Official UK procurement notice
Concession Contract for Car Club Services
Authority: London Borough of Newham (Local council)
The London Borough of Newham is exploring options for the delivery of Concession Contracts for Car Club Services. This is a preliminary market engagement notice for a Concessions Contract for Car Club Services that falls under Procurement Act 2023. As part of the Council's commitment to transparent and inclusive procurement we are conducting a market engagement exercise to better understand the capacity, interest and innovation within the supplier market.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe London Borough of Newham is exploring options for the delivery of Concession Contracts for Car Club Services.
This is a preliminary market engagement notice for a Concessions Contract for Car Club Services that falls under Procurement Act 2023. As part of the Council's commitment to transparent and inclusive procurement we are conducting a market engagement exercise to better understand the capacity, interest and innovation within the supplier market.
The Council is considering appointing one or more suppliers for each lot and welcomes supplier feedback on the proposed approach. The contract will be cost Neutral.
The service will include two Lots:
Lot 1: Back to Base Car Club.
Lot 2: Floating Car Club.
Your feedback with help to:
- Shape the service Specification
- Identify opportunities for innovation
- Ensure the service delivery is fit for purpose and contributes towards the Councils corporate and climate objectives.
Newham is home to 380,000 residents and many popular public destinations including The London Stadium, London City Airport, The ExCel Centre, Westfields Shopping City, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the University of East London.
The deployment and operation of Car Clubs is dependent on a well-managed operational model delivered between Car Clubs Concessionaire(s) and the Council.
Objectives:
- Reduce private car reliance and ownership.
- Reduction in private vehicles using the borough’s road network.
- Relieve parking stress and free up space on our highways network.
- To offer Newham residents and businesses an alternative, sustainable travel option to private car ownership.
Expected Outcomes:
- Reduced congestion and quieter, safer streets.
- Kerbside space can be used to create sustainable transport hubs including car club bays, EVCP bays and cycle parking bays
- Cleaner air and healthier residents, workers and students in Newham.
We would like to hear from potential suppliers interested in delivering this service, to inform options, exploration, and potential procurement.
This market engagement is not a formal tender process, but an opportunity to contribute to the development of a high quality, equitable and sustainable public health service. Please note that this exercise is solely for information gathering purposes only. The Council is not committing, at this stage, to carry out such process.
If you feel that your organisation has the ability and experience to help us deliver the above objectives, then please email: [email protected] who will provide a market engagement questionnaire, for you to complete and return by: Noon, Friday, 4th December 2026 (Instruction will be contained within the form).
Engagement Deadline: Noon, Friday, 4th December 2026.
Engagement process description
The London Borough of Newham is exploring options for the delivery of a Concession Contract for Car Club Services
The Council is seeking to engage with suppliers on the provision of Car Club Services through a market engagement questionnaire.
The purpose of the market engagement exercise is to understand the provider landscape and potential providers capable of delivering this service within the context of Newham. The questionnaire is open to any supplier. The outcome of the market exercise will assist the Council to develop and maintain sufficient detailed knowledge of the supplier landscape.
This market engagement is not a formal tender process, but an opportunity to contribute to the development of a high quality, equitable and sustainable public health service. Please note that this exercise is solely for information-gathering purposes only.
If you feel your organisation has the ability and experience to help us deliver the above objectives, then please email: [email protected] who will provide a market engagement questionnaire for you to complete by: Noon, Friday, 4th December 2026 (instructions will be contained within this form).
The deadline for completed responses is Noon, Friday, 4th December 2026.
CPV: Vehicle-fleet management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How London Borough of Newham buys Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment (CPV 5011), and who usually turns up
London Borough of Newham’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment (CPV 5011) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 161 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid14% / 43%
2–30% / 29%
4–614% / 29%
7+71% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate0%
Within ±2%60%
Above estimate40%
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Lot #1CPV 5011No real estimate
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 143 past lots.
1 bid12%
2–335%
4–622%
7+31%
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About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Nov 2026, 12:28 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Nov 2026, 12:28 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107080- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b987Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Nov 2026 → 28 Jul 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published3 days ago11 Nov 2026, 12:28 GMT
- Today15 Nov 2026
- Market engagementin 19 days4 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
The London Borough of Newham is exploring options for the delivery of a Concession Contract for Car Club Services
The Council is seeking to engage with suppliers on the provision of Car Club Services through a market engagement questionnaire.
The purpose of the market engagement exercise is to understand the provider landscape and potential providers capable of delivering this service within the context of Newham. The questionnaire is open to any supplier. The outcome of the market exercise will assist the Council to develop and maintain sufficient detailed knowledge of the supplier landscape.
This market engagement is not a formal tender process, but an opportunity to contribute to the development of a high quality, equitable and sustainable public health service. Please note that this exercise is solely for information-gathering purposes only.
If you feel your organisation has the ability and experience to help us deliver the above objectives, then please email: [email protected] who will provide a market engagement questionnaire for you to complete by: Noon, Friday, 4th December 2026 (instructions will be contained within this form).
The deadline for completed responses is Noon, Friday, 4th December 2026.
- Contract startsin 254 days28 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Nov 2026, 12:28 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender