Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment

Tender description

Devon County Council operates a fleet of approximately 370 vehicles comprising a range of types and manufacturers. These are allocated to a range of different services and are in daily use on a wide variety of tasks. Vehicles are dispersed across the County of Devon. The fleet currently consists of the following: — Cars (including welfare cars) — 64; — Small Vans — 104; — Minibuses (including welfare minibuses) — 110; — People Carriers (including welfare people carriers) — 65; — Other — 30. The Authority intends to let a single contract for the maintenance and repair of the fleet for a period of 5 years from the 1.4.2017, with an option to extend to 2 1-year periods. The contract will be to provide the following — vehicle servicing, vehicle repairs, supply of parts, vehicle road-worthiness testing (i.e. MOTs), emergency vehicle recovery, delivery of replacement vehicles and collection and delivery of vehicles to workshops and back to clients. The Contract is being let as a single Lot for the whole of Devon as the Authority is unable to define boundaries for multiple lots due to the requirements and sensitive/vulnerable nature of the clientele that the fleet serves and the locations of the fleet items. This is also a requirement to reduce the contract management required and to have a single pricing structure across the whole of the county. None of the Authority's premises will be available for the Contractor to utilise as a workshop location. The Contractor will be expected to provide fully equipped workshop facilities for the delivery of this contract.