Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-10-25
Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
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
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Hertfordshire County Council invited tenders for a 48 month framework for the provision of contract hire of vehicles. The Agreement will be used by the Council and may also be used by all Local Authorities and other contracting authorities in the United Kingdom, lists of all organisations which can access the framework are provided within the original contract notice issued for this tender. The Agreement is available to all current and future members of The Procurement Partnership Limited's (TPPL) buying club. A list of members of TPPL can be obtained from http://www.tppl.co.uk/about-us/our-members/
Additional vehicles and services that may not be easily identifiable in this notice can be specified at mini-competition.
Lot 1: Contract Hire of Passenger Cars including Petrol, Diesel, Hybrid, Electric, LPG (liquid petroleum gas),Hydrogen and Bio fuels.
Within this lot successful economic operators are able to provide as part of contracts awarded appropriate and relevant ancillary services including (but not limited to) livery, telematics, racking, maintenance services, mobile communications, and vehicle/body/chassis conversions.
Within this award notice lot 1 has been split into 2 ‘contracts’ of 10 and 5 organisations. This was necessary to list all 15 successful economic operators within lot 1. Therefore contracts 1 and 2 of this award notice should be viewed together as Lot 1 — Passenger cars.
Lot 2: Contract Hire of Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) up to 7.5t including Diesel, Petrol, Hybrid, Electric, LPG, Hydrogen, and Bio fuels. The lot also covers 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 required.
Within this lot successful economic operators are able to provide appropriate and relevant ancillary services including (but not limited to) livery, telematics, racking, maintenance services, mobile communications, and vehicle/body/chassis conversions.
Lot 3: Contract Hire of Medium Commercial Vehicles (MCVs) from 7.5t to 12.5t including Diesel, Petrol, Hybrid, Electric, LPG, Hydrogen, and Bio fuels. 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, including all racking.
Within this lot successful economic operators are able to provide appropriate and relevant ancillary services including (but not limited to) livery, telematics, racking, maintenance services, mobile communications, and vehicle/body/chassis conversions.
Lot 4: Contract Hire of Welfare Buses up to 17 seats including Petrol, Diesel, Hybrid, Electric, LPG (liquid petroleum gas), Hydrogen and Bio fuel. Accessible/non-accessible welfare buses will be van, OEM or coach-built.
Within this lot successful economic operators are able to provide appropriate and relevant ancillary services including (but not limited to) livery, telematics, racking, maintenance services, mobile communications, and vehicle/body/chassis conversions.
Lot 5: Contract Hire of Sweepers including pedestrian, sub-compact, compact, mid-size and truck-mounted (up to 18t). This includes Petrol, Diesel, Hybrid, Electric, LPG (liquid petroleum gas), Hydrogen and Bio fuelled sweepers.
Within this lot successful economic operators are able to provide appropriate and relevant ancillary services including (but not limited to) livery, telematics, racking, maintenance services, mobile communications, and vehicle/body/chassis conversions.
The Agreement may be used by all Local Authorities and other contracting authorities in the United Kingdom, lists of all organisations which can access the framework are provided within the original contract notice issued for this tender. The Agreement is available to all current and future members of The Procurement Partnership Limited's (TPPL) buying club. A list of members of TPPL can be obtained from http://www.tppl.co.uk/about-us/our-members/
The contracting authority incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day (when using electronic means) standstill period at the point information on the award of the Framework Agreement was communicated to tenderers. This period allowed unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the decision to award the Framework Agreement before it was executed/signed (as appropriate).


Award value: 250000000
Number of bids: 28