Published date: 6 April 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 5 May 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Vehicle towing-away services - 50118110

  • Breakdown and recovery services for commercial vehicles - 50118200

  • Breakdown and recovery services for motor vehicles - 50118400

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£0 to £400,000

Procurement reference

20170406143009-40396

Published date

6 April 2017

Closing date

5 May 2017

Contract start date

1 July 2017

Contract end date

30 June 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Authority as the contracting authority is tendering for the provision of Vehicle Recovery Services for Discreet Vehicles to the MPS. The MPS/Authority is seeking through this tendering process to award a contract with a suitably capable Bidder to provide these Services for an initial term of 24 months and a unilateral option of the MPS/Authority to extend for further periods of 12 months up to a maximum of 24 months.

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have a discreet and specialised vehicle fleet of approximately 1200 vehicles, covering Cars, Vans, LGV's, HGV's, Equipment Carriers, Motorcycles and armoured vehicles which can often be deployed on a national level.

Fleet Services are responsible for management of the fleet and delivering the required levels of asset availability through the provision of all vehicle and equipment maintenance and repair.

When a vehicle becomes defective, either through failure or when involved in a collision, Fleet Services are required to respond to ensure the safety of the officer and to secure the vehicle before returning it to a chosen repair location.

The contract value is estimated at £400k over the contract term (2+1+1).

For full details of Specification of requirements please see Annex C of the Invitation to Tender documents available via Bluelight/EU Supply reference number 25195.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Herjeet Gill

Address

Empress State Building, Lillie Road
Earls Court
SW6 1TR
ENG

Telephone

+44 207161570

Email

Herjeet.Gill@met.police.uk