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Published 6 Feb 2025, 14:55 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

T2555 Provision of Hire Services for Vehicle Plant

Official notice

Authority: Belfast City Council (Local council)

5 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment (43)Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Published estimate£1,500,000total for 5 lots
Submissions closed 12 Mar 2025awarded 17 Jun 2025
Awarded to BALLOO HIRE CENTRE LIMITED +3 more4 awards

What is being bought5 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Hire of vehicles and mobile plant to support operations when additional vehicles or mobile plant are required or when a vehicle or an item of mobile plant is off the road being serviced or repaired.

CPV: Bowsers · Dumper trucks · Earthmoving and excavating machinery, and associated parts · Hire of industrial vehicles with driver · Mechanical excavators · Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, and mining machinery · Refuse-collection vehicles · Tipper trucks · Tractors · Vans

Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure

5 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Hire of commercial vehicles to support operations when additional vehicles areAwardedRenewal

Hire of commercial vehicles to support operations when additional vehicles are

required or when a vehicle is off the road being serviced or repaired. Additional information: Quality 30%

Social Value 10%

Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: • Additional delivery premises not shown in the tender documents. This may be in response to new Premises being identified and/or changes in how the Council’s in house operations are resourced and delivered. • Additional vehicles and plant of a similar nature to those requested in the tender documents. This may be in response to other services being identified over the duration of the contract which can provide temporary support for the Council’s in house operations to cover any shortfall in available resources. The contractor will be expected to price based on similar Premises/ tasks priced in the Pricing Schedule. • Hire of vehicles over 7.5T such as refuse collection vehicles, beaver tail truck, suction road sweeper, precinct sweeper and tipper truck etc may be required throughout the duration of the contract. If a vehicle or plant is required, the Council shall contact all suppliers on the contract to advise them of their requirements and expected delivery period. They will then request a price from any supplier who can meet the requirements, the supplier with the lowest price and who can meet all the requirements shall be successful. If no supplier can provide the vehicle or plant the council shall obtain the vehicle or plant from another Source. • Introduce required changes associated with the service to accommodate changes to the Council’s operational model and working practices e.g. functional re-structuring, new customer hub, etc; • Major incident/ environmental incident that requires resource support i.e. waste clean up/spill, additional waste vehicles or additional qualified resources. • Large scale projects or changes may be subject to price negotiation based on economies of scale. The Council reserves the right to explore/ use other procurement options in all circumstances where VFM is not demonstrated. • Any contract variation may be subject to further Council internal approvals and be in accordance with the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations. • Circumstances may arise where vehicles may be required with driver · Two years with the option to renew annually for a further three years.Variant bids: not allowed
34134200 Tipper trucks34136000 Vans
Lot #2Hire of 12T and 7.5T glass collection vehicles to support operations when additionalCancelled

Hire of 12T and 7.5T glass collection vehicles to support operations when additional

vehicles are required or when a vehicle is being serviced or repaired. Additional information: Quality 30%

Social Value 10%

Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: • Additional delivery premises not shown in the tender documents. This may be in response to new Premises being identified and/or changes in how the Council’s in house operations are resourced and delivered. • Additional vehicles and plant of a similar nature to those requested in the tender documents. This may be in response to other services being identified over the duration of the contract which can provide temporary support for the Council’s in house operations to cover any shortfall in available resources. The contractor will be expected to price based on similar Premises/ tasks priced in the Pricing Schedule. • Hire of vehicles over 7.5T such as refuse collection vehicles, beaver tail truck, suction road sweeper, precinct sweeper and tipper truck etc may be required throughout the duration of the contract. If a vehicle or plant is required, the Council shall contact all suppliers on the contract to advise them of their requirements and expected delivery period. They will then request a price from any supplier who can meet the requirements, the supplier with the lowest price and who can meet all the requirements shall be successful. If no supplier can provide the vehicle or plant the council shall obtain the vehicle or plant from another Source. • Introduce required changes associated with the service to accommodate changes to the Council’s operational model and working practices e.g. functional re-structuring, new customer hub, etc; • Major incident/ environmental incident that requires resource support i.e. waste clean up/spill, additional waste vehicles or additional qualified resources. • Large scale projects or changes may be subject to price negotiation based on economies of scale. The Council reserves the right to explore/ use other procurement options in all circumstances where VFM is not demonstrated. • Any contract variation may be subject to further Council internal approvals and be in accordance with the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations. • Circumstances may arise where vehicles may be required with driver
34144511 Refuse-collection vehicles
Lot #3Hire of 12T and 7.5T glass collection vehicles to support operations when additional…Renewal

Hire of 12T and 7.5T glass collection vehicles to support operations when additional vehicles are required or when a vehicle is being serviced or repaired. Additional information: The main CPV Code used is for the hire of industrial vehicles with driver. In the main the Council will not require a driver with these hire vehicles. However, should the need arise we may wish to request a driver to be supplied with the vehicles included in this tender.

Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Two years with the option to renew annually for a further three yearsVariant bids: not allowed
34144511 Refuse-collection vehicles
Lot #4Hire of various mobile plant, including browser,, tractor, mower, dumper truck,AwardedRenewal

Hire of various mobile plant, including browser,, tractor, mower, dumper truck,

excavator and accessories to support operations when additional mobile plant are

required or when mobile plant is being serviced or repaired. Additional information: Quality 30%

Social Value 10%

Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: • Additional delivery premises not shown in the tender documents. This may be in response to new Premises being identified and/or changes in how the Council’s in house operations are resourced and delivered. • Additional vehicles and plant of a similar nature to those requested in the tender documents. This may be in response to other services being identified over the duration of the contract which can provide temporary support for the Council’s in house operations to cover any shortfall in available resources. The contractor will be expected to price based on similar Premises/ tasks priced in the Pricing Schedule. • Hire of vehicles over 7.5T such as refuse collection vehicles, beaver tail truck, suction road sweeper, precinct sweeper and tipper truck etc may be required throughout the duration of the contract. If a vehicle or plant is required, the Council shall contact all suppliers on the contract to advise them of their requirements and expected delivery period. They will then request a price from any supplier who can meet the requirements, the supplier with the lowest price and who can meet all the requirements shall be successful. If no supplier can provide the vehicle or plant the council shall obtain the vehicle or plant from another Source. • Introduce required changes associated with the service to accommodate changes to the Council’s operational model and working practices e.g. functional re-structuring, new customer hub, etc; • Major incident/ environmental incident that requires resource support i.e. waste clean up/spill, additional waste vehicles or additional qualified resources. • Large scale projects or changes may be subject to price negotiation based on economies of scale. The Council reserves the right to explore/ use other procurement options in all circumstances where VFM is not demonstrated. • Any contract variation may be subject to further Council internal approvals and be in accordance with the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations. • Circumstances may arise where vehicles may be required with driver · Two years with the option to renew annually for a further three yearsVariant bids: not allowed
16700000 Tractors34142300 Dumper trucks34223200 Bowsers43262100 Mechanical excavators
Lot #5Hire of telehandler to support operations when additional telehandlers are requiredAwardedRenewal

Hire of telehandler to support operations when additional telehandlers are required

or when a telehandler is off the road being serviced or repaired. Additional information: Quality 30%

Social Value 10%

Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: The Council reserves the right to add the following additional requirements to the Service under this Contract during the Contract Period: • Additional delivery premises not shown in the tender documents. This may be in response to new Premises being identified and/or changes in how the Council’s in house operations are resourced and delivered. • Additional vehicles and plant of a similar nature to those requested in the tender documents. This may be in response to other services being identified over the duration of the contract which can provide temporary support for the Council’s in house operations to cover any shortfall in available resources. The contractor will be expected to price based on similar Premises/ tasks priced in the Pricing Schedule. • Hire of vehicles over 7.5T such as refuse collection vehicles, beaver tail truck, suction road sweeper, precinct sweeper and tipper truck etc may be required throughout the duration of the contract. If a vehicle or plant is required, the Council shall contact all suppliers on the contract to advise them of their requirements and expected delivery period. They will then request a price from any supplier who can meet the requirements, the supplier with the lowest price and who can meet all the requirements shall be successful. If no supplier can provide the vehicle or plant the council shall obtain the vehicle or plant from another Source. • Introduce required changes associated with the service to accommodate changes to the Council’s operational model and working practices e.g. functional re-structuring, new customer hub, etc; • Major incident/ environmental incident that requires resource support i.e. waste clean up/spill, additional waste vehicles or additional qualified resources. • Large scale projects or changes may be subject to price negotiation based on economies of scale. The Council reserves the right to explore/ use other procurement options in all circumstances where VFM is not demonstrated. • Any contract variation may be subject to further Council internal approvals and be in accordance with the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations. • Circumstances may arise where vehicles may be required with driver · Two years with the option to renew annually for a further three yearsVariant bids: not allowed
43200000 Earthmoving and excavating machinery, and associated parts43260000 Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, and mining machinery

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored · same split on all 4 lots
Quality: 100Price: 60
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair: 30
  • Contract Management: 25
  • Vehicle Damage Management: 35
  • Vehicle and Plant Information: 10
  • price: 60
Published award criteria (5)
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair: 30
  • Contract Management: 25
  • Vehicle Damage Management: 35
  • Vehicle and Plant Information: 10
  • Price: 60
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 160 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Feb 2025, 14:55 GMT
Last source update
5 Jan 2026, 16:07 GMT
Award evaluation window
12 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
T2555
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000440
Classification (CPV)
BowsersDumper trucksEarthmoving and excavating machinery, and associated partsHire of industrial vehicles with driverMechanical excavatorsMechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, and mining machineryRefuse-collection vehiclesTipper trucksTractorsVans
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dc45 Find a Tender

Publisher note: This contract award notice is to replace the contract awarded for Lot 4 Telehandler (only) in the notice 2025/S000-038754 of 09/07/2025. The contractor in second place has now been awarded the contract.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
12 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
12 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

Timeline

12 Mar 2025 → 5 Jan 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    12 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    12 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published292 days ago
    5 Jan 2026, 16:07 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Jul 2025, 17:27 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 5
Awarded value £1,750,0004 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 4latest 17 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Hire of commercial vehicles to support operations when additional vehicles are1 award
Corrigans Vehicle Hire LtdSME£700,000 †—Awarded
Lot 4 · Hire of various mobile plant, including browser,, tractor, mower, dumper truck,1 award
Cyril Johnston Hire LtdSME£700,000 †—Awarded
Lot 5 · Hire of telehandler to support operations when additional telehandlers are required1 award
BALLOO HIRE CENTRE LIMITEDSME£250,000 †—Awarded
Not linked to a lot1 award
Sunbelt Rentals Ltd£100,000 †—Awarded

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Hire of commercial vehicles to support operations when additional vehicles are5bids———
4 · Hire of various mobile plant, including browser,, tractor, mower, dumper truck,4bids———
5 · Hire of telehandler to support operations when additional telehandlers are required2bids———
Whole notice2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Belfast City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 9-21 Adelaide Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8DJContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

4 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.