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Plant Vehicle Hire

Buyer: Birmingham City Council →

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BuyerBirmingham City Council
StatusAwarded
Deadline19 Dec 2025
Value£1,152,000
Published5 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Birmingham City Council (the "Council") is seeking to appoint the two highest ranking organisations for the provision of Plant Vehicle Hire. The primary goal of the procurement is to establish a Corporate contract that will encompass the requirements for all our service areas (approximately 21) that necessitate the use of plant vehicles. The specification will focus on the requirements required to support the operation and maintenance of the Council’s Cemetery and Crematoria grounds for the Council’s Bereavement Service’s area. The equipment required includes but is not limited to; • Tractors; • Trailers; • Excavator 803; • Excavator 2CX; • Dumpers. The contract will commence on 01 April 2026 and will be in place for a period of four (4) years.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

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 policyNot published
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.

Awards

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05e7bc
Latest release ID019792-2026
Latest release timestampThu Mar 05 2026 10:46:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076614-2025
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
5 Mar 2026award, contract019792-2026
24 Nov 2025tender076614-2025

All source data

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

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