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title: "Commercial Vehicles Servicing, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR)"
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# Commercial Vehicles Servicing, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/commercial-vehicles-servicing-inspection-maintenance-and-repair-simar-ocds-h6vhtk-0429c8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defra Group Commercial: "Commercial Vehicles Servicing, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR)". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £30,000,000. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Defra Group Commercial](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-group-commercial-GB-FTS-138262)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £30,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Fleet management, repair and maintenance services, Maintenance and repair services related to specific parts of vehicles, Vehicle-fleet management services, Vehicle-fleet-support services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** Not published
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0429c8`

## 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/commercial-vehicles-servicing-inspection-maintenance-and-repair-simar-ocds-h6vhtk-0429c8#tl-md)

## Description
The Environment Agency have a requirement for the provision of Servicing, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR) services for Commercial assets. This is to enable our commercial vehicle fleet to be available, safe and in road worthy condition as and when we need them. As a category 1 responder, Defa Group Fleet Services and partnering organisations respond to major incidents 24/7, 365 days of the year and our assets must be well maintained and readily available to provide an effective incident response.

We will be holding a Supplier Engagement event on Tuesday 16th January at 10am via Teams to provide further information about our requirements and the procurement process. If you would like to attend, please email Rachael Burton on rachael.burton@defra.gov.uk to receive an invite.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037917-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-27T10:34:32.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:27:24.756Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0429c8