Hire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 45500000·Works · class·in Construction & Civil Engineering
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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 21 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
- Building construction work 1,622 · 12m
- Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork 890 · 12m
- Roof works and other special trade construction works 886 · 12m
- Other building completion work 713 · 12m
- Electrical installation work 705 · 12m
- Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work 464 · 12m
- Joinery and carpentry installation work 357 · 12m
- Plumbing and sanitary works 342 · 12m
- Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work 222 · 12m
- Engineering works and construction works 186 · 12m
- All of Construction & Civil Engineering →
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 authorities61%(31 notices)
31 of 51 notices are Local authorities (61%).Other public bodies18%(9 notices)
9 of 51 notices are Other public bodies (18%).Central government14%(7 notices)
7 of 51 notices are Central government (14%).Education & universities2%(1 notice)
1 of 51 notices is Education & universities (2%).Not classified6%(3 notices)
3 of 51 notices are Not classified (6%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| City of Doncaster Council | Local authorities | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Derbyshire County Council | Local authorities | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | Central government | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Leicestershire County Council | Local authorities | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Bedford Borough Council | Local authorities | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| CORSERV LIMITED | not classified | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Coventry City Council | Local authorities | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dorset Council | Local authorities | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Newcastle City Council | Local authorities | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nottingham City Council | Local authorities | 2 | 1 | 0 |
32 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 40 of 51 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 Midlands | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — |
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.
Contract41%(21 notices)
21 of 51 notices are Contract (41%).Framework59%(30 notices)
30 of 51 notices are Framework (59%).
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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.
Open43%(22 notices)
22 of 51 notices are Open (43%).Route not published27%(14 notices)
14 of 51 notices are Route not published (27%).Direct award22%(11 notices)
11 of 51 notices are Direct award (22%).Selective6%(3 notices)
3 of 51 notices are Selective (6%).Limited / restricted2%(1 notice)
1 of 51 notices is Limited / restricted (2%).
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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 threshold93%(14 notices)
14 of 15 notices are Above threshold (93%).Below threshold7%(1 notice)
1 of 15 notices is Below threshold (7%).
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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 (16) · 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.
2 of 13 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 3 more give no procedure and are left out.
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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.
15 of 20 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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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 46 lots from 7 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
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 · 43 awards to 33 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 30% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Sunbelt Rentals Ltd | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Chiltern Hire Centre Ltd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest Driveways and Plant Hire | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Planters (Leicester) Limited | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| John Hughes Haulage Limited | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 51 contractors have been appointed to this framework | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| A.R Parrish Plant Hire | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ANDREWS SYKES GROUP PLC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 · 18 of 51 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 4550. 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.