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Published 18 Sept 2026, 10:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

WCC Mobile Plant Waste Handling

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Warwickshire County Council (Local council)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG1)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Jan 2030 · up to 1 Jan 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Warwickshire County Council (the Council) is undertaking market engagement with suppliers to gain a better understanding of the mobile plant market and the solutions typically available for use within Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) and Waste Transfer Station (WTS) environments.

Information gathered from the marketplace will inform the procurement strategy and contract design including the specification, ensuring the Council achieves its objectives and best value for money.

CPV: Loading or handling machinery

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 – 1 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 1 Jan 2032 with extensions
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
42418900 Loading or handling machinery

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How Warwickshire County Council buys Lifting and handling equipment (CPV 4241), and who usually turns up

Warwickshire County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. 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 buyerWarwickshire County Council · all categories
The marketLifting and handling equipment (CPV 4241)
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: 56 of 86 known-size awards · market: CPV 4241 · West Midlands, n=11
65%64%

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. The market figure counts awards delivered in West Midlands.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 106 of 164 known-location awards · market: CPV 4241 · West Midlands, n=13
65%0%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in 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: 28 decided notices · market: CPV 4241 · UK-wide, n=31
52 days36 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 52 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 23 of 73 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4241 · West Midlands, n=15
32%40%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

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 buyer50 lots with bid counts · all categories
18% had one bid
The market6 lots with bid counts · CPV 4241 · West Midlands
17% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid18% / 17%
Buyer: 9 of 50 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
2–326% / 33%
Buyer: 13 of 50 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
4–630% / 50%
Buyer: 15 of 50 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
7+26% / 0%
Buyer: 13 of 50 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 6 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.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer38 lots with estimate and award · all categories
18% below estimate
The market41 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4241 · UK-wide
37% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate18% / 37%
Buyer: 7 of 38 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 15 of 41 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%68% / 41%
Buyer: 26 of 38 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 17 of 41 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate13% / 22%
Buyer: 5 of 38 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 41 lots with an estimate and award.
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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 424136 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

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 22 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet18% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 22 similar lots
1 bid18%
4 of 22 similar past lots received 1 bid (18%).
2–336%
8 of 22 similar past lots received 2–3 (36%).
4–627%
6 of 22 similar past lots received 4–6 (27%).
7+18%
4 of 22 similar past lots received 7+ (18%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

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
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Sept 2026, 10:46 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2026, 10:46 BST
Authority reference
WAR 0091
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088541
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Loading or handling machinery
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077523 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

18 Sept 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published39 days ago
    18 Sept 2026, 10:46 BST
  2. Market engagement19 days ago
    9 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST

    This is not a procurement/tender exercise. Information gathered from the market test will enable the Council to identify the option that best meets the Council's strategic objectives and offers best value for money. The Council reserves the right to recall any provider to explore an option in more detail if required.

    Warwickshire County Council will be using its e-tendering system (WarwickshireCC) for the administration of this market engagement. Suppliers must register with the system to be able to download documents. The web address for the portal is:

    in-tendhost.co.uk/warwickshirecc/aspx/… ↗

    (in-tendhost.co.uk/warwickshirecc/aspx/… ↗)

    Registration and use of our portal is free. Whenregistering you will be re-directed to the In-Tendsell2midlands site. If you already registered andhave issues logging in then you may need to re-setyour password. You will need to select "Log in toportal" next to Warwickshire County Council.

    All correspondence or clarifications relating to thismarket testing must be via the portals'correspondence function. If you are having troubleregistering with the portal please email us at:

    procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk

    The deadline for Market Testing Returns is Thursday 8th October 2026.

  3. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 64 days
    1 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    18 Sept 2026, 10:46 BST
    UK2

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

Warwickshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDTN-5446-NMXW Shire Hall, Warwick, West Midlands, CV34 4SAContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure