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Published 9 Sept 2026, 09:58 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Manual Handling Equipment

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)

Framework agreementGoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£1,903,578pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 31 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 31 Jan 2031 · starts 31 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Manual Handling Equipment for public prisions across England and Wales.

CPV: Forklift trucks · Lifting trucks · Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 31 Jan 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 31 Jan 2027 – 31 Jan 2031 (4 yrs)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
42415100 Lifting trucks42415110 Forklift trucks42418000 Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Provision of Manual Handling Equipment” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Ministry of Justice buys Lifting and handling equipment (CPV 4241), and who usually turns up

Ministry of Justice’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Lifting and handling equipment (CPV 4241) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerMinistry of Justice · all categories
The marketLifting and handling equipment (CPV 4241) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 of 13 known-size awards · market: CPV 4241 · UK-wide, n=9
31%22%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 0 of 10 known-location awards · market: CPV 4241 · UK-wide, n=10
0%40%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 decided notices · market: CPV 4241 · UK-wide, n=6
37 days70 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 37 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 3 of 16 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4241 · UK-wide, n=10
19%20%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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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.

This buyer25 lots with bid counts · all categories
8% had one bid
The market48 lots with bid counts · CPV 4241 · UK-wide
0% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid8% / 0%
Buyer: 2 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 48 lots with published bid counts.
2–328% / 21%
Buyer: 7 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 10 of 48 lots with published bid counts.
4–620% / 23%
Buyer: 5 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 11 of 48 lots with published bid counts.
7+44% / 56%
Buyer: 11 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 27 of 48 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 424148 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£1.9m
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 48 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet0% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 48 similar lots
1 bid0%
0 of 48 similar past lots received 1 bid (0%).
2–321%
10 of 48 similar past lots received 2–3 (21%).
4–623%
11 of 48 similar past lots received 4–6 (23%).
7+56%
27 of 48 similar past lots received 7+ (56%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 7.5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Behavioural Measures UKLive contractProvision of polygraph training, quality control and equipmentruns to Oct 2030—£8.9mMatched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

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.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • 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.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Sept 2026, 09:58 BST
Last source update
9 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085477
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Forklift trucksLifting trucksLifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f53a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

9 Sept 2026 → 31 Jan 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published49 days ago
    9 Sept 2026, 09:58 BST
  2. Market engagement27 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST

    Prospective suppliers are invited to complete an online Microsoft Form Questionnaire as part of pre-market engagement.

    The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is seeking supplier feedback to inform a future procurement for the supply, servicing, inspection, repair and hire of Manual Handling Equipment principally to public prisons across England and Wales.

    This questionnaire is intended to help the Authority assess market capability, refine the proposed lot structure and develop the tender documentation. Participation is voluntary and does not form part of any formal procurement process. Any future opportunity will be advertised separately.

    Please access the questionnaire via the link : forms.cloud.microsoft/e/HSbkw2RTn4 ↗

    Deadline for feedback is 30th September 2026.

  3. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  4. Tender notice expectedin 3 days
    31 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 94 days
    31 Jan 2027

Notice history

6 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Sept 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    9 Sept 2026, 09:58 BST
    UK1
  2. Pipeline notice published
    9 Sept 2026, 10:14 BST
    UK1
  3. Published value updated to £1,903,578
    9 Sept 2026, 10:14 BST
    was £475,894
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 Sept 2026, 14:08 BST
    UK2
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 Sept 2026, 14:38 BST
    UK2
  6. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST
    UK2
Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2026-09: 2 releases · 9 Sept 2026, 9 Sept 2026

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Justice

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDNN-2773-HVYN 102 Petty France, London, London, SW1H 9AJContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure