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Leicester City Council

Chain Hoists For De Montfort Hall

Industrial MachineryCPV 42400000
Value£100k
Deadline21 Sept 2026
Published25 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 25 Aug 202625 days leftCloses 21 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Sean Harris
sean.harris@leicester.gov.uk
+44 1164541000

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£100ktotal contract value
median £100k
this tender£0£1.3m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Industrial Machinery band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 5,734 valued Industrial Machinery tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Leicester City Council has published 6 Industrial Machinery notices, about every 18 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around February 2028.

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The brief

Leicester City Council invites Tenders for the provision of Chain Hoists For De Montfort Hall.

The proposed Contract will be for 2 months with no option to extend.

Further information about the opportunity can be found in the tender documentation.

Submissions must be received by 12:00 noon on 21 September 2026 at the very latest via the EastMidsTenders portal: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html.

Late submissions and those received by any other means will not be accepted.

Any queries/questions regarding this opportunity must be received via the ProContract portal only, otherwise they will not be responded to.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Submissions must be received by 12:00 noon

Submissions must be received by 12:00 noon on 21 September 2026 at the very latest via the EastMidsTenders portal: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html.

02

Any queries/questions regarding this opportunity must

Any queries/questions regarding this opportunity must be received via the ProContract portal only, otherwise they will not be responded to.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ebbc
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
080915-2026
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