Contract award · 3 Apr 2025

Purchase of a heavy duty shovel (specialist plant vehicle)

Dacorum Borough Council awarded “Purchase of a heavy duty shovel (specialist…” to Greenshields JCB Ltd for £210k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionConstruction & mining machineryEast of England

Value £210k

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
Dacorum Borough Council · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£209,500
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Construction & mining machinery · Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, and mining machinery (CPV 43260000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date3 Apr 2025
  2. Published5 Sep 2025Published 155 days after the contract date

Description

Purchase of a heavy duty shovel (specialist plant vehicle) for Cupid Green Depot

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