Notice Information
Notice Title
Fleet Management Services 2
Notice Description
Fleet Management Services is a management service contract that provides DVSA with a single provider for the provision of managing the DVSA fleet of vehicles; 1. Including those funded through leasing arrangements and owned by DVSA 2. Mange the process of leasing and procuring vehicles on behalf of DVSA 3. Mange all invoices and payments arsing from the management of the DVSA fleet 4. Work with DVSA appointed vehicle converter to support the effective and efficient management of converted vehicle supplied to DVSA 5. Mange driving licence checks for all DVSA staff who require to drive a lease/hire vehicle for business purposes. To ensure continuation of this service and further electric vehicle development as part of the Government Fleet Commitment target a contract is required for this service.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Fleet Management Services is a management service contract that provides DVSA with a single provider for the provision of managing the DVSA fleet of vehicles; 1. Including those funded through leasing arrangements and owned by DVSA 2. Mange the process of leasing and procuring vehicles on behalf of DVSA 3. Mange all invoices and payments arsing from the management of the DVSA fleet 4. Work with DVSA appointed vehicle converter to support the effective and efficient management of converted vehicle supplied to DVSA 5. Mange driving licence checks for all DVSA staff who require to drive a lease/hire vehicle for business purposes. To ensure continuation of this service and further electric vehicle development as part of the Government Fleet Commitment target a contract is required for this service.
Procurement Information
Change of contractor would cause significant inconvenience or duplication of costs to the authority. This recommendation is in accordance with Public Contracts Regulation (PCR) 2015 72(1)(b)(ii). To award the incumbent supplier Knowles Associates - Total Fleet Management Ltd a 12 month STA contract due to a combination of business factors. The transition of DVSAs fleet of vehicles for ICE to Electric Vehicles, the set of a new sustainability/fleet policy team. Therefore, we do not fully understand what we may want in a new service to inform the next contract term. The intention is for a contract term of 12 months at a value of PS6,000,000.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ecbd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009215-2025
- 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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
-
- CPV Codes
63516000 - Travel management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £6,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Mar 202511 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
- DRIVER AND VEHICLE STANDARDS AGENCY
- Contact Name
- Jenny Newton
- Contact Email
- f&tcategoryteam@dvsa.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS5 0DA
- 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)
- TLK51 Bristol, City of
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Electoral Ward
- Lawrence Hill
- Westminster Constituency
- Bristol East
Further Information
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