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# 792/2019 London Borough of Croydon Pool Car (Car Club) Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/792-2019-london-borough-of-croydon-pool-car-car-club-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02d4dc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** London Borough of Croydon: "792/2019 London Borough of Croydon Pool Car (Car Club) Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [London Borough of Croydon](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-croydon-ons-e09000008)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- **Delivery Location:** UKI62
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,242,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d4dc`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/792-2019-london-borough-of-croydon-pool-car-car-club-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02d4dc#tl-md)

## Description
Croydon Council intend to procure a contractor to deliver a 3 year contract with an option to extend for a further 1+1+1 years for the supply of 1 diesel vehicle and 22 Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV ) for hire (i.e. pool cars). The council will require sole use of the vehicles between the hours of 8:00 – 18:00, with the rest of this time being open for public use, one vehicle to be available 24/7 for council use. The current service is comprised of 23 pool cars for just under 400 employees (who are currently members of the scheme). There are 4765 pool car service members within the borough of Croydon currently active with a car club account as of May 2019. Utilisation sits between 80% and 95% since 2015 with the average for 2019 as 85.6%. There are 23 vehicles in total. 22 for council staff during the hours of 8am to 6pm and 1 vehicle provided for 24/7. The Council are looking for 1 diesel vehicle and 22 PHEVs for the Pool Car service with the option to switch in fully electric cars in the future.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** An open procurement process. The Council is seeking to identify the most economically advantageous tender taking into account the quality of the proposals and the price.
Tender Response Documents shall be evaluated using the following criteria:
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## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 019821-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Zipcar (UK) Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-81046`
  - Value: £1,242,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 019821-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,242,000
  - Signed Date: 04/05/2020

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019821-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-08-13T19:07:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T17:31:41.345Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d4dc