Award

Purchase of a heavy duty shovel (specialist plant vehicle)

  • Dacorum Borough Council

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-054365

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-059524

Published 5 September 2025, 3:14pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Dacorum Borough Council

The Forum, Marlowes

Hemel Hempstead

HP11DN

Email

procurement@dacorum.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKH23 - Hertfordshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.dacorum.gov.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Purchase of a heavy duty shovel (specialist plant vehicle)

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 43260000 - Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, and mining machinery

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Purchase of a heavy duty shovel (specialist plant vehicle) for Cupid Green Depot

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £209,500

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH2 - Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Purchase of a heavy duty shovel (specialist plant vehicle) for Cupid Green Depot

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

This vehicle was ordered from Greenshields JCB as there was a cancelled order on the production line so to reduce waiting time the slot was offered to Dacorum Council.

The purchase was made due to an ageing vehicle within the fleet with high maintenance costs. A decision was taken to directly award the contract due to this and the reduced purchase

The supplier also provided a cost part exchange cost thus demonstrating further value for money

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

3 April 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Greenshields JCB Ltd

Farnham

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
Companies House

03235098

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £209,500


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Royal Courts of Justice

London

Country

United Kingdom