Motor vehicles

Tender description

Hertfordshire County Council invited tenders for organisations to participate in a 48-month agreement for the supply of vehicles under contract hire. In creating this agreement, the Council will function as a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The Council has made the resulting agreement available for use by all contracting authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK, including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities, subject to said organisation being a current member of TPPL at the time of use. The agreement is available to all members of the Procurement Partnership Ltd’s (TPPL) buying club. A list of members is available: http://www.tppl.co.uk/about-us/our-members/ Contract hire of passenger cars comprising no more than eight passenger seats in addition to the driver. Including petrol, diesel, hybrid, electric, LPG (liquid petroleum gas), hydrogen and biofuels). There will be no form of exclusivity or volume that is guaranteed under the resultant framework agreement and the Council and other participating authorities will be entitled to enter into other contracts and arrangements with other suppliers for the provision of any or all, of the requirements which are the same as or similar to those specified under the established framework agreement. Contract hire of light commercial vehicles (LCVs) up to 7.0 t including diesel, petrol, hybrid, electric, LPG, hydrogen and biofuels. The lot also covers vehicles with body conversions including but not limited to tippers, drop-side, Luton, flat, curtain-side, recycling, aerial platform, jetter, cranes, street lighting and any other body type an authority may require, including all vehicle racking. There will be no form of exclusivity or volume that is guaranteed under the resultant framework agreement and the Council and other participating authorities will be entitled to enter into other contracts and arrangements with other suppliers for the provision of any or all, of the requirements which are the same as or similar to those specified under the established framework agreement. Contract hire of medium commercial vehicles (MCVs) from 7.0 t to 12.5 t, to include accessible/non-accessible welfare buses up to 17 seats. Sweepers: subcompact, compact, mid-size, pedestrian and truck/chassis-mounted including diesel, petrol, hybrid, electric, LPG, hydrogen and biofuels. The lot also includes vehicles with body conversions including but not limited to tippers, drop-side, Luton, flat, curtain-side, recycling, aerial platform, jetter, cranes, street lighting and any other body type an authority may require. There will be no form of exclusivity or volume that is guaranteed under the resultant framework agreement and the Council and other participating authorities will be entitled to enter into other contracts and arrangements with other suppliers for the provision of any or all, of the requirements which are the same as or similar to those specified under the established framework agreement.