Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 1 Apr 2025, 16:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Plant Service Inspection Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR)

Official notice

Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Central government)·On behalf of: Environment Agency

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£44,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 14 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

DGFS are seeking a contractor to provide Service, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR) services for its fleet of construction and agricultural plant and equipment across the United Kingdom.

CPV: Fleet management, repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance of plant · Repair and maintenance services · Vehicle-fleet management services · Vehicle-fleet-support services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Apr 2025, 16:03 BST
Last source update
1 Apr 2025, 16:03 BST
Authority reference
P-31899
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012338
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Fleet management, repair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance of plantRepair and maintenance servicesVehicle-fleet management servicesVehicle-fleet-support services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fb86 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Apr 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    1 Apr 2025, 16:03 BST
  2. Market engagement
    15 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    Defra Group Fleet Services (DGFS) is seeking early expressions of interest and pre-market engagement from suppliers for a proposed 3-year contract for the Service, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR) services for its fleet of construction and agricultural plant and equipment across the United Kingdom. If you would like to review and respond to the Request for Information, please email Angelica Ho at [email protected] for a copy of the RFI document. Please note the closing date is Tuesday 15th April 2025 at 5pm.

  3. Tender notice expected
    14 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts210 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Apr 2025, 16:03 BST
    UK2

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

2 public bodies on the notice

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNBD-3289-CDGX Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact email

Other public bodies

  • ENVIRONMENT AGENCYProcuring entityThe Environment Agency will be managing this contract on behalf of DEFRAGB-PPON: PNWW-1475-NYLN London, LondonContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure