DfI TRAM - Supply of Various Mobile Plant and Machinery
DfI Transport and Road Asset Management (TRAM)
- Estimated value
- £856,000
- Excluding VAT
- Where
- Not stated
- Buyer in Northern Ireland
- Trade
- Transport and logistics
- Earthmoving and excavating machinery, and associated parts
- Documents
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Worked out by Evendraft from the notice’s own data, on 6 Nov 2026. The official notice is the one to rely on.
- Time to bid
- 20 full UK working days before the closing day, Mon 7 Dec 2026 (Northern Ireland bank holidays left out). Questions to the buyer close on Mon 30 Nov 2026, 15 working days from now.
- Time allowed
- The buyer allowed 32 days from publication to the closing day: about the same as the median for open transport and logistics tenders (30 days).
- Value
- £856,000 is below the median (£7m) of the 110 open transport and logistics tenders that state a value.
- This buyer
- This is the only open tender from this buyer listed here.
- Lots
- Divided into 4 lots. The documents say whether you can bid for one, several or all.
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About this tender
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DfI TRAM have a requirement for the Supply and Delivery of Various Mobile Plant and Machinery to 190 Larne Road, Ballymena, BT42 3HA. The overall requirement will be divided into the following Lots.
- Official notice
- Find a Tender, notice 105311-2026
- Buyer
- DfI Transport and Road Asset Management (TRAM)
- Buyer’s region
- Northern Ireland
- Where the work is
- Not stated on the notice
- Listed on Evendraft under
- Northern Ireland (the buyer’s region: the notice gives no place of work)
- Published
- 5 Nov 2026
- Tender deadline
- 7 Dec 2026, 15:00 UK time
- Questions by
- 30 Nov 2026, 15:00 UK time
- Estimated value
- £856,000 (excluding VAT)
- Trade
- Transport and logistics
- CPV codes
- 43200000 Earthmoving and excavating machinery, and associated parts
- 43300000 Construction machinery and equipment
- 43260000 Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, and mining machinery
- 34200000 Vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers
- 34000000 Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- Procedure
- Open procedureOne stage: any supplier can send a full tender.
- Framework
- Not stated on the notice
- Lots
- 4 lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Not stated on the notice
- Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
- YesGood for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
- Documents
- On eTendersNI
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