--- title: "ID 6727437 - DoF - Collaborative Arrangement for Provision of Vehicle Fuel and Electric Charging Card Services" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0777af" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0777af" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0777af.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0777af.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "Department of Finance" published: "2026-09-22" --- # ID 6727437 - DoF - Collaborative Arrangement for Provision of Vehicle Fuel and Electric Charging Card Services Buyer: Department of Finance Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0777af [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0777af) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0777af.json) ## Summary The Department of Finance, through Construction and Procurement Delivery’s Supplies and Services Division, is seeking suppliers for a collaborative arrangement covering vehicle fuel cards, associated vehicle-purchase services and electric vehicle charging cards. Lot 1 covers fuel cards that let organisations’ drivers buy road fuels and related products such as oils and lubricants for business vehicles. Lot 2 covers EV charging cards providing access, payment and account management for electric vehicle charging. The arrangement may be used by public sector service recipients listed in the contract, with additional public sector bodies potentially added during its lifetime. This is a goods requirement for vehicle-fuelling payment and access services serving public sector organisations in Northern Ireland. The arrangement covers petrol, diesel and electric charging services. The procurement has reached tender: the buyer invited offers through a selective competitive flexible procedure, with electronic tenders required. Enquiries closed on 9 October 2026 at 3pm and tender submissions were due by 3pm on 19 October 2026. The intended award decision date was 9 November 2026. The estimated total value is £37 million excluding VAT (£44.4 million including VAT): £36 million excluding VAT for fuel cards and £1 million excluding VAT for EV charging cards. Both lots are scheduled from 1 June 2027 to 31 May 2032, with optional renewals of 2 years plus 2 years, allowing a maximum end date of 31 May 2036. Each lot is evaluated on price at 60%, coverage at 14%, implementation at 10.8%, contract and account management at 10%, and social value at 5.2%. This opportunity suits fuel-card providers with extensive coverage for petrol, diesel and associated vehicle purchases, and providers able to deliver reliable EV charging-card access across a broad charging network. Suppliers need to support organisational drivers and public sector account holders through payment, access and account-management services. Strong implementation capability will be important because the arrangement involves onboarding multiple service recipients and may expand to additional public sector bodies. Relevant bidders should be able to demonstrate robust contract and account management, operational capacity for a sizeable collaborative arrangement, and credible social-value delivery. The evaluation gives equal emphasis to both coverage and service management capabilities, while price remains the largest single factor. Suppliers may compete for the fuel-card lot, the EV charging-card lot, or both, subject to the tender requirements. ## Notice The Department of Finance, Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) is seeking to appoint a Supplier for the provision of vehicle Fuel Cards and associated services as well as electric vehicle Charge Cards. This is a collaborative arrangement, and the details of all Service Recipients can be found at Schedule 17. Additional Service Recipients, being public sector bodies may be added to this Schedule at any point during the lifetime of this Contract. This Contract will run for an initial period of 5 years, and an additional period to allow for implementation (6 months for Lot 1 and 3 months for Lot 2). There will be two optional extension periods of up to two years each. ### Lot Information Provision of Vehicle Fuel Card and Associated Services A fuel card is a payment product for organisations that enables drivers to purchase road fuels and associated services (i.e. oils & lubricants) for the vehicles they use for business purposes; essentially a payment card for vehicle related purchases. Renewal: 2 + 2 years (maximum 9 years total) subject to satisfactory performance and continued business need. Provision of Vehicle (EV) Charging Cards and Associated Services An EV charging card is a payment, access and account management product for organisations that enables drivers to access and pay for electric vehicle charging for vehicles they use for business purposes Renewal: 2 + 2 years (maximum 9 years total) subject to satisfactory performance and continued business need. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089705-2026 | | Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Competitive flexible procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | 19 Oct 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Jun 2027 - 31 May 2032 | | Recurrence | 2031-12-30 | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £37,000,000 | | Lots value | £37,000,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Department of Finance | | Locality | BELFAST | | Postcode area | Northern Ireland | | Postcode | BT3 9ED | | Country | Northern Ireland | | ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland | | ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland | | ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast | | Local authority | Belfast | | Electoral ward | Sydenham | | Westminster constituency | Belfast East | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy - 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages ### Codes - 09100000 - Fuels - 09132000 - Petrol - 09134100 - Diesel oil - 09134200 - Diesel fuel - 30163000 - Charge cards - 30163100 - Agency fuel cards ## Release History - 22 Sep 2026 at 14:40 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089705-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089705-2026 22nd September 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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