Sustainable Fleet Solutions

Tender description

The Sustainable Fleet Solutions Framework VEH3137 NW will be split into 4 (four) lots: Lot 1 - Vehicle Hire Lot 2 - Car Club Lot 3 - Leasing Lot 4 - Salary Sacrifice for Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles Lot 1 will provide vehicle hire services for members of APUC, CPC, HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC and SUPC to facilitate vehicle hire for manual and automatic, petrol and diesel fueled, electric powered over a broad option of vehicles up to a maximum hire length of two years. Lot 2 will provide Car Club services in the form of the use of Virtual Fleet Car Club on an ad hoc basis, the leasing of Onboard Car Club Technology along with required support to utilise Member fleet as Car Club vehicles and finally the leasing of dedicated Car Club Pool Vehicles. Lot 3 will provide leasing services on a broad range of vehicles. An emphasis has been made to facilitate a transition to ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV) over the lifetime of the framework. Lot 4 will provide an Ultra Low Emission Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme enabling the employees of participating organisations to obtain a new fully maintained and insured ultra low emission vehicle in exchange for a monthly deduction from their gross salary. This Framework Agreement will commence on 1st October 2022 for an initial period of 36 months until 30th September 2025 with the option to extend the Agreement for 12 months until 30th September 2026 subject to satisfactory Economic Operator performance. Please note that this notice relates only to the award of Lots 1 & 3 of this tender exercise. The award process for Lot 2 Car Club and Lot 4 Salary Sacrifice has not been concluded and, as such, will be covered in a separate contract notice in line with the conclusion of the contract. Please note that the contract conclusion is still to be finalised with additional supplier(s) on Lot 1. Once the contract(s) are concluded, a further contract award notice will be published.