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Published 14 Jul 2026, 11:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tools, Equipment & Services Market Engagement

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Authority: mhs homes group (Public body)

GoodsSME suitable
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42)Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment (43)Construction Materials & Prefab (44) Delivery: South East (UKJ4)
Planned pipeline value£1,400,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 30 Sept 2031 · up to 30 Sept 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We are conducting early market engagement to understand the UK market for modern power‑tool solutions that incorporate integrated vibration monitoring, enhanced health‑and‑safety features, digital asset tracking, and comprehensive servicing, maintenance, and replacement support. This engagement will help us identify the range of capabilities available and how suppliers can support improved tool management and workforce safety.

CPV: Construction machinery and equipment · Pneumatic or motorised hand tools · Power tools · Tools

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 30 Sept 2033 with extensions
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
42650000 Pneumatic or motorised hand tools43300000 Construction machinery and equipment43830000 Power tools44510000 Tools

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How mhs homes group buys Pneumatic or motorised hand tools (CPV 4265), and who usually turns up

mhs homes group’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Pneumatic or motorised hand tools (CPV 4265) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyermhs homes group · all categories
The marketPneumatic or motorised hand tools (CPV 4265) · South East England
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 18 of 36 known-size awards · market: division 42 · South East England, n=36
50%75%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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 East England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 24 of 55 known-location awards · market: division 42 · South East England, n=63
44%37%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South East England.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 6 decided notices · market: division 42 · South East England, n=10
45 days23 days

Half of these awards were announced within 45 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 32 of 56 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 42 · South East England, n=76
57%51%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer6 lots with bid counts · all categories
0% had one bid
The market22 lots with bid counts · division 42 · South East England
27% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 27%
Buyer: 0 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 6 of 22 lots with published bid counts.
2–30% / 45%
Buyer: 0 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 10 of 22 lots with published bid counts.
4–667% / 18%
Buyer: 4 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 22 lots with published bid counts.
7+33% / 9%
Buyer: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 22 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer6 lots with estimate and award · all categories
50% below estimate
The market15 lots with estimate and award · division 42 · South East England
53% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate50% / 53%
Buyer: 3 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 8 of 15 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%50% / 13%
Buyer: 3 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 15 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0% / 33%
Buyer: 0 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 15 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 #160 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£1.4m
Expected competition
i

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 22 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet27% single-bid risk
Past bids on 22 similar lots
1 bid27%
6 of 22 similar past lots received 1 bid (27%).
2–345%
10 of 22 similar past lots received 2–3 (45%).
4–618%
4 of 22 similar past lots received 4–6 (18%).
7+9%
2 of 22 similar past lots received 7+ (9%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 2 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £1.4m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

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.

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
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
14 Jul 2026, 11:32 BST
Last source update
16 Jul 2026, 09:50 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-067060
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Construction machinery and equipmentPneumatic or motorised hand toolsPower toolsTools
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ca95 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

14 Jul 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published99 days ago
    14 Jul 2026, 11:32 BST
  2. Latest notice published97 days ago
    16 Jul 2026, 09:50 BST
  3. Market engagement81 days ago
    31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

    mhs homes are looking to request for information regarding tools, equipment and services market engagement.

    We are conducting early market engagement to understand the UK market for modern power‑tool solutions that incorporate integrated vibration monitoring, enhanced health‑and‑safety features, digital asset tracking, and comprehensive servicing, maintenance, and replacement support. This engagement will help us identify the range of capabilities available and how suppliers can support improved tool management and workforce safety.

    Suppliers from the sector is invited to complete our questionnaire at the following link (click or copy and paste into browser) :

    forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗

    Please submit responses by 31st July 2026. Responses will be anonymized. And if we decided to proceed with tender will be shared at Invitation to tender stage

  4. Contract starts20 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Jul 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 Jul 2026, 11:32 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Jul 2026, 09:50 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

link has been updated

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

mhs homes group

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDGV-2149-XNWV Broadside, Chatham, South East, ME4 4LLContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure