Official UK procurement notice
Specialist Maintenance, Inspection and Repair Services for Vehicle-Mounted Lifting and Access Equipment
Authority: NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION PLC
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionProvision of statutory inspections, LOLER examinations, planned preventative maintenance, load testing, repairs, certification and emergency breakdown support for NGED's fleet of vehicle-mounted cranes and hydraulic access platforms. Services will be delivered across NGED operational sites in the Midlands, South West and Wales.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of cranes · Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment · Technical inspection and testing services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Maintenance, Inspection and Repair of Lorry Mounted CranesPlannedRenewal
Provision of six-monthly LOLER inspections, annual servicing, statutory certification, preventative maintenance, minor and major repairs, structural repairs, parts supply and emergency breakdown support for NGED's fleet of lorry mounted cranes. Services must be delivered by competent persons in accordance with LOLER and relevant health and safety requirements.
Lot #2Maintenance, Inspection and Repair of Insulated Hydraulic Platforms (Hot Glove)PlannedRenewal
Provision of planned six-monthly and annual inspections, load testing, LOLER examinations, certification, maintenance, repairs and emergency breakdown support for insulated hydraulic access platforms used for live-line and hot glove operations. The service includes statutory compliance, safety inspections, testing and repair activities across the NGED fleet.
Lot #3Maintenance, Inspection and Repair of Non-Insulated Hydraulic PlatformsPlannedRenewal
Provision of planned six-monthly and annual inspections, load testing, LOLER examinations, certification, maintenance, repairs and emergency breakdown support for non-insulated hydraulic access platforms. The service includes preventative maintenance, statutory compliance inspections, fault rectification, component replacement and support for fleet operational availability.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
Competition for Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment (CPV 5011), and who usually turns up
NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION PLC has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment (CPV 5011) →
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.
Across this market, small firms won 57% of awards with a known supplier size.
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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 West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 58% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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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 50 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.
Across this market, at least 65% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
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 bid38%
2–325%
4–638%
7+0%
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 estimate23%
Within ±2%60%
Above estimate17%
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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 #1Maintenance, Inspection and Repair of Lorry Mounted CranesCPV 50110000Estimate not published
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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 115 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid17%
2–332%
4–632%
7+18%
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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.
Lot #2Maintenance, Inspection and Repair of Insulated Hydraulic Platforms (Hot Glove)CPV 50110000Estimate not published
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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 115 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid17%
2–332%
4–632%
7+18%
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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.
Lot #3Maintenance, Inspection and Repair of Non-Insulated Hydraulic PlatformsCPV 50110000Estimate not published
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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 115 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid17%
2–332%
4–632%
7+18%
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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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Aug 2026, 16:01 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Aug 2026, 16:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Feb 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078236- Accelerated
- Qualifying planned procurement notice
- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e5e3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 11 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline
- 11 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
17 Aug 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published65 days ago17 Aug 2026, 16:01 BST
- Tender notice expected20 days ago1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline10 days ago11 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 102 days1 Feb 2027
- Award decision expected byin 103 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published17 Aug 2026, 16:01 BSTUK3
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender