Published date: 3 April 2019

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 23 April 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Motor vehicles - 34100000

  • Specialist vehicles - 34114000

  • Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment - 50100000

Location of contract

North West

Procurement reference

WLANCS001-DN402045-67688558

Published date

3 April 2019

Closing date

23 April 2019

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

West Lancashire Borough Council is keen to explore options for the future provision and maintenance of the Council's vehicle fleet (currently 58 vehicles including a number of refuse collection vehicles). The Council requires a professionally operated service that can provide an excellent vehicle management service.
The Council provides a wide range of frontline services including street cleansing, grounds maintenance, the collection of refuse and recycling material. In continuing to provide these services in an efficient, effective manner a competent vehicle management service is essential.
The Council plans to conduct a procurement exercise to appoint a contractor to provide vehicles and deliver the maintenance work associated to those vehicles from September 2020. The proposed contract period is five years plus up to three additional years. The works involved will cover both planned and also responsive repairs.
The purpose of this Soft Market Test exercise is to allow interested organisations with appropriate experience to outline their views and provide information by completing a short questionnaire, with no commitment to themselves or to the Council. The Council will use this feedback to inform the development of the tender specification, gauge the level of interest from the market to establish that there are sufficient potential partners to ensure that a genuine competition is likely within a future procurement process, and to ensure that the proposed procurement programme is viable.

More information

Additional text

Please complete the Soft Market Test questionnaire which can be downloaded from The Chest portal at www.the-chest.org.uk and submit it no later than noon on Tuesday 23 April.

About the buyer

Contact name

Neale Walker

Address

52 Derby Street
Ormskirk
L39 2DF
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1695585022

Email

neale.walker@westlancs.gov.uk

Website

http://www.westlancs.gov.uk/