Vehicle-fleet management services

Tender description

RBH presently operates a fleet of commercial vehicles numbering 152. The current fleet is provided by a vehicle lease provider and are on a 48 month lease. The purpose of this tender exercise is to enter into a new contract with an appropriate fleet provider to replace the current fleet on a 48 month lease basis. The fleet enables RBH to provide the following services: — responsive (Day to Day) repair service: this includes multiple trades including electricians, plumbers, joiners, plasterers and general labourers, — empty homes service: small teams of mixed trades bringing empty homes up to standard prior to re letting the home, — gas servicing: a team dedicated to undertaking our annual gas servicing and repairs, — caretaking: this team ensures our neighbourhoods are clean, presentable and safe. They handle litter and dumped items. This includes a hit squad dealing with large areas of waste land, fly tipping and garden clearances, — grounds maintenance. This involves maintaining all green areas of RBH responsibility, including grassed areas, borders, shrubs and trees, — health and safety: this team undertakes statutory health and safety tests on our homes, — facilities management: this team manage and service our office and welfare buildings, — warden servicing: this team provides a 24/7 responsive service to older people and those with restricted mobility throughout the community, — pass it on: this team deliver a furniture recycling services to our tenants, involving the collection and delivery of large and multiple furniture items, — safegard security: who install and manage fire detection and intruder systems and a comprehensive CCTV system. With the exception of safegard security all the above operate solely in the local authority borough of Rochdale. The demand on the above services does vary throughout a year, so it is sometimes necessary to re-allocate vehicles from one service to another.