Notice Information
Notice Title
Phoenix 3 White Fleet Management Services for Ministry of Defence
Notice Description
The Authority has placed a contract for the White Fleet Management Services. The estimated total value is PS133.23m excluding VAT across 10 years. The initial contract term shall be 5 years, with the option of extending for up to five one-year periods. As such, the contract shall have a total possible duration of 10 years. In addition to the core charges estimated at PS133.23m excluding VAT, there are 'pass-through' charges for the cost of the vehicle hire or lease which are estimated at circa PS1.608bn excluding VAT, across 10 years. The costs of the vehicle hire, or lease shall be paid to the vehicle Suppliers.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Authority intends to place a contract for the White Fleet Management Services. The estimated total value is estimated at PS92.065m excluding VAT across 10 years. The initial contract term shall be 5 years, with the option of extending for up to five one-year periods. As such, the contract shall have a total possible duration of 10 years. In addition to the core charges estimated at PS92.065m excluding VAT, there are 'pass-through' charges for the cost of the vehicle hire or lease which are estimated at circa PS1.681bn excluding VAT, across 10 years. The costs of the vehicle hire, or lease shall be paid to the vehicle Suppliers.
Options: The initial contract term shall be 5 years, with the option of extending for up to five one-year periods.
Procurement Information
It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(a)(i) of the DSPCR 2011, because of the absence of suitable applications. The Authority previously intended to compete the requirement for White Fleet Management Services following the restricted procedure under the DSPCR (Tender 707920450) and a Contract Notice was published accordingly (Notice reference: 2024/S 000-033614). However, the Authority received only one application to participate in response to the Contract Notice, from Babcock Land Defence Limited. Therefore, in light of the absence of suitable applications to enable the requirement to be competed, the Authority discontinued the original procurement (Tender 707920450) and in accordance with regulation 16(1)(a)(i), intends to award the contract to Babcock Land Defence Limited using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice, on the basis that the original terms of the proposed contract offered in the restricted procedure are not substantially altered in the negotiated procedure.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04d037
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026388-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
50111000 - Fleet management, repair and maintenance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,424,409,180 £1B-£10B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Jan 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS34 8JH
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Electoral Ward
- Stoke Park & Cheswick
- Westminster Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
Further Information
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