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title: "Abandoned Vehicles"
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# Abandoned Vehicles

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/abandoned-vehicles-ocds-h6vhtk-06f142). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** South Hams District Council: "Abandoned Vehicles". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [South Hams District Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-hams-district-council-ons-e07000044)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Vehicle towing-away services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK4
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/abandoned-vehicles-ocds-h6vhtk-06f142#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06f142`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/abandoned-vehicles-ocds-h6vhtk-06f142#tl-md)

## Description
South Hams District Council and West Devon Borough Council are undertaking preliminary market engagement to understand the capability and capacity of the market to provide the recovery, storage and disposal of abandoned vehicles.
The Councils currently have arrangements in place for the collection of standard motor vehicles. However, they are seeking to identify suppliers capable of dealing with larger and specialist vehicle types that fall outside the scope of existing arrangements.
The Authority is particularly interested in hearing from organisations able to recover, transport, store and dispose of:
Caravans
Motorhomes
Buses and minibuses
Coaches
Lorries and HGVs
Agricultural vehicles
Construction and plant equipment
Trailers
Other oversized or specialist vehicles
The Authority is not seeking responses relating solely to standard passenger cars or light vehicles.
Potential suppliers may be asked to:
-Attend locations across South Hams and West Devon.
-Recover abandoned vehicles from public land and other locations where the Authority has legal powers to remove vehicles.
-Provide secure storage facilities where required.
-Support statutory notice periods and legal processes.
-Arrange environmentally compliant disposal, recycling or destruction.
-Provide evidence of relevant licences, permits and insurance.
This exercise is for information gathering only and does not constitute a call for competition or commitment to commence a procurement.
Should you believe your organisation can meet the requirements and you would be interested in potential opportunities, please contact Ollie Rees .

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 50118110
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/11/2026 to 01/11/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F083459-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-03T12:08:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T06:00:02.909Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06f142