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Summary of the contracting process

Kent County Council, operating under its Procurement Services division, has sought to engage in a framework agreement for the supply of financial leasing solutions within the UK. This contract process, pivotal for financial leasing services, encompasses a series of ten lots targeting diverse sectors such as catering, logistics, education, and medical equipment, among others. The procurement, currently in the award phase, follows an open procedure with contracts having been signed on 8 May 2025. The framework promises competitive pricing, high standards, and compliance throughout its ten distinct lots, supporting a substantial total value of £800 million.

This procurement opportunity provides a platform for expansion and growth for businesses involved in leasing solutions, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which are considered suitable economic operators by the contracting authority. By participating in this framework agreement, businesses can access various sectors, ensuring wide-ranging operational scopes from medical and laboratory equipment to green technologies and educational services. The comprehensive nature of each lot offers businesses the chance to specialise or diversify their services in alignment with public sector needs, thereby creating significant avenues for business growth and development within the leasing industry. The framework asserts that financial solutions will be accessible to public sector bodies across the UK, allowing extensive engagement from suppliers aiming to expand their reach and impact.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

Supply of Financial Leasing Solutions

Notice Description

The main purpose of this Framework Agreement is to provide a range of competitively priced, high quality, and compliant financial leasing solutions to the public sector. The Framework Agreement has been split into ten (10) LOTs. LOT 1 - Catering and Domestic Services Equipment LOT 2 - Courier and Logistics Equipment LOT 3 - Education Services Equipment LOT 4 - Estates and Facilities / Ground Maintenance Equipment LOT 5 - Green Technology Equipment (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency) LOT 6 - ICT and Telecommunications Equipment and Software LOT 7 - Laboratory and Pathology Equipment LOT 8 - General Medical Equipment (CRACOE and non-CRACOE) LOT 9 - Temporary and Semi-Permanent Buildings LOT 10 - Vehicles

Lot Information

Catering and Domestic Services Equipment

This LOT will cover the provision of financial leasing solutions including, but not limited to, catering equipment, vending machines, water coolers, hot water boilers.

Courier and Logistics Equipment

This LOT will cover the provision of financial leasing solutions including, but not limited to, fork lifts, pallet jacks, conveyor systems, carts, pallet racking, shelving, bins, containers, dock boards, dock seals, dock levellers, dock lights, barcode scanners, RFID readers, stretch wrap machines.

Education Services Equipment

This LOT will cover the provision of financial leasing solutions including, but not limited to, audio visual equipment, display panels, glass showcases, interactive boards, literature displays, classroom furniture, outdoor play equipment, gymnasium equipment, office furniture, lockers, cloakroom furniture.

Estates and Facilities / Ground Maintenance Equipment

This LOT will cover the provision of financial leasing solutions including, but not limited to, patient trolleys and stretchers, pressure area care, furniture, estates plant and machinery, car park barriers / ticketing machinery, waste disposal, domestic appliances, washroom, industrial machinery, inventory tracking solutions, scrubber driers, tractors/trailers.

Green Technology Equipment (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency)

This LOT will cover the provision of financial leasing solutions including, but not limited to, solar, photo-voltaic and thermal, heat pumps, bio-mass, LED, building control management technology.

ICT and Telecommunications Equipment and Software

This LOT will cover the provision of financial leasing solutions including, but not limited to, network architecture, enterprise hardware, client hardware, radio, Wi-Fi architecture, telecommunications, systems to support medical equipment, software, security, photocopiers, printers.

Laboratory and Pathology Equipment

This LOT will cover the provision of financial leasing solutions including, but not limited to, microscopes, auto-replenishment cabinets, tissue processors, mass spectrometers, chromatographs, pharmacy and pressure isolators, storage freezers, centrifuges.

General Medical Equipment (CRACOE and non-CRACOE)

This LOT will cover the provision of financial leasing solutions including, but not limited to, nuclear medicine, MRI scanners, CT scanners, contrast injectors, radiotherapy, angiography and fluoroscopy, lithotripters, bone densitometers, digital mammography, mobile image intensifiers, static x-ray, mobile xray; contrast injectors, ophthalmology, surgical microscopes, medical lasers, flexible endoscopy, rigid endoscopy, ventilators, anaesthesia, dental capital, architectural surgical medical systems, neonatal incubators and related accessories, ECG, external defibrillator, operating tables, patient monitoring, infusion pumps, renal / haemodialysis, bladder scanners, robots, ultrasound, electrosurgical generators, pharmacy robots, surgical robots.

Temporary and Semi-Permanent Buildings

This LOT will cover the provision of financial leasing solutions including, but not limited to, demountable car parks, mobile trailers/cabins, storage buildings, portable offices, portable toilets and showers.

Vehicles

This LOT will cover the provision of financial leasing solutions including, but not limited to, ambulances, patient transport vehicles, materials handling, construction, trucks, lorries, buses, coaches, cars, vans.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04723a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020160-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

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

31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

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

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

37 - Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories

38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

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

42 - Industrial machinery

43 - Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

48 - Software package and information systems

55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

66 - Financial and insurance services

80 - Education and training services

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services


CPV Codes

09331000 - Solar panels

09331100 - Solar collectors for heat production

09331200 - Solar photovoltaic modules

30121100 - Photocopiers

30132000 - Sorting equipment

30144200 - Ticket-issuing machines

30192600 - Drawing boards

30216130 - Barcode readers

31141000 - Water coolers

31682230 - Graphic display panels

32321200 - Audio-visual equipment

32400000 - Networks

32500000 - Telecommunications equipment and supplies

33100000 - Medical equipments

33111400 - X-ray fluoroscopy devices

33111660 - Bone densitometers

33111720 - Angiography devices

33112300 - Ultrasound scanners

33113000 - Magnetic resonance imaging equipment

33115100 - CT scanners

33121500 - Electrocardiogram

33123200 - Electrocardiography devices

33150000 - Radiotherapy, mechanotherapy, electrotherapy and physical therapy devices

33151000 - Radiotherapy devices and supplies

33169000 - Surgical instruments

33169100 - Surgical laser

33182100 - Defibrillator

33192000 - Medical furniture

34100000 - Motor vehicles

34114000 - Specialist vehicles

34114121 - Ambulances

34114122 - Patient-transport vehicles

34114400 - Minibuses

34121000 - Buses and coaches

34136000 - Vans

34140000 - Heavy-duty motor vehicles

34220000 - Trailers, semi-trailers and mobile containers

34223330 - Mobile units on trailers

37420000 - Gymnasium equipment

37535200 - Playground equipment

38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38432200 - Chromatographs

38433100 - Mass spectrometer

38510000 - Microscopes

39130000 - Office furniture

39151100 - Racking

39160000 - School furniture

39162100 - Teaching equipment

39162200 - Training aids and devices

39220000 - Kitchen equipment, household and domestic items and catering supplies

39311000 - Light catering equipment

42000000 - Industrial machinery

42410000 - Lifting and handling equipment

42415110 - Forklift trucks

42417200 - Conveyors

42511110 - Heat pumps

42921300 - Packing or wrapping machinery

42921330 - Wrapping machines

42931000 - Centrifuges

42931100 - Laboratory centrifuges and accessories

42933000 - Vending machines

43325100 - Grounds-maintenance equipment

44211000 - Prefabricated buildings

44211100 - Modular and portable buildings

44421720 - Lockers

48180000 - Medical software package

48430000 - Inventory management software package

55500000 - Canteen and catering services

55520000 - Catering services

55521000 - Catering services for private households

55522000 - Catering services for transport enterprises

66114000 - Financial leasing services

80100000 - Primary education services

80200000 - Secondary education services

90510000 - Refuse disposal and treatment

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£800,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
£700,000,000 £100M-£1B
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 May 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
30 Jul 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
8 May 20251 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
Kent County Council (T/A Procurement Services)
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WEST MALLING
Postcode
ME19 4YT
Postcode Area
Rochester
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ4 Kent
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ46 West Kent
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Electoral Ward
Kings Hill
Westminster Constituency
Maidstone and Malling

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
7
Supplier Names

CHG-MERIDIAN UK Ltd

GE Capital Equipment Finance Ltd

Modality Group Ltd

Societe Generale Equipment Finance Ltd

TP Leasing Ltd

Trio Leasing

Triple Point Lease Partners

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