Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Mini Digger with option of trailer
Authority: Ipswich Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIpswich Borough Council are currently out to tender for the provision of a Mini Digger with the option of a trailer with potential for trade-in of the Council’s existing mini digger.
This opportunity is available in the 'Current Tenders' area of the Suffolk Sourcing portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation.
The deadline date for submissions of the tender is Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 11:00AM. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted.
The deadline for clarification questions is Monday 8 December 2025 at 11:00AM which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website.
CPV: Agricultural machinery · Industrial machinery · Lifting and handling equipment · Lifting and handling equipment and parts
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Lot awarding rule: Price only
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Dec 2025, 09:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Jan 2026, 16:24 GMT
- Authority reference
IBC19736- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078740- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ec84Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Dec 2025, 11:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
2 Dec 2025 → 7 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published330 days ago2 Dec 2025, 09:44 GMT
- Submission deadline323 days ago9 Dec 2025, 11:00 GMT
- Contract starts318 days ago15 Dec 2025
- Latest notice published294 days ago7 Jan 2026, 16:24 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Dec 2025- Tender notice published2 Dec 2025, 09:44 GMTUK4
- Contract details notice published7 Jan 2026, 16:24 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete7 Jan 2026, 16:24 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mervyn Lambert Plant Ltd | £41,190 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Mervyn Lambert Plant Ltd
- Signed
- 23 Dec 2025
- Value
- £41,190
- Period
- 23 Dec 2025 – 31 Jan 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Mervyn Lambert Plant LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender