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title: "Site Shunters and Trailer Maintenance"
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# Site Shunters and Trailer Maintenance

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/site-shunters-and-trailer-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-0565e8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "Site Shunters and Trailer Maintenance". Published status: complete. Published Value: £420,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Published Value:** £420,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 September 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Repair and maintenance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKH3, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £420,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/site-shunters-and-trailer-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-0565e8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0565e8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/site-shunters-and-trailer-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-0565e8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/site-shunters-and-trailer-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-0565e8#participate

## Description
The authority have 5 'hooklift' Shunter Vehicles and 4 Tri-Axle Trailers trailers based at various sites across 7 locations within Essex. These vehicles require regular maintenance and repair.
The authority has an ongoing requirement for a contractor to provide regular maintenance and ad hoc remedial works for these vehicles.
The contracting authority is Essex County Council and any Successor Body meaning one or more entities which assumes any of the Council's functions (as applicable) as a result of Local Government Reform (LGR). Such successor body or bodies may be, without limitation, a local authority, a combined authority, a combined county authority, a strategic authority or any other status determined pursuant to the Devolution and LGR Legislation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 50000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £420,000

- **Contract Period:** 19/12/2025 to 19/12/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Site Shunters and Trailer Maintenance (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **ESSEX COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:13124869`
  - Value: £420,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 05/10/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £420,000
  - Signed Date: 24/11/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F048893-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-10T17:17:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T22:50:09.438Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0565e8