Agricultural machinery: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 16000000·Supplies · division·22 classes with notices
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 40 lots from 20 competitions run by 19 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 20 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 20 from older notices (bids received, middle 3.5).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 124 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 13 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 8 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Supply and Delivery of Grounds Machinery | Northern Ireland Housing Executive | 16 Nov 2026 | 21d | £537,000 |
| Supply of Timberwolf fixed track woodchipper TW 280 FTR and Ifor Williams trailer TT3017 | NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) | 6 Nov 2026 | 11d | £49,999 |
| Grounds Equipment Supply | Poringland Parish Council | 2 Nov 2026 | 8d | £55,000 |
Sub-sectors of agricultural machinery
22 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 166 of 241 notices in this division carry a class-level code
| Class | Open now | Notices, 12m | Buyers | Bids / lot | SME wins |
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Mowers16310000 | 1 open → | 39 | 3 | 62% | |
Tractors16700000 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 86% | |
Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery16600000 | 0 | 12 | 5 | — | |
Agricultural and forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation16100000 | 1 open → | 2 | — | — |
Show 18 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Miscellaneous gardening equipment16160000 | 0 | 3 | — | — | |
Seeders, planters or transplanters16130000 | 0 | 2 | — | — | |
Lawn or sports-ground rollers16150000 | 0 | 2 | — | — | |
Harvesting and threshing machinery16340000 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | |
Haymaking machinery16320000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Pick-up balers16330000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Spraying machinery for agriculture or horticulture16400000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other produce16610000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Traction motors16730000 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | |
Harvesting machinery16300000 | 0 | 2 | — | — | |
Used tractors16720000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Parts of agricultural and forestry machinery16800000 | 0 | 2 | — | — | |
Ploughs or disc harrows16110000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Harrows, scarifiers, cultivators, weeders or hoes16120000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Self-loading or unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agriculture16500000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Milking machines16620000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Pedestrian-controlled agricultural tractors16710000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Parts of forestry machinery16820000 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities49%(118 notices)
118 of 240 notices are Local authorities (49%).Other public bodies15%(35 notices)
35 of 240 notices are Other public bodies (15%).Central government13%(32 notices)
32 of 240 notices are Central government (13%).Education & universities6%(15 notices)
15 of 240 notices are Education & universities (6%).Police, fire & emergency0%(1 notices)
1 of 240 notices are Police, fire & emergency (0%).Not classified16%(39 notices)
39 of 240 notices are Not classified (16%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) | not classified | 20 | 13 | 1 |
| Stoke on Trent City Council | Local authorities | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| Forestry Commission | Other public bodies | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Dacorum Borough Council | Local authorities | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Forestry and Land Scotland | Central government | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Wakefield Council | Local authorities | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Northern Ireland Housing Executive | Central government | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Bishop Burton College | Education & universities | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Newry Mourne & Down District Council | Local authorities | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Crawley Borough Council | Local authorities | 4 | 2 | 0 |
133 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 193 of 241 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| East of England | — | 52% | 57% | |
| South East England | — | 76% | 41% | |
| North West England | — | 91% | 50% | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | 25% | |
| North East England | — | 64% | 45% | |
| South West England | — | 73% | 31% | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract93%(224 notices)
224 of 241 notices are Contract (93%).Framework6%(15 notices)
15 of 241 notices are Framework (6%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(2 notices)
2 of 241 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open52%(126 notices)
126 of 241 notices are Open (52%).Limited / restricted14%(34 notices)
34 of 241 notices are Limited / restricted (14%).Route not published14%(33 notices)
33 of 241 notices are Route not published (14%).Direct award14%(33 notices)
33 of 241 notices are Direct award (14%).Selective6%(15 notices)
15 of 241 notices are Selective (6%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold31%(22 notices)
22 of 70 notices are Above threshold (31%).Below threshold69%(48 notices)
48 of 70 notices are Below threshold (69%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (168) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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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 bid13%(5)
5 of 40 lots fall in 1 bid (13%).2–345%(18)
18 of 40 lots fall in 2–3 (45%).4–638%(15)
15 of 40 lots fall in 4–6 (38%).7 or more5%(2)
2 of 40 lots fall in 7 or more (5%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 40 lots from 20 competitions run by 19 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 20 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 20 from older notices (bids received, middle 3.5).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
78 of 143 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 25 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
106 SME bids out of 128, on 40 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
76 of 104 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 35 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
0 of 168 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 362 awards to 162 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 20% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| P Tuckwell Limited | 11 | 15 | 5 | 8 |
| F.R. Sharrock Ltd | 8 | 11 | 5 | 5 |
| JOHNSTON GILPIN CO | 7 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Thomas Sherriff & Co Ltd | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Ernest Doe & Sons Ltd | 6 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| Hunt Forest Group | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| Lister Wilder Ltd | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| T. H. White Limited | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 76 of 241 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in agricultural machinery
8 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Grounds Equipment Supply | Poringland Parish Council | 2 Nov 2026 | 8d | £55,000 |
| Supply of Timberwolf fixed track woodchipper TW 280 FTR and Ifor Williams trailer TT3017 | NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) | 6 Nov 2026 | 11d | £49,999 |
| Supply and Delivery of Grounds Machinery | Northern Ireland Housing Executive | 16 Nov 2026 | 21d | £537,000 |
| DPS for Purchase of Specialist Plant, Tools, Equipment and Assets | CORSERV LIMITED | 29 Feb 2028 | 491d | — |
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.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 16, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- 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.