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title: "Watford Community Housing Flexible Fleet Framework"
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# Watford Community Housing Flexible Fleet Framework

Buyer: WATFORD COMMUNITY HOUSING  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02892b

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## Summary

Watford Community Housing (WCH) initiated a tender process for the "Watford Community Housing Flexible Fleet Framework" on 4th May 2021, focusing on the provision of vehicles and associated flexible fleet services within the motor vehicles industry. This procurement, classified under goods, is situated in Watford, UK, and will be accessible to various public sector bodies across the country. Although currently complete, the tender sought submissions from experienced suppliers through an open procedure, with a significant budget of £1 billion over a four-year single supplier framework.

This tender presents lucrative opportunities for businesses involved in vehicle hire, fleet management, and related services, particularly those capable of providing flexible rental solutions and additional operational support services, such as fleet and accident management. Suppliers belonging to social housing, health authorities, and local government sectors, along with those able to engage in partnership agreements, would be especially well-positioned to compete for this contract, enhancing their portfolio within the public sector market across the UK.

## Notice

Watford Community Housing ("WCH") sought Tenders from suitably skilled and experienced suppliers for the provision of vehicles and associated flexible fleet services under this four-year, single supplier framework. This framework seeks to offer the benefits of a flexible vehicle hire solution that can react to legislative and other operating context changes, incorporating the flexibility of a rental model whilst competing with the total cost of ownership of a fixed-term contract hire/lease arrangement. The framework will provide additional services to support the fleet operation including but not limited to the provision of fleet and accident management services and additional relevant services, for example fuel cards. The framework is to operate across the UK and will be open to all UK public sector bodies to access via a Joining Agreement between WCH, the Supplier and Pretium Frameworks Ltd, who WCH has appointed to administer the framework on its behalf.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Watford Community Housing ("WCH") sought Tenders from suitably skilled and experienced suppliers for the provision of vehicles and associated flexible fleet services under this four-year, single supplier framework. This framework seeks to offer the benefits of a flexible vehicle hire solution that can react to legislative and other operating context changes, incorporating the flexibility of a rental model whilst competing with the total cost of ownership of a fixed-term contract hire/lease arrangement. The framework will provide additional services to support the fleet operation including but not limited to the provision of fleet and accident management services and additional relevant services, for example fuel cards. Full details were available in the procurement documents. The framework is to operate across the UK and will be open to: * any entity within the same group of companies as the Trust from time to time (a "Trust Member"); * any entity or joint venture company that the Trust or any other Trust Member holds an interest in from time to time (a "Trust JV"); * any Social Housing Provider in the United Kingdom (excluding the Trust, the Trust Members and the Trust JVs); * any supply chain member of any Social Housing Provider in the United Kingdom, including direct labour organisations and suppliers (excluding the Trust, the Trust Members and the Trust JVs); * any national, regional or local health authority in the United Kingdom including, without limitation, any NHS Trust, and any organisation providing a service to these bodies; * any local or regional authority in the United Kingdom (including any arms length organisation or service provider working on their behalf) delivering any public or private sector construction related projects including, without limitation, housing, education, highways and infrastructure work; and * any service provider delivering services to any other Government Agency in the United Kingdom including, without limitation, the Ministry of Defence and the Highways Agency * and, in the case of the organisations listed in bullet points (iii) to (vii) above, who has entered into an Access Agreement with the Trust and whose identity has been notified in writing by Pretium to the Supplier. Access to public sector bodies other than the Contract Authority will be an Access Agreement between WCH, the Framework Supplier and Pretium Frameworks Ltd, who WCH has appointed to administer the framework on its behalf. Full details of the scope and requirements of the Framework and the procurement process, including how to Tender were included within the procurement and Tender documents.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009591-2021 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 May 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 11 Feb 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Mar 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £100,000,000 |
| Lots value | £100,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,000,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WATFORD COMMUNITY HOUSING |
| Locality | WATFORD |
| Post town | Watford |
| Postcode | WD17 1LA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH27 South West Hertfordshire |
| Local authority | Watford |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Watford |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NORTHGATE VEHICLE HIRE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
- 50 - Repair and maintenance services
- 64 - Postal and telecommunications services

### Codes

- 30163100 - Agency fuel cards
- 32441300 - Telematics system
- 34100000 - Motor vehicles
- 34144220 - Breakdown vehicles
- 39151100 - Racking
- 50100000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
- 50110000 - Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment
- 50111110 - Vehicle-fleet-support services
- 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
- 64226000 - Telematics services

## Release History

- 4 May 2021 at 15:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009591-2021
- 13 Jan 2021 at 06:49 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000628-2021
- 11 Jan 2021 at 12:04 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000471-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.northgatevehiclehire.co.uk
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=36156&B=ECHELON
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/45191
- https://www.wcht.org.uk/

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