Machinery Tenders and Contracts

Search live machinery tenders on Stotles, or track buyer asset replacement plans and grounds equipment framework renewals for early warning.

This page covers agricultural machinery such as tractors and mowers, construction and plant machinery such as excavators and dumpers, and the hire, supply and servicing contracts built around them. Dedicated vehicle fleet and grounds maintenance service contracts sit on their own pages.

Buyers file machinery work under whichever heading matches how they've framed the job. A straight purchase of agricultural or construction equipment sits under the general machinery category for that type of kit. A hire or servicing framework usually sits under the equipment-hire or repair-and-maintenance headings instead, since the contract is about access to the machine or keeping it running rather than owning it outright. Grounds and highways equipment carry their own separate heading again, distinct from mining or industrial plant.

Councils, water and utility companies, the NHS estate, national parks and land management bodies run the bulk of machinery tenders, mostly for grounds equipment, plant hire and agricultural machinery servicing rather than one-off purchases.

Most maintenance and servicing contracts run two to four years, with some hire frameworks extending further. Outright equipment purchases and short-term plant hire can close in a matter of weeks.