Purchase of Quad Bikes for Weed Spraying
Details
- Buyer
- Wakefield Council
- Supplier(s)
- Vale Engineeing (York) Limited
- Value
- £70,000
- Duration
- 5 years
- Topic
- Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery
- Published
- 7 January 2020
- Source
- ContractsFinder
Tender description
Outright purchase of six new and unused Quad Bikes fitted with specialist weed spraying equipment designed for highway weed control, fully conforming to the current British and European Standard for spraying equipment. The quads must be fully type approved and have a valid mot and road fund licence.
Timeline
- Completed: Award published7 January 2020Current notice
- Completed: Award date7 January 2020
- Completed: Contract expiry date28 February 2025
About the buyer
Wakefield Council is a local authority procuring goods, works and services for the district through its own commercial team. Contract opportunities are advertised through YORtender, the council's own procurement portal, free to join. Since February 2025, most procurements have run under the Procurement Act 2023, aimed at opening contracts to more suppliers. Suppliers register once on the central Find a Tender platform to bid for opportunities. Framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems cover many of its call-off contracts, alongside direct quotations for lower-value work. A published commercial pipeline sets out anticipated procurement activity over the next 18 months.
UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).
Over the past 5 years, most of Wakefield Council's contract awards have been in construction work, repair and maintenance and transport equipment.
Relevant CPV codes
- 16600000 · Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery
- 34000000 · Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@wakefield-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@wakefield-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@wakefield-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@wakefield-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@wakefield-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@wakefield-council.gov |
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