Heavy-duty motor vehicles: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 34140000Supplies · classin Transport Equipment & Vehicles

Open now12open for bids now · see them in the search
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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.

Notices, last 12 months150104 contracting authorities · 403 in the catalogue
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot322% single-bid · 34 procedures, 36 months
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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 37 lots from 34 competitions run by 30 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 16 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 21 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).

Last 36 months.

Typical contract value£200,000middle value of 161 contract awards, net · not frameworks
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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 161 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.

Published values, not actual spend.

Last 36 months.

Deadline to award40 daysmiddle value · 16 awarded procedures
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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 16 decided competitions, last 36 months.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Newest open tenders

3 of 12 open for bids now · newest first

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Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys
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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

Buyer type
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.

Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.

  • Local authorities61%(245 notices)
    245 of 400 notices are Local authorities (61%).
  • Central government13%(50 notices)
    50 of 400 notices are Central government (13%).
  • Police, fire & emergency9%(36 notices)
    36 of 400 notices are Police, fire & emergency (9%).
  • Other public bodies8%(33 notices)
    33 of 400 notices are Other public bodies (8%).
  • Education & universities3%(11 notices)
    11 of 400 notices are Education & universities (3%).
  • Not classified6%(25 notices)
    25 of 400 notices are Not classified (6%).
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Wrexham County Borough CouncilLocal authorities10100
City of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilLocal authorities930
Ministry of DefenceCentral government910
Norfolk County CouncilLocal authorities820
East Riding of Yorkshire CouncilLocal authorities700
Stoke on Trent City CouncilLocal authorities730
Devon County CouncilLocal authorities610
Dacorum Borough CouncilLocal authorities520
Erewash Borough CouncilLocal authorities550
NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCILLocal authorities510

231 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered
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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 327 of 403 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Yorkshire and the Humber57 · 17%—50%20%
South West England53 · 16%257%17%
East of England52 · 16%—58%27%
North West England47 · 14%—43%25%
East Midlands46 · 14%—41%13%
West Midlands45 · 14%—42%19%
South East England45 · 14%—48%13%
Scotland37 · 11%———
Wales (Cymru)35 · 11%—75%42%
Greater London32 · 10%—29%11%
North East England31 · 9%—40%27%
Northern Ireland18 · 6%———

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought
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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

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract89%(358 notices)
    358 of 403 notices are Contract (89%).
  • Framework10%(41 notices)
    41 of 403 notices are Framework (10%).
  • Dynamic purchasing system1%(4 notices)
    4 of 403 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
Procedure route
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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.

  • Open34%(139 notices)
    139 of 403 notices are Open (34%).
  • Limited / restricted21%(86 notices)
    86 of 403 notices are Limited / restricted (21%).
  • Route not published18%(71 notices)
    71 of 403 notices are Route not published (18%).
  • Direct award15%(59 notices)
    59 of 403 notices are Direct award (15%).
  • Selective12%(48 notices)
    48 of 403 notices are Selective (12%).
Threshold
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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 threshold70%(45 notices)
    45 of 64 notices are Above threshold (70%).
  • Below threshold30%(19 notices)
    19 of 64 notices are Below threshold (30%).
Typical tender window
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How long bidders get to respond.

Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.

All notices we hold, not just recent ones.

33 daysrobust · n=57middle value, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (216) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=37
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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.

Last 36 months.

  • 1 bid22%(8)
    8 of 37 lots fall in 1 bid (22%).
  • 2–335%(13)
    13 of 37 lots fall in 2–3 (35%).
  • 4–635%(13)
    13 of 37 lots fall in 4–6 (35%).
  • 7 or more8%(3)
    3 of 37 lots fall in 7 or more (8%).
Contract value, net
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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.

p25 £68,030middle value £200,000p75 £675,000
interquartile range of 161 awards · p90 £2,350,000
Typical bids per lot
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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 37 lots from 34 competitions run by 30 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 16 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 21 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).

Last 36 months.

3robust · n=34middle half 2–4
Competed
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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 200 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 16 more give no procedure and are left out.

Last 36 months.

39%robust · n=200
Bids from SMEs
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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.

60 SME bids out of 115, on 32 lots where the buyer published the split.

Last 36 months.

52%robust · n=115
Awards won by SMEs
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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.

75 of 108 awards where the winner declared its size.

Last 36 months.

69%robust · n=108
Won locally
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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.

Last 36 months.

43%robust · n=134winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimate
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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 21 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 36 months.

at the estimaterobust · n=218 below · 7 above
Abandoned
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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.

3 of 216 notices, last 36 months.

Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.

Last 36 months.

1%robust · n=216
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.

Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.

Based on 31 lots from 11 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.

Last 36 months.

1robust · n=1126 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins
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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 · 391 awards to 177 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 26% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit
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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 · 131 of 403 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract32 notices · 24% · 1 open
eTendersNI12 notices · 9%
JAGGAER / BravoSolution10 notices · 8%
Sell2Wales10 notices · 8%
Delta eSourcing6 notices · 5% · 2 open

Open tenders in heavy-duty motor vehicles

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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 3414. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 26 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.