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Official procurement procedure
Provision of Hired Plant & Equipment
Construction machinery and equipment
Hire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator
Hire of mowers or agricultural equipment with operator
Published value
£1,200,000
Submission deadline 18 Aug 2026, 13:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council: "Provision of Hired Plant & Equipment". Published status: active. Published value: £1,200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Aug 2026, 13:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | Closed 18 Aug 2026, 13:00 BST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £1,200,000 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
19Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
UI Social Infrastructure LimitedTop vendor: 100% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 45 active published awards; 4 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
| Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| UI Social Infrastructure Limited | 1 win | £115,000,000 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDudley Metropolitan Borough Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusactive | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published22 Jul 2026, 09:16 BST | Last source update22 Jul 2026, 09:16 BST | Recurring procurementYes |
ClassificationConstruction machinery and equipment, Hire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator, Hire of mowers or agricultural equipment with operator | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06cfa8 | ||
What is being bought
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC) is seeking a suitably experienced contractor for the provision of hired plant and equipment to support Council operations, primarily within Highways Maintenance, Street Scene and Green Care services.
This Contract is for the hire of plant and equipment only. No operatives are required at this time to be provided under this Contract unless specifically stated elsewhere in the tender documents.
Typical plant and equipment required includes, but is not limited to, rollers, trailers, compaction equipment, saws, generators, horticultural equipment, excavators, compressors, welfare units and associated ancillary items. Full details are set out in the Pricing Schedule.
The contract is for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 2 x 12 months.
The requirement is to be located within a 12km (7.45 miles) radius of the Council’s Lister Road Depot, Dudley DY2 8JW and the trade counter open as a minimum between the hours of 08:00 – 17:00 Monday to Friday, only suppliers who meet this criteria should submit a bid, if a trade counter is outside of this radius the submission will be disqualified.
Deadline for submissions is Tuesday 18th August 2026 @ 13:00 hrs.
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
22 Jul 2026, 09:16 BST - Published value updated to £1,200,000
21 Jul 2026, 11:17 BST - Status changed to active
21 Jul 2026, 11:17 BST - Official notice release published
21 Jul 2026, 11:17 BST - Submission deadline changed to 18 Aug 2026, 13:00 BST
21 Jul 2026, 11:17 BST - Buyer information updated
21 Jul 2026, 11:17 BST - Published tender amendment
Not publishedLink to portal edited
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedactivePublished valueAED 1,200,000The source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
22 Jul 2026, 09:16 BST - Submission deadline
18 Aug 2026, 13:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PWYJ-3537-GLBWDocuments (3)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 22 Jul 2026, 09:16 BST
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