Official UK procurement notice
Heavy Goods Vehicle Recovery & Detention Services
Authority: Home Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Heavy Goods Vehicle Recovery and Detention Services on behalf of BF South East Clandestine Entrants Civil Penalty Team.
CPV: Road transport services · Vehicle-fleet-support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Home Department acting through Border Force has the power to detain vehicles where…AwardedRenewal
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 until the Authority mandates their release or sale.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 10 Jul 2024, 15:32 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Feb 2025, 11:32 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 8 Aug 2024 – …
- Authority reference
contract_15721 - Heavy Goods Vehicle Recovery & Detention Services- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007264- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047c5dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
- Published justification
The initial procurement process linked to notice FTS number 2024/S 000-021124 did not result in any tender submissions.
Publisher note: The Home Office uses an eSourcing toolkit to enable its sourcing activities to be conducted over the internet. The procurement will be managed electronically via the Home Office's e-Sourcing Suite. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the e-Sourcing Suite. If you have not yet registered, this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html by following the link 'To register click here'. Please note that to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation being registered and who will be entering into a commercial agreement if invited to do so. Once you have registered on the eSourcing Portal, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This can be done by searching for the procurement title "itt_1025 - Provision of Heavy Goods Vehicle Recovery and Detention Services". Once an expression of interest has been received, Invitation to Tender documents will be made available via the portal, subject to parties signing a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Aug 2024, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 8 Aug 2024, 16:00 BST
Timeline
8 Aug 2024 → 26 Feb 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline8 Aug 2024, 16:00 BST
- Bids opened8 Aug 2024, 16:00 BST
- Contract starts17 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published26 Feb 2025, 11:32 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Feb 2025- Status changed to complete26 Feb 2025, 11:32 GMT
- Procurement method changed26 Feb 2025, 11:32 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.H. MANSFIELD LIMITEDSME | £255,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Heavy Goods Vehicle Recovery & Detention Services · D.H. MANSFIELD LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 21 Feb 2025
- Value
- £255,000
- Period
- … – 16 Oct 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Mansfield GroupAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria