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Buyer: VIA EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED →

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BuyerVIA EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED
StatusOpen
Deadline25 Sept 2026
Value£280,000
Published1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Via East Midlands Limited ("Via") is seeking to appoint a competent and suitably accredited contractor to undertake the statutory inspection, thorough examination, testing and certification of lifting equipment across its operational and fleet activities. The successful contractor will provide services in compliance with all relevant legislation and approved codes of practice, ensuring the continued safe use of lifting equipment and compliance with statutory obligations.

Categories

Lifting and handling equipment 42410000Machinery-inspection services 71631100

Lot details

Operation Lifting Equipment

Full description of lot within ITT document of the tender advert.

Statusactive
Value£60,000
Contract periodFrom 6 Nov 2026 to 5 Nov 2028

Fleet Lifting Equipment

Full description of lot within ITT document of the tender advert

Statusactive
Value£220,000
Contract periodFrom 6 Nov 2026 to 5 Nov 2028

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Lifting and handling equipment, Machinery-inspection servicesNot published
2Lifting and handling equipment, Machinery-inspection servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 42. The category anchor is Lifting and handling equipment (42410000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 423,0194 median · 51.9 average (1,182 of 3,019 with a bid count)5.9 average (1,276 of 3,019 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2334 median · 5.4 average (5 of 233 with a bid count)1 average (5 of 233 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06efa3
Latest release IDocds-h6vhtk-06efa3-2026-09-01T14:24:48+01:00
Latest release timestampTue Sep 01 2026 13:24:48 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082708-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-25T11:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsPlease login to the Supplier Network to view the Opportunity: • Log in at https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login • Go to 'Opportunities' and search Via East Midlands Ltd Specific points of clarification regarding the Specification or tender process must be notified via the Messaging Section on the Proactis eTendering system.
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£280,000
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Sept 2026tender082708-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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