Notice Information
Notice Title
Vehicle Disposals
Notice Description
The City of Doncaster Council (The Council) is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced auction provider to dispose of surplus fleet vehicles and ad hoc spare parts as part of a fleet reduction programme. The Contract will run for an initial 2-year period. Extensions will be available for up to a maximum period of 3 years and may be exercised in 3*12-month periods. See section 16 for further information. Prices will remain fixed for the initial 2-year contract term. The objectives of this contract are to: * Achieve Best Value for surplus vehicles * Ensure a transparent, auditable, and compliant process * Minimise officer time and operational disruption * Ensure environmental, data protection, and legal compliance Buyer Fee Fairness Requirement The Supplier will not apply any additional fee, premium, uplift percentage or surcharge through its auctions to a buyer solely on the basis that a vehicle originates from the Council's fleet. The Supplier may apply its standard published buyer fees, provided these: * are applied consistently to all vehicles and all sellers; * are published transparently prior to bidding; * do not include any special uplift, percentage, or surcharge linked to the vehicle's council origin. The Council reserves the right to audit buyer fee structures to ensure compliance.
Lot Information
Lot LOT-0000
Renewal: 3*12 month extensions available at the discretion of the Council.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-068858
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036528-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
50111110 - Vehicle-fleet-support services
50190000 - Demolition services of vehicles
79342400 - Auction services
79957000 - Auction organisation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Apr 20262 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 May 20264 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- 2031-02-24
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CITY OF DONCASTER COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DONCASTER
- Postcode
- DN1 3BU
- Post Town
- Doncaster
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE35 Doncaster
- Delivery Location
- TLE31 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
-
- Local Authority
- Doncaster
- Electoral Ward
- Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Doncaster Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036528-2026
22nd April 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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