Closed tender

274_26 Grounds Maintenance Machinery

Details

Value
£23,333,333
Topic
Agricultural machinery
Published
4 August 2026
Submission
4 September 2026

Tender description

ESPO is a public sector-owned professional buying organisation offering a comprehensive range of procurement services, including access to over 100 free-to-access framework solutions for the wider public sector. We are establishing a framework for the supply of grounds maintenance machinery, including spare parts and maintenance services. The Framework is divided into 9 lots. Please refer to the tender documents for any further details (including further details on each of the lots) - the closing date for submission of Tenders is 12:00 (12 noon / 12pm) on 04 September 2026. To tender (please proceed to step (e) if an expression of interest has already been completed): (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 274_26 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen). Any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published4 August 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date4 September 2026

About the buyer

Leicestershire County Council is a local authority that also trades nationally as ESPO, short for the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, a professional buying organisation it owns jointly with five more councils. ESPO serves public sector bodies and education establishments across the country. More than 100 free-to-access framework agreements sit alongside a product catalogue of 25,000 items. A framework is an agreement between the buying organisation, ESPO and an external supplier. In-house procurement experts at ESPO support customers through the frameworks and the catalogue. Councils, schools and academies buy directly through these routes rather than running separate tenders.

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 ESPO's contract awards have been in furniture and furnishings, transport equipment and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 16000000 · Agricultural machinery
  • 16310000 · Mowers
  • 34000000 · Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
  • 34113000 · 4-wheel-drive vehicles
  • 34144700 · Utility vehicles
  • 34144900 · Electric vehicles
  • 34390000 · Tractor accessories
  • 42122130 · Water pumps
  • 42122161 · Cooling-water pumps
  • 42642000 · Machine tools for working wood, bone, cork, hard rubber or hard plastics
  • 43200000 · Earthmoving and excavating machinery, and associated parts
  • 43325100 · Grounds-maintenance equipment
  • 43810000 · Woodworking equipment
  • 43830000 · Power tools
  • 77342000 · Hedge trimming

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