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Watford Community Housing Flexible Fleet Framework

WATFORD COMMUNITY HOUSING

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Award

04 May 2021 at 15:06

TenderUpdate

13 Jan 2021 at 06:49

Tender

11 Jan 2021 at 12:04

Summary of the contracting process

Watford Community Housing (WCH) initiated a tender process for the "Watford Community Housing Flexible Fleet Framework" on 4th May 2021, focusing on the provision of vehicles and associated flexible fleet services within the motor vehicles industry. This procurement, classified under goods, is situated in Watford, UK, and will be accessible to various public sector bodies across the country. Although currently complete, the tender sought submissions from experienced suppliers through an open procedure, with a significant budget of £1 billion over a four-year single supplier framework.

This tender presents lucrative opportunities for businesses involved in vehicle hire, fleet management, and related services, particularly those capable of providing flexible rental solutions and additional operational support services, such as fleet and accident management. Suppliers belonging to social housing, health authorities, and local government sectors, along with those able to engage in partnership agreements, would be especially well-positioned to compete for this contract, enhancing their portfolio within the public sector market across the UK.

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Notice Title

Watford Community Housing Flexible Fleet Framework

Notice Description

Watford Community Housing ("WCH") sought Tenders from suitably skilled and experienced suppliers for the provision of vehicles and associated flexible fleet services under this four-year, single supplier framework. This framework seeks to offer the benefits of a flexible vehicle hire solution that can react to legislative and other operating context changes, incorporating the flexibility of a rental model whilst competing with the total cost of ownership of a fixed-term contract hire/lease arrangement. The framework will provide additional services to support the fleet operation including but not limited to the provision of fleet and accident management services and additional relevant services, for example fuel cards. The framework is to operate across the UK and will be open to all UK public sector bodies to access via a Joining Agreement between WCH, the Supplier and Pretium Frameworks Ltd, who WCH has appointed to administer the framework on its behalf.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Watford Community Housing ("WCH") sought Tenders from suitably skilled and experienced suppliers for the provision of vehicles and associated flexible fleet services under this four-year, single supplier framework. This framework seeks to offer the benefits of a flexible vehicle hire solution that can react to legislative and other operating context changes, incorporating the flexibility of a rental model whilst competing with the total cost of ownership of a fixed-term contract hire/lease arrangement. The framework will provide additional services to support the fleet operation including but not limited to the provision of fleet and accident management services and additional relevant services, for example fuel cards. Full details were available in the procurement documents. The framework is to operate across the UK and will be open to: * any entity within the same group of companies as the Trust from time to time (a "Trust Member"); * any entity or joint venture company that the Trust or any other Trust Member holds an interest in from time to time (a "Trust JV"); * any Social Housing Provider in the United Kingdom (excluding the Trust, the Trust Members and the Trust JVs); * any supply chain member of any Social Housing Provider in the United Kingdom, including direct labour organisations and suppliers (excluding the Trust, the Trust Members and the Trust JVs); * any national, regional or local health authority in the United Kingdom including, without limitation, any NHS Trust, and any organisation providing a service to these bodies; * any local or regional authority in the United Kingdom (including any arms length organisation or service provider working on their behalf) delivering any public or private sector construction related projects including, without limitation, housing, education, highways and infrastructure work; and * any service provider delivering services to any other Government Agency in the United Kingdom including, without limitation, the Ministry of Defence and the Highways Agency * and, in the case of the organisations listed in bullet points (iii) to (vii) above, who has entered into an Access Agreement with the Trust and whose identity has been notified in writing by Pretium to the Supplier. Access to public sector bodies other than the Contract Authority will be an Access Agreement between WCH, the Framework Supplier and Pretium Frameworks Ltd, who WCH has appointed to administer the framework on its behalf. Full details of the scope and requirements of the Framework and the procurement process, including how to Tender were included within the procurement and Tender documents.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02892b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009591-2021
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

50 - Repair and maintenance services

64 - Postal and telecommunications services


CPV Codes

30163100 - Agency fuel cards

32441300 - Telematics system

34100000 - Motor vehicles

34144220 - Breakdown vehicles

39151100 - Racking

50100000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment

50110000 - Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment

50111110 - Vehicle-fleet-support services

50118100 - Breakdown and recovery services for cars

50118200 - Breakdown and recovery services for commercial vehicles

50118300 - Breakdown and recovery services for buses

50118400 - Breakdown and recovery services for motor vehicles

50118500 - Breakdown and recovery services for motorcycles

64226000 - Telematics services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£100,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
£100,000,000 £100M-£1B
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,000,000,000 £1B-£10B

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 May 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
11 Feb 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
30 Mar 20214 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WATFORD COMMUNITY HOUSING
Contact Name
Fiona Lowe
Contact Email
fiona@echelonconsultancy.co.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
WATFORD
Postcode
WD17 1LA
Post Town
Watford
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH27 South West Hertfordshire
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Watford
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Watford

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

NORTHGATE VEHICLE HIRE

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