Notice Information
Notice Title
National Highways Vehicle Recovery Contract (4th Generation)
Notice Description
National Highways Vehicle Recovery Contract (4th Generation) - Pre-Market Engagement The publication of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to advise interested suppliers of National Highways intention to re-procure a replacement National Vehicle Recovery Contract to remove broken down vehicles from the Strategic Road Network, where instructed by a National Highways Traffic Officer. This will be a statutory vehicle recovery service that will include a debt recovery service to recover outstanding sums from customers. For this contract, statutory charges will apply under The Removal, Storage and Disposal of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations 2023 - link: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/331/contents/made (copy and paste link into browser) Interested suppliers are invited to express their interest and provide responses to a pre-market questionnaire that is available via this link: https://forms.office.com/e/bvt9XhvLxE (copy and paste link into browser) Additional information is provided within a presentation, that is obtainable via a supporting Contracts Finder Notice https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/273cc414-59f6-422f-ac5a-bb5b578ed7d6 (copy and paste link into browser), for interested suppliers to acquire an understanding of National Highways and the requirement of the new contract opportunity including where suppliers can provide feedback that will be used to inform and shape the final contracting model. A tender is expected to be issued around mid-2025 and this will include a mobilisation period prior to the anticipated contract 'go-live' date of 1 July 2026 - therefore responses to this pre-market engagement questionnaire are requested to be completed no later than 10 January 2025.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This contract opportunity (term TBC) is for a sole supplier (or entity) to contract directly with National Highways to manage the safe removal of accident damaged, broken down and abandoned vehicles from England's motorways and all-purpose-trunk-roads (The Strategic Road Network or SRN) on a 24-hour, 7 days a week, 365 days a year basis. In addition to vehicle removal, the associated activities will include the storage and disposal of such vehicles alongside the collection of the statutory fees from customers that relate. The contract is intended to cover both a responsive statutory vehicle removal and the pro-active, ad hoc, 'pre-positioning / standby' of vehicle recovery resource at locations to be designated by National Highways, as well as offering the potential for providing vehicle recovery services during scheme road works. Statutory removals are focussed on those parts of the SRN in England that are patrolled by Traffic Officers, who have the powers sanctioned within the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Traffic Officers)(England) Regulations 2008 to effect statutory removals. The appointed contractor will be responsible for (but not liable for) the recovery of statutory charges from those vehicles statutorily removed in accordance with the Removal, Storage and Disposal of Vehicles (Prescribed Sums and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023. It is expected that this service will be funded almost entirely by income received from removals, storage and disposal. Anticipated volumes of statutory removals is approximately between 20,000 - 22,000 vehicles per annum. National Highways estimates that this would generate revenue of upwards of PS12 million per annum for the appointed contractor in line with anticipated volume of recoveries and those statutory charges that apply. National Highways will also require the services of the supplier to pre-position recovery vehicles for operational purposes to enhance the carriageway clearance abilities of the Traffic Officers. National Highways will fund such pre-positioning and clearance services on an 'as required' basis. It is envisaged that pre-positioning costs would be in the region of PS1 million per annum. In addition to the two described services, there is also the opportunity for National Highways main works contractors to approach the appointed vehicle recovery contractor to quote to undertake scheme recovery services, i.e. to provide free (for customers) a vehicle recovery service within scheme road works. The main works contractors will pay for this service directly, rather than National Highways. Subject to offering value for money and appointment by the main works contractors, this stands to be an opportunity for the appointed supplier to increase their revenue throughout the life of this contract. It is envisaged that an Invitation to Tender will be issued mid-2025, so that an award of contract with the successful supplier is placed by December 25/January 26 for a new service to be fully operational no later than 1st July 2026. This tender is likely be advertised via the new on-line central digital platform provided by Cabinet Office (TBC) as part of the transition (Feb 2025) to the Procurement Act 2023 (procedure TBC)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c1ca
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038895-2024
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
34144220 - Breakdown vehicles
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
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £100,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Dec 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 25 May 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
- Contact Name
- Andrew Pritchard
- Contact Email
- adprocurement@nationalhighways.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BIRMINGHAM
- Postcode
- B1 1RN
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG31 Birmingham
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Birmingham
- Electoral Ward
- Ladywood
- Westminster Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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