Published date: 8 May 2019

Last edited date: 8 May 2019

This notice was replaced on 18 March 2021

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Awarded contract (published 18 March 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Road transport services - 60100000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£60,000 to £80,000

Procurement reference

C15798

Published date

8 May 2019

Closing date

29 May 2019

Contract start date

1 July 2019

Contract end date

30 June 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The Authority is the Home Office acting through Border Force. Border Force is a professional law enforcement command within the Home Office. It is responsible for securing the UK border and controlling immigration at ports and airports across the UK and Northern France.
Border Force have the power to detain vehicles where it is identified that the owner/hirer have an outstanding debt to a penalty levied under the Civil Penalty Regime. Once a vehicle has been stopped, if payment is not received within a short time frame, legal paperwork is issued by Border Force and the vehicle is taken into formal detention.
The Supplier must be able to handle vehicle recovery from any UK location, as well as facilitating short term specialist trailer handling (such as cold storage trailers) and transhipment requests. The Supplier must be able to detain vehicles for up to five months. The Supplier must also be able to facilitate transfer to auction sites should the vehicle be sold.
Most of Border Force detentions result from vehicles stopped in Kent, mostly at or in close proximity to Channel ports. As such, Border Force would ideally like the Supplier to be located as close to the Channel ports as possible.
Please refer to the attached statement of requirements, instructions to bidders and price schedule.
Potential suppliers are invited to send an email to Neil Humphries, Home Office Commercial: Neil.Humphries@homeoffice.gov.uk, confirming their interest in this opportunity and providing details of their company, demonstrating the ability to meet the Statement of Requirement. Emails should be submitted by 5pm on Wednesday 29th May 2019.


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About the buyer

Contact name

Neil Humphries

Address

Peel Building, Marsham Street
LONDON
SW1P4DF
England

Telephone

07717347657

Email

neil.humphries@homeoffice.gov.uk