AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Halton Borough Council awarded Bucher Municipal Limited a contract to supply and deliver three specialist snow ploughs.
Published outcomeThe published contract record is active. It was signed on 30 September 2026 and runs from 1 October to 31 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold goods purchase valued at £82,878.72 gross for winter-maintenance equipment.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
BUCHER MUNICIPAL LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 82878.72 GBP · verified; award active
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Award 1 names BUCHER MUNICIPAL LIMITED as supplier. The supplier’s GB-COH identifier 00199841 matches the supplied verified company number and name. Contract 1, linked to award 1, has a gross value of £82,878.72.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Published document is described as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender” (UK7).
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status “active”.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status “active”.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 30 September 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-09-30.
Contract period
99% confidence1 October 2026 to 31 October 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-01 and endDate is 2026-10-31.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value
99% confidence£82,878.72 gross
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Contract 1 value is amountGross 82878.72 GBP.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 states aboveThreshold: false; tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - unknown”.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence30 September 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-09-30.
Contract start
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-01.
Contract end
99% confidence31 October 2026
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2026-10-31.
Notice published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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The contract details notice was published at 2026-10-15T12:51:25+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSupply and delivery of 3 specialist snow ploughs
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Tender description states “Supply and Delivery of 3 specialist snow ploughs”.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is “goods”.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 43313100 — Snowploughs
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Award item additional classification is CPV 43313100, described as Snowploughs.
Delivery area
95% confidenceUKD71
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Award item delivery address region is UKD71.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - unknown
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is stated as “Below threshold - unknown”.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No tenderer count, bid count, evaluation scores or selection rationale is provided.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Duration
98% confidence31 days by stated calendar dates
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The stated period runs from 1 October 2026 through 31 October 2026.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No extension, option or renewal provision is present in the supplied contract data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Purchase structure
98% confidenceSingle active award and contract for three snow ploughs
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One award, one supplier, one related lot and one linked contract are supplied; the tender description specifies three specialist snow ploughs.
Value interpretation
99% confidenceThe £82,878.72 is a contract-level gross value
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The value appears on Contract 1, which is linked to Award 1 and Lot 1.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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Supplier identity was verified by matching GB-COH company number 00199841 to BUCHER MUNICIPAL LIMITED.
Procurement detail quality
99% confidenceLimited published competition and evaluation information
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Information on bidders, pricing breakdown, award criteria, scores and award decision date was not supplied in the published notice.
Lot detail quality
99% confidenceLot title, description and individual lot value not supplied
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Lot 1 is identified but has no published title, description or value.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Information on tender competition, bids received, evaluation methodology, scores and award rationale was not supplied in the published notice.
- No award decision date was supplied.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- No extension, renewal or option terms were supplied.
- The published contract value is gross; no net value or pricing breakdown was supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Halton Borough CouncilBucher Municipal Limitedsnow ploughssnowploughswinter maintenancepublic procurement£82,878.72
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Halton Borough Council’s snow plough contract?
BUCHER MUNICIPAL LIMITED, verified under company number 00199841.
What is the contract value?
The published gross contract value is £82,878.72.
When does the contract run?
The stated period is 1 October 2026 to 31 October 2026; it was signed on 30 September 2026.
What is being supplied?
The supply and delivery of three specialist snow ploughs.
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