Published date: 2 July 2019

Last edited date: 2 July 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.


Closing: 1 August 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Motor vehicles - 34100000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£1,500,000

Procurement reference

DVNCC001-DN415331-25009994

Published date

2 July 2019

Closing date

1 August 2019

Contract start date

1 October 2019

Contract end date

30 September 2024

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

This opportunity is for the hire of cars and passenger vehicles (up to 9 seat MPVs) and light commercial vehicles (up to 3500kgs gross vehicle weight) along with the option to provide 4x4 and electric cars on a short to medium term hire basis to supplement Devon County Council's own vehicle fleet. Devon County Council intends to appoint a single primary contractor from whom all hires will be initially requested and secondary contractor to undertake those hires that the primary contractor cannot fulfil. The contract is for a period of 5 years commencing in October 2019 and expiring in September 2024. The contract will be the principal means of service provision for DCC to meet its hire vehicle needs. It is envisaged that East Devon District Council and Dartmoor National Park Authority will use this arrangement as a route to hire vehicles. The position of the other member organisations within the Devon and Cornwall Procurement Partnership is reserved for the use of the arrangement however currently there is no commitment from these organisations as to their use of the arrangement.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

CP1784-19 Self Drive Vehicle Hire

  • Opportunity
  • Published 2 July 2019

Additional text

Procurement documents are available from https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk


About the buyer

Contact name

Rob Gilbert

Address

County Hall
Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
England

Telephone

+44 1392383000

Email

rob.gilbert@devon.gov.uk

Website

http://www.devon.gov.uk