ESPO is a trading department of Leicestershire County Council. It is a non-profit making body owned and operated jointly by six local authorities. We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and...
Buyer
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
Location
Leicester
Deadline
Closes 17 Nov 2026
Value
£3.3m
Key dates and value
Status
Closed
Submission deadline
4 Sept 2026
Published
4 Aug 2026
Estimated value
£23.3m
Contract start
3 Nov 2026
Contract end
2 Nov 2028
Location
Leicester, East Midlands
Notice type
UK4
Buyer type
Local Authority
Overview
ESPO is a public sector-owned professional buying organisation offering a comprehensive range of procurement services, including access to over 100 free-to-access framework solutions for the wider public sector.
We are establishing a framework for the supply of grounds maintenance machinery, including spare parts and maintenance services.
The Framework is divided into 9 lots.
Please refer to the tender documents for any further details (including further details on each of the lots) - the closing date for submission of Tenders is 12:00 (12 noon / 12pm) on 04 September 2026.
To tender (please proceed to step (e) if an expression of interest has already been completed):
(a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 274_26 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen).
Any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.
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CPV codes
16310000 Mowers
43325100 Grounds-maintenance equipment
43830000 Power tools
16000000 Agricultural machinery
43810000 Woodworking equipment
42642000 Machine tools for working wood, bone, cork, hard rubber or hard plastics
77342000 Hedge trimming
34390000 Tractor accessories
42122161 Cooling-water pumps
42122130 Water pumps
34000000 Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
34144700 Utility vehicles
34113000 4-wheel-drive vehicles
34144900 Electric vehicles
43200000 Earthmoving and excavating machinery, and associated parts
About the buyer
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO has published 67 tender notices since 27 Oct 2023, with a combined advertised value of £4.5bn. 38 of them are currently open.
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