CPV 14000000
Mining, basic metals and related products — UK government contracts
9
Contracts indexed
£500.6m
Known total value
What UK government contracts fall under CPV 14000000?
Division 14 covers mining and quarrying outputs and basic metals — aggregates, sand, salt, stone, and semi-finished metal products. It is a goods division: quarrying services and mineral surveying fall elsewhere (43 for machinery, 71 for engineering services).
The dominant public buyers are highways authorities buying rock salt for winter gritting (large annual tenders, often multi-council consortia), plus councils and their highways contractors buying aggregates for road maintenance programmes.
Tendarix indexes 9 contracts in this category from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council procurement sites, each with a plain-English AI summary.
Procurement activity over the last 12 months
7 contracts worth £570k in disclosed value were published for Mining, basic metals and related products (CPV 14000000) in the last year. Bars show monthly contract volume; the line tracks known award value.
Recent contracts
110400.00
Double Glazed Units
Surface Works throughout Taunton
£60k–70kCarr Gate Car Park Upgrade
£0kProvision of Scrap Vehicles
Provision of Scrap Vehicles
Supply of MOT Type 1 and Type 2 Aggregates
£200k–500kBury Based Supplier List (BBSL)
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of goods and services to drive social impact and improvement
£0k–500000kHow to win mining, basic metals and related products tenders
Rock-salt and aggregate tenders are won on security of supply as much as price: buyers remember shortage winters. Show stockholding capacity, haulage arrangements and the ability to deliver at short notice during weather events, and quote delivered-to-depot prices per tonne with clear escalation mechanics.
Frequently asked questions
What does CPV code 14000000 cover?
Division 14 covers mining and quarrying outputs and basic metals — aggregates, sand, salt, stone, and semi-finished metal products. It is a goods division: quarrying services and mineral surveying fall elsewhere (43 for machinery, 71 for engineering services).
How many Mining, basic metals and related products contracts are published in the UK?
Tendarix has indexed 9 UK public-sector contracts in this category from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council websites, with a combined known value of £500.6m. New notices are added daily as buyers publish them.
Who buys Mining, basic metals and related products in the public sector?
Recent buyers on Tendarix include HEART ACADEMIES TRUST, UNITE PROCUREMENT UK LIMITED, Taunton Town Council. The dominant public buyers are highways authorities buying rock salt for winter gritting (large annual tenders, often multi-council consortia), plus councils and their highways contractors buying aggregates for road maintenance programmes.
How do I win Mining, basic metals and related products tenders?
Rock-salt and aggregate tenders are won on security of supply as much as price: buyers remember shortage winters. Show stockholding capacity, haulage arrangements and the ability to deliver at short notice during weather events, and quote delivered-to-depot prices per tonne with clear escalation mechanics.