Official UK procurement notice
Port Handling Equipment Reach Stacker
Authority: Dover Harbour Board (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are seeking a Reach stacker for our cargo division to support expanded handling capacity and operational efficiency.
Please see below for our Reach Stacker Requirements:
- Load capacity max - 46,000kg
- Load capacity on 1st row - 33,000kg
- Load capacity on 2nd row - 17,000kg
- Operator password required to start the unit
- Engine spec - Preferred Mercedes/ Volvo
- Coolant level alert visible on display and viewing glass
- Timed automatic engine shutoff
- Automatic grease spreader
- All critical safety features including alarms, lights, indicators and reverse cameras
- Proximity detection alert
- Spreader rotation and tilt
- Foot plate to support for more weight and stability
- Warranty and service offer
- Operative and familiarisation training pack
CPV: Container-handling equipment · Mechanical handling equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PlannedPublished value£500,000
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Dover Harbour Board buys Lifting and handling equipment (CPV 4241), and who usually turns up
Dover Harbour Board’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Lifting and handling equipment (CPV 4241) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in South East England (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South East England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 166 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid12%
2–342%
4–638%
7+8%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate37%
Within ±2%41%
Above estimate22%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4241Published estimate£500k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 32 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid28%
2–334%
4–631%
7+6%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 2 Mar 2026, 16:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Apr 2026, 09:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 May 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-036890- Accelerated
- Qualifying planned procurement notice
- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066023Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 May 2026, 12:30 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 May 2026, 12:30 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Mar 2026 → 18 May 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published234 days ago2 Mar 2026, 16:37 GMT
- Latest notice published182 days ago23 Apr 2026, 09:45 BST
- Tender notice expected181 days ago24 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by174 days ago1 May 2026, 12:30 BST
- Submission deadline167 days ago8 May 2026, 12:30 BST
- Award decision expected by160 days ago15 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts158 days ago18 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Mar 2026- Planned procurement notice published2 Mar 2026, 16:37 GMTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published13 Mar 2026, 15:26 GMTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published13 Mar 2026, 15:35 GMTUK3
- Deadline moved to 8 May 2026, 12:30 BST13 Mar 2026, 15:35 GMT+10 days · was 28 Apr 2026, 12:30 BST
- Planned procurement notice published23 Apr 2026, 09:45 BSTUK3
Published amendments (2)
Additional Scope
Additional Scope
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-03: 1 release · 2 Mar 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender