Sustainable Fleet Solutions

A Contract Award Notice
by NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Supply)
Duration
35.5 month (est.)
Value
£25M
Sector
TRANSPORT
Published
24 Jan 2024
Delivery
To 08 Jan 2027 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Salford

Geochart for 2 buyers and 11 suppliers

2 buyers

7 suppliers

Description

The Sustainable Fleet Solutions VEH 3137 NW Framework is looking to provide services for APUC, CPC, HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC and SUPC members to facilitate vehicle hire for manual and automatic, petrol and diesel fueled, electric powered over a broad option of vehicles up to a maximum hire length of two years (Lot 1). The use of Virtual Fleet Car Club Services on an ad hoc basis, the leasing of Onboard Car Club Technology along with required support to utilise Member fleet as Car Club vehicles and finally the leasing of dedicated Car Club Pool Vehicles (Lot 2). Leasing services with an emphasis on the transition to ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV) (Lot 3) and ULEV Salary Sacrifice Schemes.

Lot Division

1 Vehicle Hire

Covers the hire of vehicles including both automatic and manual vehicles, both petrol and diesel vehicles along with ultra-low emission or low emission options. The vehicles will consist primarily of cars, including 4x4s off road vehicles, light commercial vehicles with a weight up to 3.5 tonnes (LCV) of varying size, self-drive minibuses.

Award Criteria
Customer Requirements 50.0
PRICE 50.0
2 Car Club

Car Club Services including the use of the Supplier’s established virtual fleet to allow both pre-booking and ad-hoc short-term rental of vehicles once a Car Club membership has been created; the provision of onboard car club technology in Member owned fleet vehicles to facilitate Car Club style provision; and the provision of dedicated Car Club pool vehicles for Member use

Award Criteria
Customer Requirements 50.0
PRICE 50.0
3 Leasing

Covers the leasing of vehicles. Participating Consortia Members will have a requirement for both automatic and manual transmission, and both petrol and diesel vehicles alongside the option for ultra-low emission or low emission vehicles. Vehicles will consist primarily of cars, including 4x4s off road vehicles, light commercial vehicles with a weight up to 3.5 tonnes (LCV) of varying size and self-drive minibuses.

Award Criteria
Customer Requirements 50.0
PRICE 50.0
4 Salary Sacrifice for Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles

Provision of an Ultra Low Emission Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme enabling the employees of participating organisations to obtain a new fully maintained and insured ultra low emission vehicle in exchange for a monthly deduction from their gross salary.

Award Criteria
Customer Requirements 70.0
PRICE 30.0

Award Detail

1 Arnold Clark Car & Van Rental (Stirling)
  • Lot 1 Vehicle Hire
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 7
  • Value: £25,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
2 Limesquare Vehicle Rental (Surrey)
  • Lot 1 Vehicle Hire
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 7
  • Value: £25,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
3 Car Hire Day of Swansea (Swansea)
  • Lot 1 Vehicle Hire
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 7
  • Value: £25,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
4 Wessex Fleet Solutions (Salisbury)
  • Lot 1 Vehicle Hire
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 7
  • Value: £25,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
5 Enterprise Rent A Car (Egham)
  • Lot 1 Vehicle Hire
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 7
  • Value: £25,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
6 Arnold Clark Car & Van Rental (Stirling)
  • Lot 3 - Leasing
  • Reference: 3
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £25,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
7 Car Hire Day of Swansea (Swansea)
  • Lot 3 - Leasing
  • Reference: 3
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £25,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
8 Limesquare Vehicle Rental (Surrey)
  • Lot 3 - Leasing
  • Reference: 3
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £25,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
9 Wessex Fleet Solutions (Salisbury)
  • Lot 3 - Leasing
  • Reference: 3
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £25,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
10 GMP Drivercare (Stafford)
  • Lot 4 - Salary Sacrifice for Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles
  • Reference: 4
  • Num offers: 5
  • Value: £25,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
11 Knowles Associates TFM (Colchester)
  • Lot 4 - Salary Sacrifice for Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles
  • Reference: 4
  • Num offers: 5
  • Value: £25,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.

CPV Codes

  • 34110000 - Passenger cars
  • 34120000 - Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons
  • 34136000 - Vans
  • 34136100 - Light vans
  • 34136200 - Panel vans
  • 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Indicators

  • Award on basis of price.

Other Information

Please note that the award process for Lot 2 Car Club has not been concluded and, as such, will be covered in a separate contract notice in line with the conclusion of the contract. Please note that the contract conclusion is potentially still to be finalised with additional supplier(s) on Lot 1. Should the contract(s) be concluded, a further contract award notice will be published. This notice relates to the following previous publications: Lots1 & 3- FTS Reference: 2022-030423 Lot 4- FTS Reference: 2022-036101 The members of the Participating Consortia who intend to utilise this framework agreement are as follows: NWUPC https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members APUC http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members HEPCW http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/about-us-2/ LUPC https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list NEUPC http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members SUPC https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members CPC https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/ At some point during the life of the Framework Agreement the current members of the following may wish to utilise the Agreement and should have access at any point with the permission of NWUPC. This Agreement is not intended to replace any current Agreements that either participating or non-participating Institutions may already have in place. A list of the current members is available as follows: Central Government Departments, Local Government and Public Corporations that can be accessed at the Public Sector Classification Guide https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/public... https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations Local Authorities https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council https://www.local.gov.uk NDPBs https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations National Parks Authorities http://www.nationalparks.uk Police Forces in the United Kingdom http://www.police.uk/?view=force_sites https://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html Fire and Rescue Services in the United Kingdom https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Fire-and-Rescue-Services NHS Bodies England https://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/nhstrustlisting.aspx Hospices in the UK https://www.hospiceuk.org/about-hospice-care/find-a-hospice Registered Social Landlords (Housing Associations) Third Sector and Charities in the United Kingdom https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission http://www.oscr.org.uk Citizens Advice in the United Kingdom http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/getadvice.htm www.cas.org.uk Scottish Police http://www.scotland.police.uk NI Public Bodies Northern Ireland Government Departments https://www.northernireland.gov.uk/topics/your-executive/government-departments https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/government-departments-in-northern-ireland Northern Ireland Public Sector Bodies and Local Authorities https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procur... Schools and Universities in Northern Ireland https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/ Health and Social care in Northern Ireland http://online.hscni.net Northern Ireland Housing Associations https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations Police Service of Northern Ireland https://www.psni.police.uk

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