Generator hire contracts
UK public sector · 90 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026
Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count
- Contracts awarded
- 90
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £39k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £9.9m
- 87 of 88 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 29
- Suppliers
- 59
69 generator hire contracts ending in the next 12 months
See which ones
BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned
What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most generator hire contracts took 50% of them (45 of 90).
- The median contract, £39k, is 72% below the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
- London had the most contracts: 31, or 34% of the total.
Who buys generator hire
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Gov Facility Services Ltd55 contracts£2.5m
- 2Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust4 contracts£69k
- 3UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)2 contracts£204k
- 4Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts£200k
- 5The City of Liverpool College2 contracts£128k
- 6The Pirbright Institute2 contracts£97k
- 7NHS Blood and Transplant1 contract£5.1m
- 8Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited1 contract£700k
- 9University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust1 contract£150k
- 10University of East Anglia1 contract£120k
Top generator hire contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1RAPID ENERGY LTD17 contracts£921k
- 2Sunbelt Rentals14 contracts£806k
- 3MEMS POWER GENERATION LIMITED5 contracts£204k
- 4Industrial Boiler Services Ltd5 contracts£162k
- 5Vital Power4 contracts£187k
- 6YORKSHIRE DIESEL POWER LTD3 contracts£168k
- 7The Hire Service Company Trading Limited3 contracts£159k
- 8ICS Cool Energy3 contracts£110k
- 9ANDREWS SYKES GROUP PLC3 contracts£51k
- 10Power Electrics2 contracts£200k
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
Gov Facility Services Ltd to RAPID ENERGY LTD · Awarded 24 September 2026
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust to Community Health Partnerships · Awarded 16 September 2026
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust to Airco Refrigeration and Airconditioning Limited · Awarded 15 September 2026
Gov Facility Services Ltd to MEMS POWER GENERATION LIMITED · Awarded 7 September 2026
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to Adcock Refrigeration & Air Conditioning · Awarded 2 September 2026
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to ANDREWS SYKES GROUP PLC · Awarded 25 August 2026
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to ANDREWS SYKES GROUP PLC · Awarded 14 August 2026
The City of Liverpool College to W B Power Services Ltd · Awarded 12 August 2026
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust to Aggreko Uk Limited · Awarded 21 July 2026
Gov Facility Services Ltd to RAPID ENERGY LTD · Awarded 16 July 2026
Largest
Hire of Supplementary Lighting, Heating and Cooling equipment (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£5.1m
NHS Blood and Transplant to Brandon Hire Station · Awarded 14 March 2026
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited to GENERATOR POWER LIMITED · Awarded 18 March 2026
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to OCS · Awarded 13 October 2025
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust to Sunbelt Rentals · Awarded 4 June 2026
University of East Anglia to Pearce Hire · Awarded 25 February 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 88 · Northern Ireland 1 · Scotland 1
What is included
Hire, delivery, connection and support of temporary generators, mobile boilers, chillers and portable air conditioning to keep sites and buildings running during failures, works or peaks.
- Temporary generator hire
- Temporary boiler hire for hospitals and estates
- Portable air conditioning and temporary chiller hire
What is not included
- Permanent standby generators (con.elec.standby-generators-ups)
- Construction plant and tool hire (con.site.plant-hire)
- Permanent boiler and cooling plant (con.mech.commercial-heating-plant, con.mech.air-conditioning-chillers)
- Welfare cabins (con.site.welfare-cabins)