Closed tender

Framework for the Provision of Lifting Equipment

Details

Value
£3,000,000
Topic
Lifting and handling equipment and parts
Published
1 June 2026
Submission
1 July 2026

Tender description

Tender for the provision of a Lifting Equipment Framework. This agreement is based on two Lots, comprised of 'The supply of Lifting Equipment' and 'The installation (and supply) of specialist Lifting Equipment'.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published1 June 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date1 July 2026

About the buyer

United Utilities Water Ltd is the regulated water and wastewater utility for the North West of England, and buys through its own commercial department. Contract notices are advertised through the Central Digital Platform. Suppliers list themselves on the Achilles Utilities Vendor Database to be found for opportunities outside formal notices. Procurement runs under the Procurement Act 2023, the regime introduced in February 2025 for regulated utilities. Category managers within the commercial department oversee markets such as construction and engineering. Large infrastructure schemes, including the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme, go to tender as multi-party contracts.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of United Utilities Water Ltd's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, IT services and waste, cleaning and environmental services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 42400000 · Lifting and handling equipment and parts
  • 42410000 · Lifting and handling equipment
  • 42414000 · Cranes, mobile lifting frames and works trucks fitted with a crane
  • 42414310 · Mobile lifting frames
  • 42418000 · Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery
  • 42419000 · Parts of lifting and handling equipment
  • 42419900 · Parts of winding gear and other lifting or handling equipment
  • 51511000 · Installation services of lifting and handling equipment, except lifts and escalators
  • 51511100 · Installation services of lifting equipment

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