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New Purchase of 6 Winter Gritters

Norfolk County Council

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08 Sep 2026 at 11:53

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Summary of the contracting process

Norfolk County Council bought six new winter gritter vehicles for its CES Highways Winter Services Team. The vehicles are intended for winter highway maintenance and will be leased for seven years. This is a goods procurement for gritter vehicles (CPV 34144440), with delivery in the East of England. The requirement concerns the supply of a small fleet of specialist vehicles rather than general road maintenance, construction or consultancy services. Businesses relevant to this requirement include manufacturers, specialist vehicle engineers, fleet suppliers and organisations able to provide new gritters together with the associated leasing arrangement. The council is the buying organisation and the vehicles support its local authority highways winter service.

The procurement is complete and was awarded on 17 June 2026 following a direct award under the NEP0224 Framework, Lot 4, using The Procurement Partnership Ltd route. The tender submission deadline was 23 January 2026 at 11:00 UTC. Econ Engineering was selected as supplier for the six vehicles. The awarded value is £794,611.44 including the stated procurement value in GBP. The contract period runs from 17 June 2026 to 16 June 2033, covering the seven-year lease. The award is active. The procurement was for goods and was not divided into separately reported lots. The recorded outcome identifies a framework direct award rather than an open competition.

This award demonstrates a defined requirement from Norfolk County Council for a small fleet of new specialist winter gritter vehicles delivered through a public-sector framework. A credible future competitor would need the engineering and manufacturing capability to design or supply gritters suitable for highway winter service, together with the capacity to provide six vehicles as a coordinated fleet. The seven-year leasing model indicates that suppliers should be able to support a long-term vehicle arrangement, not only a one-off sale. Relevant strengths would include experience with local-authority or highways fleets, dependable vehicle delivery, servicing and technical support, and the financial and operational scale to manage a framework-based direct award. The buyer recorded the opportunity as unsuitable for SMEs and VCSEs.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

New Purchase of 6 Winter Gritters

Notice Description

The CES Highways Winter Services Team completed a tender process via The Procurement Partnership Ltd (TPPL) using Framework NEP0224 to purchase 6 new gritter vehicles. The gritters are leased for 7 years

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-214f5201-7074-4344-abf3-cbd18fc39c64
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9ba6dc56-fabe-4431-b42c-82908b402a07
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Other - Direct award under Framework
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

CPV Codes

34144440 - Gritter vehicles

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£794,611 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£794,611 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
17 Jun 20263 months ago
Contract Period
17 Jun 2026 - 16 Jun 2033 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Norfolk County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NORWICH
Postcode
NR1 2DH
Postcode Area
Norwich
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH5 Norfolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Norwich
Electoral Ward
Lakenham
Westminster Constituency
Norwich South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Econ Engineering Ltd

Further Information

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