A single UK Contracts Finder entry names a purchase of construction vehicles under reference Y22024, dated 27 Jun 2023, and that is essentially all that is publicly recorded. The notice is best read as a fingerprint for a category of spend, not a full specification. [S1]
For specifying engineers, the practical value is narrow but real. The entry confirms that at least one UK contracting authority is procuring construction vehicles under a discrete reference, that the source is the central Contracts Finder service, and that no award value, technical lot breakdown, or framework call-off is disclosed in the public excerpt. Anything beyond that is inference. [S1]
What the notice states, and what it does not
The Contracts Finder entry is titled Supply of Vehicle Purchase Y22024, dated 27 Jun 2023, and lists the procurement category as construction vehicles. The reference Y22024 is the only unique identifier supplied. No buyer organisation, awarding authority, framework reference, lot count, quantity, or award value appears in the evidence provided. The URL on Contracts Finder is the canonical handle, but the visible excerpt in the evidence set is empty, so any claim about technical scope must be backed by the live record, not by this brief. [S1]
For a spec-first reader, the discipline is to refuse to over-interpret. Construction vehicles is a label that can encompass wheeled and tracked plant, ride-on and pedestrian units, on-road and off-road types. Without lots, the notice does not tell us whether the buyer is seeking a single machine type or a mixed fleet. Engineers writing a comparable specification should treat Y22024 as evidence that this category is procured in the UK under a named reference, and then close the loop with the live notice. [S1]
Reading the procurement context from the reference alone
The reference format Y plus a four-digit year and a sequence is common in UK public sector procurement. That is a convention, not a standard, and the evidence does not confirm which body issues Y-series references. The date, 27 Jun 2023, places the notice before the UK Procurement Act 2023 came into force on 28 Oct 2024, so any resulting contract would have been let under the prior Public Contracts Regulations 2015 framework, with corresponding disclosure expectations on the Contracts Finder service. The evidence does not include a follow-on award notice, so the procurement state on the date of reading cannot be determined from this brief. [S1]
There is no indication in the evidence that the purchase sits under a specific vehicle or plant framework. Whether Y22024 is a one-off direct purchase, a mini-tender under a framework such as those commonly used for construction plant, or a standalone open procedure is not disclosed in the supplied excerpt. Engineers should not assume a framework path without checking the live notice body. [S1]
Practical implications for a specifying engineer
If a specifier is benchmarking a UK construction vehicle purchase against Y22024, the useful comparison points are the reference, the category, and the date. The reference supports traceability to the buyer and to any award or amendment notices. The category supports a like-for-like scope check, and the date helps align the specification with the regulatory baseline that applied at publication, including any then-current emissions stages and operator competency regimes referenced in the eventual specification. [S1]
The evidence does not justify any quantitative comparison. No value, quantity, or lot structure is recorded here. A spec-first reading therefore stops at the fingerprint: a 2023 UK notice under reference Y22024 for the supply of construction vehicles, published on Contracts Finder, with all other detail to be confirmed from the linked record. [S1]
Primary notice: Contracts Finder.