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title: "Commercial Servicing, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR) 2027"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e65d"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "ENVIRONMENT AGENCY"
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# Commercial Servicing, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR) 2027

Buyer: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e65d

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## Summary

The Environment Agency, through Defra Group Fleet Services, is planning a UK-wide service contract for the servicing, inspection, maintenance and repair of its commercial vehicle fleet and associated ancillary equipment. The requirement includes fleet management, vehicle-fleet support, vehicle-fleet management, and breakdown and recovery services for commercial vehicles. The intended service should be safe, legally compliant, responsive and cost-effective, while minimising vehicle downtime, supporting incident-response obligations and contributing to organisational sustainability aims. Work will be delivered across the United Kingdom. Defra is conducting the procurement process, while the Environment Agency is the stated buyer. The buyer is seeking a contractor or contractors, so businesses with national coverage or a suitable delivery model involving multiple service locations may be relevant when the formal procurement is developed.

This procurement is at the planning stage and the current activity is a request for information and preliminary market engagement, not an invitation to tender. The buyer expects to use a competitive flexible procedure for one planned lot, with a three-year contract anticipated to run from 16 November 2027 to 15 November 2030 and renewal provision potentially extending it to 15 November 2032. The estimated value is £25 million excluding VAT, or £30 million including VAT. The buyer expects the next notice to be published around 15 January 2027. Responses to the RFI are requested by 5pm on 4 September 2026, and a pre-market engagement event is anticipated through Teams at 2pm on 24 September 2026. The single lot is identified as suitable for SMEs.

The requirement is likely to suit vehicle servicing, inspection, maintenance, repair, fleet-support and commercial-vehicle breakdown and recovery providers, including SMEs able to deliver through a national network or strong regional coverage. Suppliers should be prepared to demonstrate the capacity to support a commercial fleet across the UK, provide responsive repairs and recovery, maintain legal and operational compliance, and reduce vehicle downtime. Experience of supporting operational or incident-response fleets would be relevant, particularly where vehicles must remain available for urgent deployment. The buyer is also seeking market insight into improvements, innovation and changes since its previous tender, so businesses with credible technology, process improvements, sustainability measures or cost-effective maintenance models may be well placed to contribute during engagement and prepare for the later competition.

## Notice

DGFS are seeking a contractor, or contractors, to provide Service, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR) services for its commercial vehicle fleet and associated ancillary equipment across the United Kingdom. Above all, we require a safe, legally compliant, responsive and cost-effective service which minimises vehicle downtime, supports our incident-response obligations and contributes to our organisational sustainability aims. Through this Request for Information (RFI) we wish to understand the capabilities of the market to meet our requirements and to understand the changes, improvements and innovations that have occurred in this market since our last tender exercise. This Request for Information (RFI) is a precursor to any formal procurement process and does not represent a commitment to purchase. We anticipate a Pre Market Engagement Event will be held via Team on Thursday 24th September at 2pm. Please email along with the RFI to pre book a place.

### Planning Information

Defra Group Fleet Services (DGFS) is seeking early expressions of interest and pre-market engagement from suppliers for a proposed 3-year contract for the Service, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR) services for its fleet of Commercial vehicles across the United Kingdom. If you are interested in submitting a response to this request for information, please request a copy of the full RFI to Penny.Hebden@defra.gov.uk. The deadline for RFI responses is 5pm on 04/09/2026. All submissions should include responses to all the RFI requestions and must be in a MS word or PDF format.
We anticipate a Pre Market Engagement Event will be held via Team on Thursday 24th September at 2pm. Please email along with the RFI to pre book a place.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078557-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Competitive flexible procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 15 Jan 2027 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 16 Nov 2027 - 15 Nov 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £25,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ENVIRONMENT AGENCY |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50111000 - Fleet management, repair and maintenance services
- 50111100 - Vehicle-fleet management services
- 50111110 - Vehicle-fleet-support services
- 50118200 - Breakdown and recovery services for commercial vehicles

## Release History

- 18 Aug 2026 at 13:44 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078557-2026
- 18 Aug 2026 at 11:09 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078446-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078557-2026
  18th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078446-2026
  18th August 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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