Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-07-07
Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34100000 | 34110000: Passenger cars | 34115200 | 34120000: Motor vehicles for transport of persons | 34130000: Motor vehicles for transport of goods
Estimated value: 250000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-08-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Hertfordshire County Council invites tenders for organisations to participate in a 48-month agreement for the supply of vehicles under contract hire. In creating this agreement, the Council will function as a central purchasing body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The Council intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all contracting authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK, including but not limited to government departments and their agencies, non-departmental public bodies, central government, NHS bodies, local authorities, emergency services, coastguard emergency services, educational establishments, registered social landlords and registered charities, subject to said organisation being a current member of TPPL at the time of use.
The agreement will be available to all members of the Procurement Partnership Ltd’s (TPPL) buying club. A list of members is available: http://www.tppl.co.uk/about-us/our-members/
Contract hire of passenger cars comprising no more than eight passenger seats in addition to the driver. Including petrol, diesel, hybrid, electric, LPG (liquid petroleum gas), hydrogen and biofuels).
There will be no form of exclusivity or volume that is guaranteed under the resultant framework agreement and the Council and other participating authorities will be entitled to enter into other contracts and arrangements with other suppliers for the provision of any or all, of the requirements which are the same as or similar to those specified under the established framework agreement.
The framework is for the purposes of maintained/non-maintained contract hire and may also include sale/leaseback of assets under all lots.
As part of any final lease awarded via call-off, the economic operators are able to provide appropriate and relevant ancillary services, including but not limited to livery, telematics, racking, maintenance services and chassis/body conversions.
Contract hire of light commercial vehicles (LCVs) up to 7.0 t including diesel, petrol, hybrid, electric, LPG, hydrogen and biofuels. The lot also covers vehicles with body conversions including but not limited to tippers, drop-side, Luton, flat, curtain-side, recycling, aerial platform, jetter, cranes, street lighting and any other body type an authority may require, including all vehicle racking.
There will be no form of exclusivity or volume that is guaranteed under the resultant framework agreement and the Council and other participating authorities will be entitled to enter into other contracts and arrangements with other suppliers for the provision of any or all, of the requirements which are the same as or similar to those specified under the established framework agreement.
The framework is for the purposes of maintained/non-maintained contract hire and may also include sale/leaseback of assets under all lots.
As part of any final lease awarded via call-off, the economic operators are able to provide appropriate and relevant ancillary services, including but not limited to livery, telematics, racking, maintenance services and chassis/body conversions.
Contract Hire of Medium Commercial Vehicles (MCVs) from 7.0t to 12.5t, to include accessible/non-accessible welfare buses up to 17 seats. Sweepers: subcompact, compact, mid-size, pedestrian and truck/chassis-mounted including diesel, petrol, hybrid, electric, LPG, hydrogen and biofuels. The lot also includes vehicles with body conversions including but not limited to tippers, drop-side, Luton, flat, curtain-side, recycling, aerial platform, jetter, cranes, street lighting and any other body type an Authority may require.
There will be no form of exclusivity or volume that is guaranteed under the resultant framework agreement and the Council and other participating authorities will be entitled to enter into other contracts and arrangements with other suppliers for the provision of any or all, of the requirements which are the same as or similar to those specified under the established framework agreement.
The framework is for the purposes of maintained/non-maintained contract hire and may also include sale/leaseback of assets under all lots.
As part of any final lease awarded via call-off, the economic operators are able to provide appropriate and relevant ancillary services, including but not limited to livery, telematics, racking, maintenance services and chassis/body conversions.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.The Council intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all contracting authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to government departments and their agencies, non-departmental public bodies, central government, NHS bodies, local authorities, emergency services, coastguard emergency services, educational establishments, registered social landlords and registered charities, subject to said organisation being a current member of TPPL at time of use.

Eligibility requirements: As per procurement documents.

Award value: 250000000