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title: "Heavy Goods Vehicle Recovery & Detention Services"
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# Heavy Goods Vehicle Recovery & Detention Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/heavy-goods-vehicle-recovery-detention-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043558). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Home Office: "Heavy Goods Vehicle Recovery & Detention Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £255,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Home Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/home-office-gov-d16)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £255,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Public road transport services, Road transport services, Vehicle-fleet management services, Vehicle-fleet-support services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-043558`

## 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/heavy-goods-vehicle-recovery-detention-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043558#tl-md)

## Description
The Home Department acting through Border Force has the power to detain vehicles where it is identified that the owner/hirer have an outstanding debt to a penalty levied under the Civil Penalty Regime. These provisions allow the Authority to issue legal paperwork and for the vehicle (including its content) to be taken into formal detention.
Border Force is seeking to appoint a Supplier to provide Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) recovery and detention services. The contract will be for the Supplier to recover vehicles nationally and then store the vehicles until the Authority mandates their release or sale.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 50111100, 50111110, 60112000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKJ

- **Description:** The Home Department acting through Border Force has the power to detain vehicles where it is identified that the owner/hirer have an outstanding debt to a penalty levied under the Civil Penalty Regime. These provisions allow the Authority to issue le...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002898-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-01-29T12:18:51.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T06:32:51.385Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-043558