Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bbe-fa3c-707e-a4ea-a7455f426621/hire-of-small-plant-and-tools closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Hire of Small Plant and Tools [Manchester City Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/manchester-city-council) Estimated value £450,000 Published 8 Jul 2025 Deadline Closed 4 Aug 2025 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Split into 2 lots You can usually bid for just the lots you can deliver. - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender This framework is for the hire and maintenance of small plant items, both ICE (internal combustion engine) and battery/electric powered handheld items. These hires are a mixture of short-term hires (daily/weekly) hire periods and long-term hires, annual. The equipment supplied is used City wide to support our frontline services, Highways, Leisure, Grounds Maintenance and Bereavement, helping them to deliver their services. This Framework Agreement is split into two lots: - Lot 1 - Highways Handheld Plant Equipment - Lot 2 - Ground Maintenance Equipment ## CPV classification Agricultural machinery Machine tools Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-055af7-2025-07-08T11:33:16+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-055af7-2025-07-08T11:33:16+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Manchester City Council: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/manchester-city-council) [Sector More Agricultural machinery tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/agricultural-machinery) ## More tenders like this [Supply of Timberwolf fixed track woodchipper TW 280 FTR and for Williams trailer TT3017 · Natural England · 19 days left · 6 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1539a-d25f-7042-8204-c91978cd4253/supply-of-timberwolf-fixed-track-woodchipper-tw-280-ftr-and-for-williams-trailer) [Parts of agricultural and forestry machinery – Furnizare piese de schimb pentru utilaje forestiere si terasiere · Regia Nationala A Padurilor - Romsilva Ra · 29 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-74e7-70e2-8951-c8c70115b89e/romania-parts-of-agricultural-and-forestry-machinery-furnizare-piese-de-schi) [Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery – Aquisição de 417 motosserras e acessórios, integradas em atividades do Sistema de Gestão Integrada de Fogos Rurais · Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, IP · 2 days left · 21 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-b5f8-7217-b5c2-543114c4144c/portugal-specialist-agricultural-or-forestry-machinery-aquisicao-de-417-moto) [Tractors – Dostawa dwóch ciągników rolniczych z wyposażeniem · Podlaski Urząd Wojewódzki w Białymstoku · 15 days left · 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-3898-7026-8479-c63460338fef/poland-tractors-dostawa-dwoch-ciagnikow-rolniczych-z-wyposazeniem) [Tractors – Lieferung von einem Allrad-Schlepper · Zweckverband Abfallwirtschaft Region Hannover · 35 days left · 23 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-56dc-733d-8ac6-c4be1e108e53/germany-tractors-lieferung-von-einem-allrad-schlepper) [Lawnmowers – Svahová sekačka kolová s řidičem - obnova SSÚD · Ředitelství silnic a dálnic s. p. · 21 days left · 9 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-6ca9-7150-b6c5-aa36920be82f/czechia-lawnmowers-svahova-sekacka-kolova-s-ridicem-obnova-ssud)