AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Newcastle City Council has published a contract award notice for a ranked framework covering operated and non-operated plant hire. Seven pending awards name J KELLY PLANT HIRE LIMITED, C G ROBINSON & SONS LTD, GAP GROUP LIMITED and MAXHIRE LIMITED across lots 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 11. The notice also records an active award entry for lots 2, 3, 8 and 10 without suppliers or values.
Published outcomeThis is an award announcement, not evidence of concluded or signed contracts: the seven named awards are pending, standstill periods run to 23 or 26 October 2026, and signature is scheduled for 30 October 2026.
Market significanceThe framework provides a potential route for Newcastle City Council to commission plant hire for infrastructure, maintenance and development activity. The published structure indicates multiple suppliers on some lots, but supplier ranking, call-off allocation, pricing and total framework value are not disclosed.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
7 supplier records analysed
J KELLY PLANT HIRE LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £1,000,000 gross award value stated for award 1 GBP · Pending award
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Award 1 names J KELLY PLANT HIRE LIMITED and relates to lot 1.
C G ROBINSON & SONS LTD
99% confidenceAward 2 · Lots 4 · £1,000,000 gross award value stated for award 2 GBP · Pending award
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Award 2 names C G ROBINSON & SONS LTD and relates to lot 4.
C G ROBINSON & SONS LTD; GAP GROUP LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 3 · Lots 5 · £1,000,000 gross shared award value; not allocated between suppliers GBP · Pending award
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Award 3 names both suppliers and relates to lot 5.
C G ROBINSON & SONS LTD; GAP GROUP LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 4 · Lots 6 · £1,000,000 gross shared award value; not allocated between suppliers GBP · Pending award
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Award 4 names both suppliers and relates to lot 6.
C G ROBINSON & SONS LTD; GAP GROUP LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 5 · Lots 7 · £1,000,000 gross shared award value; not allocated between suppliers GBP · Pending award
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Award 5 names both suppliers and relates to lot 7.
C G ROBINSON & SONS LTD; GAP GROUP LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 6 · Lots 9 · £1,000,000 gross shared award value; not allocated between suppliers GBP · Pending award
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Award 6 names both suppliers and relates to lot 9.
MAXHIRE LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 7 · Lots 11 · £1,000,000 gross award value stated for award 7 GBP · Pending award
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Award 7 names MAXHIRE LIMITED and relates to lot 11.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published award notice
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Find a Tender UK6 contract award notice 097216-2026 was published on 14 October 2026.
Award status
99% confidenceSeven named awards are pending; a separate active entry covers lots 2, 3, 8 and 10
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Awards 1-7 each have status 'pending'; award -1 has status 'active' and lists related lots 2, 3, 8 and 10 without suppliers.
Standstill
98% confidenceEnds 23 October 2026 for awards 1, 2 and 4-7; 26 October 2026 for award 3
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Award-level standstill end dates are published in the notice.
Scheduled signature
99% confidence30 October 2026
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Each pending award includes a scheduled futureSignatureDate of 30 October 2026.
Planned core term
92% confidence2 November 2026 to 1 November 2028, except award 5 has an anomalous one-day stated end date
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Award contract periods state these dates; award 5 lists endDate 2 November 2026 despite a 2030 maximum extent date.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published opportunity maximum
83% confidenceUp to £2,000,000
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Process-level value_max is £2,000,000 GBP; no value basis is supplied.
Award-level values
99% confidence£1,000,000 gross is stated on each of the seven pending awards
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Awards 1-7 each state amountGross of £1,000,000.
Value interpretation
98% confidenceThe relationship between the £2,000,000 opportunity maximum and seven £1,000,000 award-level values is not explained; values should not be aggregated or treated as supplier-specific commitments.
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The notice supplies both figures but no value basis, allocation or reconciliation.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender notice published
99% confidence17 June 2026
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Release history records tender notice 057077-2026 on 17 June 2026.
Submission deadline
99% confidence16 July 2026, 14:00 BST
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Process-level submission_deadline is 2026-07-16T14:00:00+01:00.
Award decision date
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Pending awards 1-7 each carry date 14 October 2026.
Planned commencement
98% confidence2 November 2026
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Pending awards state a contract-period start date of 2 November 2026.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceFramework for operated and non-operated plant hire
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The tender description states the Council intends to establish a ranked supplier framework for plant with or without qualified operators.
Operational use
96% confidenceInfrastructure, maintenance and development activities across Newcastle
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The tender description identifies these Council activities.
Classifications
98% confidenceHire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator; repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
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These CPV classifications are listed on each named pending award.
Service area
95% confidenceUKC region
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Named award items list delivery addresses in UKC, United Kingdom.
Lots
99% confidence11 lots were published; named pending awards cover lots 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 11
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Tender data lists lots 1-11; named awards identify the stated lot IDs.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure
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Process procurementMethodDetails is 'Open procedure'.
Framework structure
98% confidenceRanked supplier framework
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Tender description says suppliers will be ranked following a competitive tender process.
Multi-supplier awards
99% confidenceLots 5, 6, 7 and 9 each name C G ROBINSON & SONS LTD and GAP GROUP LIMITED
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Awards 3-6 list both suppliers.
Competition information
99% confidenceBid count, rankings, evaluation scores and award rationale are not published in the supplied notice.
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No such information is supplied in the process or award data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Extension options
99% confidenceUp to two 12-month extensions
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Each pending award has hasRenewal=true and describes '2 x 12 month(s) extensions'.
Maximum stated extent
98% confidence1 November 2030
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Pending awards list maxExtentDate of 1 November 2030.
Call-off terms
99% confidenceNot published
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The supplied notice does not state call-off procedure, minimum volumes, pricing or allocation mechanism.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Framework access
96% confidenceThe framework is intended to provide a flexible, compliant route for commissioning plant-hire services as required.
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Tender description states this intended function.
Commercial certainty
96% confidencePublished award values do not establish committed spend or a supplier-level revenue allocation.
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The framework description says services will be commissioned as required, while multi-supplier awards have a single shared value.
Supplier opportunity
96% confidenceRanked framework participation may create future call-off opportunities, but the ranking and ordering mechanism are not disclosed.
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The description refers to ranked suppliers but does not publish ranking results or call-off rules.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award maturity
99% confidenceThe named awards remain pending and signature is only scheduled; this analysis does not treat them as signed, concluded or active contracts.
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Awards 1-7 are pending and show futureSignatureDate of 30 October 2026.
Unattributed active lots
99% confidenceLots 2, 3, 8 and 10 appear only in active award -1, which supplies no award date, supplier, value or contract terms.
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Award -1 lists those related lots and has no supplier or value fields.
Value inconsistency
99% confidenceSeven pending awards each show £1,000,000 gross while the process maximum is £2,000,000; the notice does not explain the basis or relationship.
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Process value_max and award-level amountGross fields conflict in apparent scale without an explanatory value basis.
Date anomaly
99% confidenceAward 5 for lot 7 states a start date of 2 November 2026 and an end date later the same day, while its maximum extent date is 1 November 2030 and it has two extension options.
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Award 5 contractPeriod and renewal fields.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot titles, descriptions and individual lot values are not supplied.
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All published lot records have null title, description and value.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Lots 2, 3, 8 and 10 have an active award record but no named supplier, award date, value or contract terms.
- The seven £1,000,000 gross award values cannot safely be aggregated, reconciled to the £2,000,000 process maximum, or allocated between suppliers on joint awards.
- No lot titles or descriptions are published, so the equipment or service scope of individual lots is unknown.
- Award 5's published one-day core period conflicts with its extension wording and 2030 maximum extent date; no unsupported correction has been made.
- Information on bids received, supplier rankings, evaluation, pricing, call-off rules and award rationale is not supplied in the published notice.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Newcastle City Councilplant hire frameworkoperated plant hirenon-operated plant hireJ KELLY PLANT HIRE LIMITEDC G ROBINSON & SONS LTDGAP GROUP LIMITEDMAXHIRE LIMITED
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Has Newcastle City Council signed the plant hire framework contracts?
No conclusion of signature can be drawn from the supplied notice. The seven named awards are pending and signature is scheduled for 30 October 2026.
Which suppliers are named in the pending awards?
J KELLY PLANT HIRE LIMITED, C G ROBINSON & SONS LTD, GAP GROUP LIMITED and MAXHIRE LIMITED.
What is the framework duration?
Most pending awards state a planned term from 2 November 2026 to 1 November 2028, with up to two 12-month extensions. Lot 7 has an inconsistent published end date.
What is the framework value?
The opportunity maximum is stated as £2,000,000, but each of seven pending awards shows £1,000,000 gross. The notice does not explain this discrepancy or provide supplier allocations.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.