Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-08-20
Buyer: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Country: UK
Region: West Midlands
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34114000: Special-purpose vehicles | 34114400: Vans | 34134000 | 34136000 | 34140000: Heavy-duty motor vehicles
Estimated value: 2900000 GBP
Award criteria: Price, Delivery, Availability

Technical requirements: Price
Delivery
Availability
Sandwell MBC Fleet Services (‘Fleet Services’) is responsible for coordinating vehicle hire throughout Sandwell. Fleet Services is working with the Corporate Procurement Service in order to establish a framework agreement for the provision of vehicle hire to supply a range of vehicles, including cars, vans, mini-buses, tippers and other specialist vehicles, (‘Framework Agreement’) to meet the vehicle hire requirements of Sandwell MBC (the ‘Council’). Fleet Services invited interested suppliers (‘Tenderers’) to participate in a tender exercise in relation to the Framework Agreement.
The Council is a member of the Black Country Purchasing Consortium, which is a partnership in procurement formed between the borough councils of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and the city council of Wolverhampton. 1 of the primary objectives of the Black Country Purchasing Consortium is to establish collaborative framework agreements for the supply of goods and services that are commonly purchased across all 4 local authorities. It was for each individual local authority to determine if they would like to participate in / utilise each individual framework agreement.
The Framework Agreement is primarily for use by the borough councils of Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley and the city council of Wolverhampton. However, the Black Country Purchasing Consortium supports government recommendations with regards to collaborative working. As a result, the framework is available for use by any Local Authority Establishment within the West Midlands.
For the purpose of this tender exercise, at the time of advertisement the borough council of Sandwell and the city council of Wolverhampton have confirmed their intention to utilise this framework agreement. However, the borough council of Dudley and the borough council of Walsall may wish to utilise it during the term of the framework agreement.
The framework agreement will include a maximum of 5 contractors (subject to sufficient acceptable tender documents received) for each type of vehicle / hire period.
Sandwell MBC incorporated a standstill period at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).


Winner: The Framework Agreement is primarily for use by the borough councils of Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley and the city council of Wolverhampton. However, the Black Country Purchasing Consortium support government recommendations with regards to collaborative working. As a result, the framework is available for use by any Local Authority Establishment within the West Midlands
Number of bids: 19