Motor vehicles

Tender description

Halton Housing invites tenders for organisations to participate in a 48-month agreement for the supply of a range of vehicles under short term, flexi and termed contract hire. Halton Housing will function as a central purchasing body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015. Link Treasury Services Ltd, trading as Link Group (Link) is managing the framework on behalf of its clients. Organisations likely to access this framework have asset fleets ranging from sub-10 to over 500. It is important that the smaller organisations, such as District Councils and Housing Associations can be supported by this framework as well as the larger organisations. The framework agreement will be used by Link clients and may also be used by all other contracting authorities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as defined in Regulation 2 of the UK statutory instrument Public Contracts Regulations 102 and detailed in the tender documents. The framework covers four lots. The contract hire of cars and light commercial vehicles up to 5 000 kg G.V.W. Including a range of fuels not limited to petrol, diesel, fully electric, hybrid electric, liquid petroleum gas, liquid natural gas and hydrogen. Vehicles can be both new, ex-demonstrator, nearly new and used. Vehicles can be both automatic and manual transmission, all body styles. It is envisaged that approximately 6-8 suppliers will be awarded a position on the framework agreement for lot 1. The contract hire of specialist vehicle and commercial vehicles exceeding 5 000 kg G.V.W. Including a range of fuels not limited to petrol, diesel, fully electric, hybrid electric, liquid petroleum gas, liquid natural gas and hydrogen; both automatic and manual transmission, all body variants. Vehicles can be both new, ex-demonstrator, nearly new and used. The range of vehicles covered ranges from original equipment manufactured minibuses, converted accessible vehicles and larger buses and coaches; compact and truck mounted sweepers, specialist and municipal bodies and conversions such as tippers, dropsides, flat-beds, beavertails, curtain-siders, box bodies, Luton bodies, refuse collection, hook loaders and recycling bodies, gritters, gully emptiers, jetters, aerial platforms, snowploughs and demountable body systems, street lighting and cranes, mobile libraries and mobile and static offices, refrigeration units; plant equipment such telehandlers, excavators and earth moving equipment and other equipment and vehicles of a similar ilk a contracting authority may require to contract hire. Light commercial vehicles may be both new and pre-registered or used. This lot also includes post build additions including but not limited to racking, tow bars, pipe carriers, roof racks, inverters, ply lining, tool chests, livery and signage. It is envisaged that approximately 3-6 suppliers will be awarded a position on the framework agreement for lot 2. The contract hire of cars to a contracting authority which in turn are provided to its employees under a salary sacrifice arrangement. Including a range of fuels not limited to petrol, diesel, fully electric, hybrid electric, liquid petroleum gas, liquid natural gas and hydrogen. Vehicles can be both automatic and manual transmission, all body styles. It is envisaged that approximately 3-6 suppliers will be awarded a position on the framework agreement for lot 3. The provision of vehicles described in both lot 1 and lot 2 but provided under short and flexi-hire of up to 364 days, rather than a termed contract hire agreement. It is envisaged that approximately 6-12 suppliers will be awarded a position on the framework agreement for lot 4.