Published date: 4 April 2019

This notice was replaced on 24 April 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 27 June 2019)

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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Vehicle towing-away services - 50118110

  • Demolition services of vehicles - 50190000

  • Storage and retrieval services - 63121000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£20,000

Procurement reference

IOW001-DN401204-83161985

Published date

4 April 2019

Closing date

25 April 2019

Contract start date

1 June 2019

Contract end date

31 May 2022

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 Isle of Wight Council ("the Authority") invites Quotes from suitably qualified suppliers ("Potential Suppliers") for the provision of vehicle removal services.

A requirement has been identified for the Authority to take action against persistent evaders - a persistent evader is defined as where the registered keeper of a vehicle has three or more recorded contraventions and the PCNs are not paid, represented or appealed against within the statutory time limits; or their representations and appeals have been rejected but the penalty charge notices remain unpaid despite actions taken by enforcement agents.

It is now Authority policy that a persistent evader's vehicle can be removed following the issue of a further penalty charge notice when parked in contravention of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

There are currently a small number of vehicles which have many unpaid PCNs some have no registered keeper and continue to be issued with PCNs. In order to provide a degree of scale there are (as of January 2019) 34 vehicles with 10 or more outstanding PCNs. This situation causes concern for the safety of other highway users, including pedestrians and it also means that the Authority's normal debt recovery procedures cannot be implemented. Subsequently alternative measures are justified in an attempt to prevent further unsafe parking activities and to assist in the recovery of the debts.

For the purposes of this quotation it is estimated that 5 vehicles will be removed per year.

Whist the policy enables the removal of vehicles for other reasons it is proposed to effectively trial this for persistent evaders for 12 months; then, subject to review by Authority officers, extend this to the other categories of vehicles listed below:-

• Fraudulent use of disabled persons' parking blue badges or an article that purports to be a disabled blue badge;
• Parked in a disabled person's parking bay without displaying a disabled blue badge;
• Parked using a fraudulent Isle of Wight Council permit, voucher, scratch card or pay and display parking ticket; inclusive of cashless parking sessions and virtual permits;
• Parked in a manner that causes serious obstruction to emergency services and other road users.

The term of the contract shall be 1 June 2019 until 31 May 2022 with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years at the sole discretion of the Authority.

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Any values are estimated and are for the whole contract duration including any possible extension period.

About the buyer

Contact name

Vanessa Squibb

Address

County Hall
High Street
Newport
PO30 1UD
England

Telephone

+44 1983821000

Email

vanessa.squibb@iow.gov.uk

Website

http://www.iwight.com