Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery tenders in the UK

We track 666 awarded miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery contracts (CPV 429*) in the UK. 55 of them have a published end date between 8 Jan 2027 and 8 Apr 2028. The median published award value is £100k, and half of awards fall between £40k and £400k (608 awards with a value). 221 award notices in this category did not publish an end date.

Ending in 3-18 months55

Open tenders7

Median award£100k

Contracts tracked666

Contracts ending soonest (10 of 55)

Contract	Buyer	Incumbent supplier(s)	Value	Ends	Region
Apogee Wide Formats call-off Contracts Finder · CPV 42991200	Intellectual Property Office	Apogee	£29k	15 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	Wales
QVS storage cabinet master control towers Find a Tender · CPV 42967000	Sellafield Limited	Thomas Graham & Sons Ltd	£65k	25 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	North West
RFP0001-Goods-Contract-Supply, Delivery & Installation of Biological Treatment Equipment Find a Tender · CPV 42996000	United Utilities Water Limited	SILTBUSTER LIMITED	£485k	26 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	North West
9003224 - Supply of I17 White Beam Slits for Diamond Light Source Find a Tender · CPV 42900000	Diamond Light Source Limited	XDS OXFORD LIMITED	£150k	26 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	South East
Purchase of canister filters Find a Tender · CPV 42912100	Sellafield Limited	Camfil Limited	£135k	28 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	North West
Cambridge - Replacement Qiagen Qiagility liquid handlers x 2 call-off Contracts Finder · CPV 42931100	UK Health Security Agency	QIAGEN LIMITED	£71k	30 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	London
Centrifuge Service, Repair and Rotor Inspection - AWARD Contracts Finder · CPV 42931100	University of York	Centriservices	£54k	31 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	Yorkshire and the Humber
Service and Repair of Velos Pro LC-MS system (5 years) Contracts Finder · CPV 42967100	Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew	Thermo Fisher Scientific	£91k	10 Feb 2027 re-tender may already be under way	London
Supply of Wheeled Bins call-off Find a Tender · CPV 42914000	Cheshire East Council	IPL PLASTICS (UK) LIMITED	£450k	23 Feb 2027 re-tender may already be under way	North West
SWAST-1283-TP-23-24 Pressure Washers Contracts Finder · CPV 42924740	South Western Ambulance Service	Hurley Industrial Cleaning Equipment Ltd, Karcher UK	£479k	28 Feb 2027 re-tender may already be under way	South West

See all 55 in the renewal radar

Open tenders (7 of 7)

Opportunity	Buyer	Value	Deadline	Region
Hydrogen Peroxide Generator Find a Tender · CPV 42924720	Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency	£94k	19 Oct 2026, 17:00 UK time	UK-wide
SPS-02223 Fully Managed Vending Services for SPS Find a Tender · CPV 42933000	Scottish Prison Service	value not published	20 Oct 2026, 14:00 UK time	Scotland
Design, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Commissioning, Training and Maintenance of a Fully Automatic Cardboard Baling Solution Find a Tender · CPV 42914000	Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council	£150k	2 Nov 2026, 12:00 UK time	Wales
AA-101-26 Vending Beverage and Snack Products and Services Find a Tender · CPV 42933000	NHS Ayrshire & Arran	value not published	2 Nov 2026, 12:00 UK time	Scotland
UKRI-5720 Magnetic Bearing Drive systems for ISIS Neutron Disc Choppers Find a Tender · CPV 42990000	UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)	£2.1m	2 Nov 2026, 14:00 UK time	South West
33kV Substation SCADA Supply Find a Tender · CPV 42961200	UK Atomic Energy Authority	£400k	6 Nov 2026, 17:00 UK time	South East
Detergent Dosing System Find a Tender · CPV 42900000	NHS Tayside	value not published	9 Nov 2026, 12:00 UK time	Scotland

All open tenders in this category

Expiring by quarter

Q1 2027 (22)Q2 2027 (7)Q3 2027 (9)Q4 2027 (10)Q1 2028 (6)Q2 2028 (7)

By region

Region	Contracts	Ending in window
South East	88	9
North West	70	11
South West	68	4
Yorkshire and the Humber	67	7
Scotland	62	0
London	60	11
West Midlands	42	1
East of England	42	0
North East	36	2
East Midlands	28	5
Wales	19	2
Northern Ireland	14	0

Top buyers

Buyer	Contracts	Value
UK Research & Innovation	32	£2.4m
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")	23	£200.3m
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED	21	£374k
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority	15	£3.9m
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD	13	£2.4m
United Utilities Water Limited	12	£9.3m
UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)	11	£2.3m
UK Health Security Agency	11	£527k
University of Bristol	10	£7.4m
UNIVERSITY OF YORK	10	£568k

Most frequent incumbents

Supplier	Contracts	Value
iM-Med Limited	14	£130.0m
LTE Scientific Ltd	8	£72.0m
Wassenburg Limited	8	£64.1m
Createc Ltd	8	£1.6m
STERIS SOLUTIONS LIMITED	7	£48.1m
Peacocks Medical Group	6	£60.0m
MMM Medical Equipment	6	£60.0m
Steris Solutions Ltd	6	£60.0m
BMM WESTON	6	£54.0m
Getinge Limited	6	£51.4m

Sub-categories

Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery (285)Command and control system, printing, graphics, office automation and information-processing equipment (207)Centrifuges, calendering or vending machines (142)Distilling, filtering or rectifying apparatus (116)Machinery for the heat treatment of materials (19)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder; updated every 2 hours. Where a notice doesn't publish a contract end date we show "end date not published" - we never guess.