Cooling and ventilation equipment: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 42500000·Supplies · class·in Industrial machinery
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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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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 16 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
42500000 Cooling and ventilation equipment17 notices · 61%- Lifting and handling equipment 130 · 12m
- Pumps and compressors 84 · 12m
- Heat-exchange units, air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, and filtering machinery 80 · 12m
- Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery 65 · 12m
- Command and control system, printing, graphics, office automation and information-processing equipment 45 · 12m
- Boiler installations 38 · 12m
- Distilling, filtering or rectifying apparatus 37 · 12m
- Machinery for textiles 32 · 12m
- Machinery for cleaning bottles, packing and weighing and spraying machinery 28 · 12m
- Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances 22 · 12m
- All of Industrial machinery →
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.
Central government50%(14 notices)
14 of 28 notices are Central government (50%).Other public bodies21%(6 notices)
6 of 28 notices are Other public bodies (21%).Local authorities18%(5 notices)
5 of 28 notices are Local authorities (18%).Not classified11%(3 notices)
3 of 28 notices are Not classified (11%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | Local authorities | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY LIMITED | not classified | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| APUC Ltd | Other public bodies | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | Local authorities | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bristol NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED | Other public bodies | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CITY HOSPITALS INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED | Central government | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | Central government | 1 | 1 | 0 |
24 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 17 of 28 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 | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — |
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%(26 notices)
26 of 28 notices are Contract (93%).Framework7%(2 notices)
2 of 28 notices are Framework (7%).
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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.
Open46%(13 notices)
13 of 28 notices are Open (46%).Direct award18%(5 notices)
5 of 28 notices are Direct award (18%).Limited / restricted14%(4 notices)
4 of 28 notices are Limited / restricted (14%).Route not published14%(4 notices)
4 of 28 notices are Route not published (14%).Selective7%(2 notices)
2 of 28 notices are Selective (7%).
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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 threshold33%(2 notices)
2 of 6 notices are Above threshold (33%).Below threshold67%(4 notices)
4 of 6 notices are Below threshold (67%).
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (20) · 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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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 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.
8 of 17 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 3 more give no procedure and are left out.
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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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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
1 of 20 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 · 25 awards to 24 suppliers
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Airco Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Ltd | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| AFR Refrigeration Limited | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ANDREWS SYKES GROUP PLC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Aqua Cooling Limited | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Briggs & Forrester Special Projects Ltd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| City Plumbing Supplies Holdings Limited | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cool-Therm (UK) Limited | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ECO Factor Limited | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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 · 14 of 28 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
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 4250. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 12 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.