Closed tender

Hire of Small Plant and Tools

Details

Value
£450,000
Topic
Agricultural machinery
Published
8 July 2025
Submission
4 August 2025

Tender description

This framework is for the hire and maintenance of small plant items, both ICE (internal combustion engine) and battery/electric powered handheld items. These hires are a mixture of short-term hires (daily/weekly) hire periods and long-term hires, annual. The equipment supplied is used City wide to support our frontline services, Highways, Leisure, Grounds Maintenance and Bereavement, helping them to deliver their services. This Framework Agreement is split into two lots: • Lot 1 - Highways Handheld Plant Equipment • Lot 2 - Ground Maintenance Equipment

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published8 July 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date4 August 2025

About the buyer

Manchester City Council is the local authority for the city of Manchester, and buys through its Corporate Procurement Service. Category leads across the council handle procurement for their own areas of goods and services. Contract opportunities are advertised on The Chest, the North West's shared procurement portal for local authorities. Larger contracts also appear on Find a Tender, the UK's service for public procurement notices. A Professional Services Framework covers consultancy and professional services work for the council. Suppliers can register for free email alerts on The Chest when relevant opportunities are published.

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 Manchester City Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 16000000 · Agricultural machinery
  • 42600000 · Machine tools

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