Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of 1 x Wheel Loader inc R&M
Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCWC required a replacement of the current wheel loader, operated by Waste Services at the Council's Waste Transfer Station (WTS) located at Crown Street. This new machine will be like for like replacement and more environmentally friendly than the older vehicle currently in service.
CPV: Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Mar 2025, 09:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Mar 2025, 09:32 GMT
- Authority reference
CWC23178B- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010060- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04eedaFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Council published a notice calling for competition on the Contracts Finder website on 1 August 2024 (Titled: CWC23178B - Purchase of 1 x Wheel Loader inc. R&M) (www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8418f98f-dda1… ↗) and received 5 tenders of which 2 were compliant. 3 tenders were rejected as non-compliant.
The Council completed the procurement process and awarded a contract to the economic operator identified in this contract award notice. However, the Council subsequently identified that in error the Council had failed to select the correct settings within the procurement portal to have a contract notice published on the Find a Tender Service website.
The Council considered whether to conclude the procurement processes notwithstanding that accidental omission and concluded that it was rational to do so on the following basis:
- The Council provided transparency to the supplier market by publishing a notice on the Contracts Finder website. The Council considers that it is likely that suppliers wishing to deliver and supply services in England registered to Find a Tender Service would also register to Contracts Finder and would have identified the existence of the opportunity as a result.
- The Council received tenders from 5 suppliers and concludes that therefore the Contracts Finder notice was effective in making the opportunity known in the market.
- Taking all of the above factors into account the Council concluded that it has tested the market and advertised the opportunity to participate in the procurement sufficiently that it
was rational for the Council to conclude the contracts and that it would have been disproportionate to abandon the procurement.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick Ward (Machinery) LtdSME | £220,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 010060-2025-1 · Warwick Ward (Machinery) LtdSME
- Signed
- 6 Mar 2025
- Value
- £220,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- City of Wolverhampton CouncilReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Warwick Ward (Machinery) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.