Notice Information
Notice Title
TC01407 The Purchase of Twelve (12) Purpose Built Forty Five (45) Foot Terminal Trailers
Notice Description
The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company requires twelve (12) purpose built forty five (45) foot terminal trailers. Delivery to the Port of Felixstowe, Suffolk, United Kingdom, IP11 3SY
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058133
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054373-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
-
- CPV Codes
34223000 - Trailers and semi-trailers
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £720,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £720,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 8 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 14 Oct 2025 - 14 Oct 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE FELIXSTOWE DOCK AND RAILWAY COMPANY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- tenders@fdrc.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- FELIXSTOWE
- Postcode
- IP11 3SY
- Post Town
- Ipswich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH6 Suffolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH63 East Suffolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH14 Suffolk CC
-
- Local Authority
- East Suffolk
- Electoral Ward
- Western Felixstowe
- Westminster Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054373-2025
5th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047181-2025
8th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045973-2025
5th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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