18,000,000. 6 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/rotherham-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000018)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £18,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 March 2025 at 13:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 6
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Buckets, shovels, grabs and grips for cranes or excavators, Cabins, Drainage equipment, Excavating machinery, Hand tools (+11 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKE, UKE3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/operated-and-non-operated-plant-tool-hire-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-04e6a9#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e6a9`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/operated-and-non-operated-plant-tool-hire-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-04e6a9#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D90420%26B%3DUK)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/operated-and-non-operated-plant-tool-hire-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-04e6a9#participate

## Description
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC) has a need to hire plant and equipment to enable it to undertake its day to day operations.

## Lots (6)
### Lot 1: Operated Plant Hire
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 60000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £15,000,000
- **Description:** Operated means plant offered and supplied by the Hire Company with a fully trained and competent operator. Operator means the person who operates, drives or handles the plant.
This lot includes, but is not restricted to, the hire of:-
•	Operated JCB’...

### Lot 2: Non-Operated Plant Hire
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 42420000, 43000000, 43260000, 43262000, 43600000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000
- **Description:** Non-Operated means plant offered and supplied by the Hire Company for which the Council will provide a fully trained and competent operator.
This lot includes, but is not restricted to, the hire of:-
•	Non-operated rollers;
•	Non-operated dumpers – a...

### Lot 3: Tools & Fencing Hire
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 42600000, 43830000, 44510000, 44511000, 44512000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £600,000
- **Description:** This lot includes, but is not restricted to, the hire of:-
•	Herras fencing;
•	Tower Floodlights;
•	Breakers, petrol, hydraulic and air driven;
•	Vib compactors, various weights, forward and reverse, trenching;
•	Stone cutter;
•	Floor saws;
•	Pumping...

### Lot 4: Site Accommodation Hire
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 44211100, 44211110
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000
- **Description:** This lot includes, but is not restricted to, the hire of the following:-
•	High Security Combined Plant Safe & 8 Seater Welfare Unit;
•	High Security Plant Safe

### Lot 5: Traffic Signal Hire
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34923000, 34996100
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £50,000
- **Description:** This lot includes, but is not restricted to, the hire of the following:-
•	Two-way battery-operated traffic lights, including relevant Chapter 8 signage.
•	Three-way battery-operated traffic lights, including relevant Chapter 8 signage.
•	Four-way ba...

### Lot 6: Drainage Plant & Tools
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 43000000, 43324000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £350,000
- **Description:** This lot includes, but is not restricted to, the hire of the following:-
•	Breakers
•	Excavators
•	Gulley Emptier

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006776-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-21T14:01:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T03:22:22.653Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e6a9