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Gritter Hire Fleet for Winter Season 26/27

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

17 Jul 2026 at 12:59

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

17 Jul 2026 at 12:55

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

17 Jul 2026 at 10:54

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council procured a winter service gritting fleet to help keep Bradford’s roads safe. The requirement covers the hire of gritter vehicles and trucks with drivers, making this a vehicle-hire and winter highways operations service rather than a purchase of vehicles. Delivery and service activity relates to Bradford in West Yorkshire. The procurement is for one requirement and is managed by the Council as the public authority responsible for the service. Businesses relevant to this opportunity include providers of winter maintenance fleets, specialist gritter vehicles, heavy vehicle hire and suitably equipped driver services. The scope is focused on supplying the operational fleet needed for road gritting during the winter season, rather than general road maintenance, vehicle sales or unrelated transport services.

The procurement is complete and was awarded on 17 July 2026 following a direct award. The Council used this route because it had an urgent requirement to place the order and guarantee fleet availability to keep roads safe. The award and contract went to ECON ENGINEERING LIMITED. The award value is £612,352 excluding VAT, or £734,822.40 including VAT. The contract was signed on 17 July 2026 and runs from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027. The award covers one lot and is classified as a services contract. A future signature milestone was scheduled for 1 October 2026, although the contract record states that it had already been signed on the award date. The award is active and the contract is active.

This award shows that Bradford requires a substantial, ready-to-deploy winter gritting fleet supported by drivers, with availability important enough to justify an urgent direct award. A credible future competitor would need access to suitable gritter vehicles and trucks, the operational capacity to provide them for a full winter service, and drivers able to carry out road-gritting duties. Experience in winter highways operations, fleet management and safe deployment on public roads would strengthen a supplier’s position. The successful supplier is an SME engineering business, indicating that specialist smaller firms can meet the requirement when they can demonstrate the necessary vehicles, staffing and mobilisation capability. Suppliers should focus on fleet reliability, driver coverage, road-safety delivery and dependable service to the Council.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Gritter Hire Fleet for Winter Season 26/27

Notice Description

Required to provide the winter service gritting fleet

Procurement Information

Urgent requirement to place order and guarantee availability to keep the roads safe.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cd94
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067787-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

CPV Codes

34144440 - Gritter vehicles

60181000 - Hire of trucks with driver

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£612,352 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
£612,352 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
17 Jul 20262 months ago
Contract Period
1 Oct 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRADFORD
Postcode
BD1 1HX
Postcode Area
Bradford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE41 Bradford
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Bradford
Electoral Ward
City
Westminster Constituency
Bradford West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Econ Engineering Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

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