Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-24
Buyer: Hampshire County Council
Country: UK
Region: Hampshire CC
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34100000 | 34110000: Passenger cars | 34111000: Estate cars and saloon cars | 34111100 | 34111200
Estimated value: 1620000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-04-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Hampshire County Council invites applications from suitably experienced organisations who wish to be considered for selection to tender for the Hire of Vehicles — Self Drive.
This Framework agreement is for hire of vehicles (Self drive) within geographical areas within Hampshire and to commence on 1.8.2016 for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further year.
Interested parties should register their interest in the project via the In-Tend website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire and complete and submit the tender return document together with any supporting information requested by 14:00 on 28.4.2016.
The Tender documents can be accessed when logged into In-Tend by selecting ‘View Details’ on the relevant tender advert (CC08196) and clicking the ‘Express Interest’ tab. Once in the tender there are 5 tabs — ‘Tender’, ‘ITT — documents’, ‘Correspondence’, ‘Clarifications’ and ‘History’. Select the 2
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Currently the Hire Desk delivers a service of ordering hire vehicles for internal departments, charities, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, Hampshire Constabulary and external organisations.
This cascade framework agreement is for the provision of self drive hire passenger and light commercial vehicles to Contract Users, primarily in Hampshire but on occasions outside the County. Suppliers will be appointed using a cascade system i.e. Suppliers will be ranked according to their prices given per vehicle category within each individual lot (Area) and within the set hire period.
— Panel Vans: Short (L1 short wheel base H1 low roof), medium (L2 medium wheel base H2 medium roof), long (L3 long wheel base H3 High Roof) and extra long (L4 extra long wheelbase H3 High roof). A minimum of 4 load securing points should be present within panel vans and the load area should be ply lined or equivalent to prevent panel damage. Any damage as a result of these not being present, will not be covered or paid for by HTM,
— Box vans: 3,5T Luton vans complete with (c/w) tail lift and 7,5T box trucks complete (c/w) with tail lift,
— Cars: Small (5 door hatchback with up to 1,5 litre engine — Corsa, Fiesta, Polo or equivalent sized), medium (5 door hatchback with between 1,6 and 2,0 litre engines — Astra, Focus or Golf equivalent sized) and large sized Cars (5 door hatchback or 4 door saloon with a minimum of 2,0 litre engines or larger — Insignia, Mondeo, Passat or equivalent sized vehicle),
— Estate sized cars: Medium (1,6 to 2,0 litre engines — Astra, Focus, Golf or equivalent sized vehicle) and large Estate (2,0 litre engines or larger — Insignia, Mondeo, Passat or equivalent sized vehicle) cars,

Eligibility requirements: In accordance with Articles 57-62 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Organisations are advised it is a condition of this contract that all managers and operatives (including subcontractors) are suitably competent to execute all trades and operations encompassed by these Contracts in full compliance with UK legislation. As per the requirements of Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and set out in the Stage 1 questionnaire and ITT documentation. In accordance with Articles 57-62 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and set out in the Stage 1 questionnaire and ITT documentation. As per the requirements of Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and set out in the Stage 1 questionnaire and ITT documentation.
As per the requirements of Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and set out in the Stage 1 questionnaire and ITT documentation.
In accordance with Articles 57-62 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and set out in the Stage 1 questionnaire and ITT documentation. As per the requirements of Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and set out in the Stage 1 questionnaire and ITT documentation.
In accordance with Articles 57-62 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and set out in the Stage 1 questionnaire and ITT documentation.