Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice
Published 6 Oct 2025, 13:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CBC-1841-T-SM Sustainable Car Club Scheme at All Saints View

Official notice

Authority: Central Bedfordshire Council (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove threshold
Published estimate£320,000≈ £107k / year · £384,000 inc. VAT20% above final estimate
Submissions closed 3 Nov 2025awarded 31 Mar 2026
Awarded to Co-wheels Car Club Community Interest Company
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jan 2029 · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

CBC-1841-T-SM Sustainable Car Club Scheme at All Saints View

CBC seeks a Car Club Operator to deliver and manage a low-emission, hybrid vehicle car club service exclusively for ASV residents.

The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the tender process. Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all tenderers, to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all.

If there is anything you are not sure about or need clarification on, please use the Correspondence facility within the In-tend electronic tendering system. Last date for receiving questions on the In-Tend system: Monday 27th October 2025.

Completed tenders and attachments should be submitted electronically by the due date via our In-tend electronic tendering system. Tenders must be uploaded via the My Return section of the system. Tenders submitted through the correspondence facility will not be considered. Your tender must be submitted via the In-tend system by no later than Monday 3rd November 2025 by 12noon.

Tenders received after that time will be excluded.

Contract Start 1st February 2025

Contract Term 3+ optional 1+1

CPV: Electric vehicles · Membership organisation services · Motor vehicles · Vehicle-fleet management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£320,000
Contract period: 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensionsValue: £320,000 exc. VAT · £384,000 inc. VAT
Extensions: 3 years plus optional 1+1

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Simple description: Price 50% Quality 40% Social Value 10%

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
6 Oct 2025, 13:34 BST
Last source update
31 Mar 2026, 08:56 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 12 Dec 2025
Authority reference
CBC-1841-T-SM
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062502
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Electric vehiclesMembership organisation servicesMotor vehiclesVehicle-fleet management services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a8b9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 Oct 2025 → 31 Mar 2026 · 6 dates
  1. Tender notice published383 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 13:34 BST
  2. Clarification questions by362 days ago
    27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
  3. Submission deadline355 days ago
    3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected by316 days ago
    12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts266 days ago
    1 Feb 2026
  6. Latest notice published208 days ago
    31 Mar 2026, 08:56 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Oct 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    6 Oct 2025, 13:34 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract details notice published
    31 Mar 2026, 08:56 BST
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    31 Mar 2026, 08:56 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £384,0001 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Co-wheels Car Club Community Interest CompanySME£384,000 inc. VAT †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Co-wheels Car Club Community Interest CompanySME

    Signed
    31 Mar 2026
    Value
    £384,000 inc. VAT
    Period
    31 Mar 2026 – 31 Jan 2029 · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    up to 2 years in 12 month increments
    3 agreed KPIs: Availability of each Vehicle · Vehicle Booking System · Vehicle Checking Service
    • Availability of each Vehicle
    • Vehicle Booking System
    • Vehicle Checking Service

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Central Bedfordshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PVNH-1137-QJBX Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, East of England, SG17 5TQContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender