This notice announces an administrative change to an existing contract or market (a contract change notice). No new tender or admission is opened here; see the linked notices below for the original opportunity.
Official UK procurement notice
Hire and Maintenance of Building Maintenance Vehicles
Authority: Wrexham County Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA further 12 month contract with the incumbent supplier for the hire and maintenance of 91 vehicles for Housing and caretaker teams.
This additional 12 months will enable the Council to complete its fleet review to determine what vehicles will be required in the future to support Council objectives while maintaining operational capacity/performance.
Upon completion of this review a compliant procurement exercise will be carried out.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Administrative change
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jun 2025, 09:41 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Jun 2026, 15:55 BST
- Authority reference
Proc 22-174- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060489- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f9bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
A Council wide fleet review is currently in progress and will determine the type of van and fuel required going forward. This review will outline how the Councils fleet can meet operational requirements going forward as well as how it can support net zero ambitions. Depending on the outcome of the review it will also impact infrastructure requirements, such as the need for electric charge points if the Council opts for alternatives to diesel or petrol. There are also numerous operational considerations such as how/where/when the vehicles will be refueled if alternative fuel sources are to be utilised. As a result of this it is not currently practical to replace the existing fleet of 91 housing vans without having an appropriate plan, infrastructure and support services in place. A commitment to replace the vans at this stage, just for 12 months, would result in additional costs to the Council and potentially work against the Councils net Zero targets in the long term. In additional to the financial costs involved, a change in supplier at this stage could result in vehicles/a service that is incompatible with existing ways of working which would prevent Council staff from undertaking appropriate repair and maintenance work for its Contract Holders, thus negatively impacting the service received by the public.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Jul 2025 → 26 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published120 days ago26 Jun 2026, 15:55 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jun 2025- Transparency notice published19 Jun 2025, 09:41 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published20 Jun 2025, 14:14 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published2 Jul 2025, 10:38 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected3 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract change notice published26 Jun 2026, 15:55 BSTUK10
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-06: 1 release · 19 Jun 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.N.Richards Ltd7 Jul 2025 – 6 Jul 2026 | £650,000 | 19 Jun 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Hire and Maintenance of Building Maintenance Vehicles · A.N.Richards Ltd
- Signed
- 2 Jul 2025
- Value
- £1,300,000
- Period
- 9 Jul 2026 – 8 Jul 2027
- Status
- active
- Change 16 Jun 2026 A Council wide fleet review is still in progress and will determine the type of van and fuel required going forward. This review will outline how the Councils fleet can meet operational requirements going forward as well as how it can support net zero ambitions. Depending on the outcome of the review it will also impact infrastructure requirements, such as the need for electric charge points if the Council opts for alternatives to diesel or petrol. In addition, the Council is trailing Electric Vans to ascertain how they will fit into operating models, along with relevant charging requirements such as home chargers and the processes involved in managing these. As a result of this it is not currently practical to replace the existing fleet of 91 housing vans without having an appropriate plan, infrastructure and support services in place. A commitment to replace the vans at this stage would result in additional costs to the Council and potentially work against the Councils net Zero targets in the long term. In addition to the financial costs involved, a change in supplier at this stage could result in vehicles/a service that is incompatible with existing ways of working which would prevent Council staff from undertaking appropriate repair and maintenance work for its Contract Holders, thus negatively impacting the service received by the public.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- A N Richards LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender