Sector · CPV division 34

Vehicles & transport equipment: UK public contracts

28 UK public vehicles & transport equipment contracts awarded in the last 12 months, worth £12.5m. See who is buying, who is winning, and 14% awarded without competition.

Covers CPV division 34, “Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation”. The busiest buyers recently were National Highways Limited and East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Contracts (last 12 months)
28
Published value
£12.5mwhere stated
Without competition
14%4 contracts
Won by SMEs
19%of 27 with size known
Contracts awarded per month
October 2024: 0 contracts, £0Oct 24November 2024: 0 contracts, £0December 2024: 0 contracts, £0January 2025: 0 contracts, £0Jan 25February 2025: 0 contracts, £0March 2025: 0 contracts, £0April 2025: 0 contracts, £0Apr 25May 2025: 0 contracts, £0June 2025: 0 contracts, £0July 2025: 0 contracts, £0Jul 25August 2025: 0 contracts, £0September 2025: 0 contracts, £0October 2025: 0 contracts, £0Oct 25November 2025: 0 contracts, £0December 2025: 0 contracts, £0January 2026: 0 contracts, £0Jan 26February 2026: 0 contracts, £0March 2026: 0 contracts, £0April 2026: 1 contracts, £3.52mApr 26May 2026: 1 contracts, £738kJune 2026: 0 contracts, £0July 2026: 1 contracts, £19,430Jul 26August 2026: 5 contracts, £771kSeptember 2026: 20 contracts, £7.49m

Biggest buyers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

  1. Preston City Council 2 · £328k
  2. Scottish Government 1 · £2.71m
  3. Middlesbrough Council 1 · £319k

Top suppliers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

  1. Lookers Group 2 · £338k
  2. Tuskerdirect Ltd 1 · £3.52m
  3. RS Aqua Ltd SME 1 · £2.71m
  4. Holcim UK Ltd 1 · £1.06m
  5. Tarmac Trading Limited 1 · £1.06m
  6. Stellantis UK Limited SME 1 · £293k

By region

  1. West Midlands 9 · £1.71m
  2. North West 3 · £499k
  3. Scotland 2 · £2.83m
  4. East of England 2 · £275k
  5. North East 2 · £338k
  6. South West 1 · £4,560
  7. London 1 · £223k
  8. East Midlands 1 · £425k

Latest contracts

Date Contract Buyer Supplier Value
16 Sep 2026 Provision of Student Travel and Bus Pass Services for Glasgow Clyde College No competition Glasgow Clyde College First Bus Scotland £120k
15 Sep 2026 Vehicle Purchase Turnkey Protected Personnel Carriers - Call Off Under BLC0020c - RM6244 - CPA/SPU/2946P Police & Crime Commissioner for Cheshire/Cheshire Constabulary MAN Truck and Bus £171k
15 Sep 2026 HRE - EFL/40 - St Andrews - Leven (East Fife) - Waterless Railway Bridge National Highways Limited Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd £88,476
15 Sep 2026 HRE - IMD/373 - Macduff - Inveramsay - Culsalmond - Turnpike National Highways Limited Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd £93,175
15 Sep 2026 Midlands Brown Salt Order 5 National Highways Limited Compass Minerals UK Limited £295k
15 Sep 2026 HRE - AFS/20 - Aviemore to Forres - Castle Grant National Highways Limited Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd £162k
15 Sep 2026 Purchase of 9 x Ford Double Crewed National Specification Ambulances (DCA) Electric Vehicle Base Chassis No competition East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust Ford Motor Company Limited £425k
11 Sep 2026 SYP - Vehicle Replacement Programme - Peugeot 3008 Allure electric 73kWh No competition South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Stellantis UK Limited SME £293k
10 Sep 2026 GB-Witham: ECFRS00530 - Supply of 2 x Skoda Kodiaq Estate Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority Volkswagen Group UK Ltd £60,420
10 Sep 2026 HRE - KLM/63RWS - Elderslie - Greenock Princes Pier National Highways Limited Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd £247k
10 Sep 2026 HRE - KLM/68A - Elderslie - Greenock Princes Pier - Union Street National Highways Limited Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd £11,984
10 Sep 2026 HRE - RWR/61 - Berwickshire Branch - Leaderfoot Viaduct National Highways Limited Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd £38,186
7 Sep 2026 GB-Preston: TPPL Preston City Council NEPO HGV Lot 3 - 1 x 16t Sweeper (31451) Preston City Council Stock Sweepers Limited £188k
7 Sep 2026 GB-Preston: TPPL Preston City Council HCC Lot 4 - 1 x CityCat VR50d Sweeper (31953) Preston City Council Bucher Municipal Ltd £140k
4 Sep 2026 WCC 2026 2696 Pre Wet Salt Saturator Maintenance No competition Worcestershire County Council J. C Peacock & Co Limited SME £40,500
2 Sep 2026 Call Off #6 August 2026 - Lot 4 Only East Riding of Yorkshire Council Holcim UK Ltd £1.06m
2 Sep 2026 Call Off #6 August 2026 - Lot 4 Only East Riding of Yorkshire Council Tarmac Trading Limited £1.06m
1 Sep 2026 Direct Award from Lot 1 of the TPPL & NEPO214 Grounds Maintenance Equipment & Plant Framework; purchase of a Tracked Woodchipper Kirklees Council Balmers GM Limited SME £65,554
1 Sep 2026 GB-Saffron Walden: TPPL Uttlesford District Council NEPO HGV Lot 3 - 2 x 5t Compact Road Sweepers (33454) Uttlesford District Council Aebi Schmidt UK Limited £215k
1 Sep 2026 Framework Agreement for Fish Tracking Equipment Scottish Government RS Aqua Ltd SME £2.71m
28 Aug 2026 GB-Scunthorpe: TPPL North Lincolnshire Council NEPO HGV Lot 5 - 1 x 3.5t Arbor Hoist (29623) North Lincolnshire Council Versalift United Kingdom Limited £162k
18 Aug 2026 GB-Cheltenham: TPPL Ubico Limited - Tewkesbury Borough Council - NEPO GM & P Lot 1 - 1 x 3.5t Twin Axle Plant Trailer (New) (32457) Ubico Limited Tallis Amos Group £4,560
7 Aug 2026 GB-Doncaster: TPPL City of Doncaster Council NEPO GM & P Lot 2 - 1 x Mini Excavator Complete with Twin Axle Trailer (New) (32958) Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Scot JCB Ltd £63,400
5 Aug 2026 Lamppost Banner Production Westminster City Council Bay Media Limited SME £223k
5 Aug 2026 GB-Middlesbrough: TPPL Middlesbrough Council HCC Lot 2 - 10 x Nissan Vans (33353) Middlesbrough Council Lookers Group £319k
1 Jul 2026 GB-Tyne: TPPL Newcastle City Council HCC Lot 1 - 1 x Dacia Jogger Extreme Hybrid 7 Seat (32450) Newcastle City Council Lookers Group £19,430
14 May 2026 GB-Lyme: TPPL Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council HCC Lot 2 - Up to 11 x 3.5t Tippers (30664) Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council North East Truck & Van £738k
24 Apr 2026 Car Salary Sacrifice Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Tuskerdirect Ltd £3.52m
9 Mar 2021 SOL - Connected Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) No competition Metropolitan Borough of Solihull Richmond Design & Marketing Ltd SME £250k
8 Mar 2021 Procurement of a training passenger coach Home Office John Hills Coach Sales and Services Ltd SME £25,500
3 Mar 2021 DfI Roads - Supply of Spare and Replacement Parts from Econ Engineering Limited No competition Department for Infrastructure Econ Engineering Limited SME £160k
2 Mar 2021 SDA/NP/701549402 - Entity in Charge of Maintenance 2 No competition Ministry of Defence Direct Rail Services £180k
25 Feb 2021 Home to School transport - Phase 1 2021 - 8 seats and under: 41018 Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council MB Travel SME £41,040
25 Feb 2021 Home to School transport - Phase 1 2021 - 8 seats and under: 41729 Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council Sams Cabs SME £39,900
25 Feb 2021 Home to School transport - Phase 1 2021 - 8 seats and under: 61713 Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council Vedamain SME £27,360
21 Feb 2021 Supply of Cord Blood Collection Systems NHS Blood and Transplant Macopharma (UK) Ltd £92,000
19 Feb 2021 Purchase of 50 zero emission 100% electric vehicle wheelchair accessible taxis No competition Cardiff Council Dynamo motor Company Ltd SME £2.33m
18 Feb 2021 ID 3015510 - DAERA – CAFRE – Supply and Installation of Additional Educational Tractor Driving Simulators DAERA - College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise Tenstar Simulation AB SME £413k
16 Feb 2021 Helicopter Services for Aerial Surveillance in Support of Plant Health Operations Forestry England Castle Air Limited SME £1.5m
16 Feb 2021 Helicopter Services for Aerial Surveillance in Support of Plant Health Operations Forestry England GB Helicopters SME £1.5m
16 Feb 2021 Cambridgeshire County Council Highway Services Contract 2017 No competition Cambridgeshire County Council Milestone Infrastructure Ltd
16 Feb 2021 Contract Modification (under PCR 2015 Regulation 72) to the Non-Emergency Patient Transportation Service (NEPTS) for NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire CCG and Associated Commissioners No competition NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU E-Zec Medical Services Limited £875k
16 Feb 2021 Supply of Rail and Trackwork Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (UTILITIES) British Steel UK £350k
16 Feb 2021 Framework for the Supply, Fitment and Maintenance of Disability Facilities Fixed Mechanical Equipment and Prefabricated Ramps: Lot 6: Supply, fitment and maintenance of Prefabricated Ramps Sunderland City Council Easibathe Ltd SME
15 Feb 2021 Supply of Automotive Glass to the UK Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Operational Support Vehicle Programme (OSVP) National Windscreens £1.13m
12 Feb 2021 Non-emergency Patient Transport Service 13.185b2 No competition NHS East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust £18.7m
11 Feb 2021 Scrap (End-of-Life) Vehicles for Training and Related Purposes: Highland North (Caithness and Sutherland) Scottish Fire and Rescue Service HRL Scrap & Waste Solutions Ltd SME, Individual supplier £10,000
11 Feb 2021 Scrap (End-of-Life) Vehicles for Training and Related Purposes: Highland West (Skye, Lochalsh, and Wester Ross and Fort William) Scottish Fire and Rescue Service HRL Scrap & Waste Solutions Ltd SME £20,000
11 Feb 2021 Scrap (End-of-Life) Vehicles for Training and Related Purposes: Highland Central (Inverness area) Scottish Fire and Rescue Service HRL Scrap & Waste Solutions Ltd SME £12,000
11 Feb 2021 Scrap (End-of-Life) Vehicles for Training and Related Purposes: Aberdeenshire and Moray Scottish Fire and Rescue Service HRL Scrap & Waste Solutions Ltd SME £100k