Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bcd-af0f-7011-90be-9b47ee5dc318/vehicle-and-plant-hire awarded GB open procedure # Vehicle and Plant Hire [Scotland Excel](https://tendernation.io/buyers/scotland-excel) Estimated value £120,000,000 Published 18 Sept 2026 Deadline Closed 16 Mar 2026 ## Who can bid - Split into 12 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. ## About this tender This Contract Award Notice is in relation to the renewal framework for the hire of vehicles and plant equipment, available for all 32 council areas in Scotland and Scotland Excel Associate Members. It is anticipated this framework will incorporate the hiring of various vehicle types, such as cars and light vehicles, minibuses/buses, refuse collection vehicles, winter maintenance vehicles and road sweeping vehicles, as well as the hiring of plant equipment such as excavation equipment, road surfacing equipment and other specialist equipment. ## CPV classification Motor vehicles Hire of buses and coaches with driver Hire of vans with driver Heavy-duty motor vehicles Electric vehicles Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons Hire of industrial vehicles with driver Road sweepers Suction-sweeper vehicles Road-sweeping vehicles Cranes Cranes, mobile lifting frames and works trucks fitted with a crane Hire of cranes with operator Elevator-platforms trucks Mobile platforms Lifting and handling equipment Mobile lifting frames Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery Lifting trucks Specialist vehicles Special-purpose motor vehicles Drain accessories Drainage equipment Gully emptiers Pumps and compressors Sewage pumps Vehicles for refuse and sewage Vehicles for refuse Refuse-collection vehicles Refuse-compaction vehicles Hire of trucks with driver Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver Winter-maintenance vehicles Off-road vehicles Hire of earthmoving equipment with operator Earthmoving and excavating machinery, and associated parts Earthmoving machinery Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver Road-surfacing machinery Road-maintenance equipment Grounds-maintenance equipment Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-05482a-2026-09-18T09:37:58+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-05482a-2026-09-18T09:37:58+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. 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