Vehicle-fleet-support services

Tender description

The Council must deliver a transport fleet of vehicles including transport workshops and stores, which is managed and controlled according to statutory, regulatory and policy guidelines. The Vehicles Fleet Support Service advises and supports the day-to-day operations including: — Licensing requirements; — Commissioning and fleet specification development; — Contract management and end of life disposal; — Fleet policy advice; — Maintenance and repairs; — Inspections, servicing and testing; — Budgets and value for money; — Adequate and safe staffing levels during operational hours; — Safety, security and proper use of tooling, plant and equipment; — Accident and insurance advice; — Fleet management health and safety. The Council currently pays for the services on ad-hoc basis when required. The services are expected to cease (or dramatically reduce) once the service has been brought in-house. The Vehicle Fleet Support Services organisation needs to have 3 years or more established track record, with considerable experience in a complex corporate and municipal fleet setting. The successful contractor shall be proficient in the matters outlined within the Current Status/Background above. In addition, the successful supplier shall be focused towards performance management and accustomed to transposing and embedding legislation, plans, strategy and policy into customer-focussed practice. Expertise of local authority fleet and fleet/air environmental along with fuel management including issuing and consumption from both a commissioning and operations perspective is an essential requirement. The contractor shall ensure all personnel provided in delivery of this service have no unspent convictions, have the right to work in the UK and have required licenses in place for the delivery of the service.