Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 42990000·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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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 21 lots from 21 competitions run by 13 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 17 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 4 from older notices (bids received, middle 2.5).
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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 65 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 19 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
2 of 6 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| 260068 Contract for the supply, delivery, commission, installation, consumables, & maintenance of a Twin-Screw Extruder for Compounding and Recycling | Queen's University Belfast | 12 Nov 2026 | 16d | £608,625 |
| UKRI-5720 Magnetic Bearing Drive systems for ISIS Neutron Disc Choppers | UK Research and Innovation | 2 Nov 2026 | 6d | £2,100,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
42997300 Industrial robots64 notices · 30%42990000 Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery40 notices · 19%42996000 Machinery for the treatment of sewage12 notices · 6%42994200 Machinery for working plastics7 notices · 3%42995000 Miscellaneous cleaning machines6 notices · 3%42991200 Printing machinery5 notices · 2%42996900 Sludge-processing equipment5 notices · 2%42992000 Special-purpose electrical goods3 notices · 1%- Lifting and handling equipment 130 · 12m
- Pumps and compressors 84 · 12m
- Heat-exchange units, air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, and filtering machinery 80 · 12m
- Command and control system, printing, graphics, office automation and information-processing equipment 46 · 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
- Centrifuges, calendering or vending machines 22 · 12m
- Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances 22 · 12m
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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.
Education & universities28%(59 notices)
59 of 211 notices are Education & universities (28%).Other public bodies27%(56 notices)
56 of 211 notices are Other public bodies (27%).Central government23%(48 notices)
48 of 211 notices are Central government (23%).Local authorities3%(7 notices)
7 of 211 notices are Local authorities (3%).NHS & health3%(6 notices)
6 of 211 notices are NHS & health (3%).Not classified17%(35 notices)
35 of 211 notices are Not classified (17%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority | not classified | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| United Utilities Water Limited | Other public bodies | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED | Other public bodies | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Queen's University Belfast | Education & universities | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| UK Atomic Energy Authority | Other public bodies | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| University of Sheffield | Education & universities | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Ministry of Justice | Central government | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Sellafield Limited | Other public bodies | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Dundee and Angus College | Education & universities | 6 | 0 | 0 |
91 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 160 of 213 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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| South East England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — | |
| 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.
Contract86%(184 notices)
184 of 213 notices are Contract (86%).Framework13%(28 notices)
28 of 213 notices are Framework (13%).Dynamic purchasing system0%(1 notice)
1 of 213 notices is Dynamic purchasing system (0%).
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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.
Open40%(85 notices)
85 of 213 notices are Open (40%).Limited / restricted21%(44 notices)
44 of 213 notices are Limited / restricted (21%).Route not published17%(37 notices)
37 of 213 notices are Route not published (17%).Direct award14%(29 notices)
29 of 213 notices are Direct award (14%).Selective8%(18 notices)
18 of 213 notices are Selective (8%).
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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 threshold87%(39 notices)
39 of 45 notices are Above threshold (87%).Below threshold13%(6 notices)
6 of 45 notices are Below threshold (13%).
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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 (97) · 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 bid29%(6)
6 of 21 lots fall in 1 bid (29%).2–367%(14)
14 of 21 lots fall in 2–3 (67%).4–65%(1)
1 of 21 lots falls in 4–6 (5%).7 or more0%(0)
0 of 21 lots fall in 7 or more (0%).
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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 21 lots from 21 competitions run by 13 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 17 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 4 from older notices (bids received, middle 2.5).
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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.
37 of 94 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 3 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.
34 SME bids out of 44, on 21 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.
25 of 39 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 often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
3 of 97 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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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 17 lots from 10 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 · 167 awards to 122 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 18% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Createc Ltd | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Cygnet Texkimp Limited | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| AEROCOM (UK) LIMITED | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| FMB Feinwerk und Messtechnik GmbH | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Negri Bossi Ltd | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Laser Lines Ltd | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Additive-X Ltd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Becton Dickinson Dispensing UK Limited | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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 · 73 of 213 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in miscellaneous special-purpose machinery
6 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| UKRI-5720 Magnetic Bearing Drive systems for ISIS Neutron Disc Choppers | UK Research and Innovation | 2 Nov 2026 | 6d | £2,100,000 |
| 260068 Contract for the supply, delivery, commission, installation, consumables, & maintenance of a Twin-Screw Extruder for Compounding and Recycling | Queen's University Belfast | 12 Nov 2026 | 16d | £608,625 |
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 4299. 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.