Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 20 May 2026, 11:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of HMCG Fleet Management

Authority: Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 3 May 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrs 11 moends 20 Dec 2031 · up to 31 Dec 2033 with extensions · starts 20 Jan 2028

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), on behalf of His Majestys Coastguard (HMCG), intends to procure a future Fleet Management service to support its nationally dispersed and operationally critical vehicle fleet. HMCG is the UKs only national maritime emergency service, responsible for coordinating search and rescue operations, and relies on a diverse fleet of vehicles and associated assets to maintain operational readiness across coastal mainland locations and remote island communities.

The proposed procurement will seek a supplier capable of delivering an integrated, end tobend fleet management solution. This is expected to include the day to day management of vehicles, planned and reactive maintenance, MOT compliance, and breakdown and recovery services, delivered on a 24 hours a day, 365 days a year basis. The service must ensure high levels of fleet availability, reliability and responsiveness to support time critical emergency operations.

Due to the geographically dispersed nature of the HMCG estate, including remote and hard to reach locations, a key requirement will be the ability to deliver consistent service coverage across the United Kingdom. The successful supplier will be expected to utilise a combination of national capability and local supply chain networks, including engagement with small and medium sized enterprises, to ensure resilience and continuity of service in areas where infrastructure may be limited.

The future service model is expected to incorporate digital fleet management solutions, including user facing systems and management information capabilities, to improve operational oversight, enhance user experience and support data driven decision making. The provision of robust performance management, customer satisfaction measurement and continuous improvement mechanisms will be essential components of the requirement.

Certain fleet related activities are anticipated to remain outside the scope of this procurement, including the procurement and registration of vehicles, fit out and installation of emergency equipment, and tyre provision, which are currently managed through established internal processes.

This procurement aims to secure a flexible and scalable solution that supports the long term sustainability and effectiveness of HMCGs fleet operations. It will also seek to leverage innovation across the fleet management sector, including the use of technology and data to improve efficiency, resilience and environmental performance.

Further details, including contract scope, structure and procurement timelines, will be confirmed in subsequent procurement documentation.

CPV: Fleet management, repair and maintenance services · Vehicle-fleet management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs 11 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 20 Jan 2028 – 20 Dec 2031 (3 yrs 11 mo) · up to 31 Dec 2033 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Maritime and Coastguard Agency buys Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment (CPV 5011), and who usually turns up

Maritime and Coastguard Agency’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) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 of 4 known-size awards · market: CPV 5011 · South East England (authority’s region), n=20
3 of 440%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England (authority’s region).

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 5011 · South East England (authority’s region), n=36
—42%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 5011 · South East England (authority’s region), n=5
—84 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 84 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 1 of 5 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 5011 · South East England (authority’s region), n=33
20%48%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer27 lots with bid counts · all categories
19% had one bid
The market7 lots with bid counts · CPV 5011 · South East England (authority’s region)
14% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid19% / 14%
Buyer: 5 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
2–337% / 43%
Buyer: 10 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
4–641% / 14%
Buyer: 11 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
7+4% / 29%
Buyer: 1 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 7 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer9 lots with estimate and award · all categories
44% below estimate
The market46 lots with estimate and award · CPV 5011 · UK-wide
22% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate44% / 22%
Buyer: 4 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 10 of 46 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%44% / 61%
Buyer: 4 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 28 of 46 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate11% / 17%
Buyer: 1 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 8 of 46 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 501147 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

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 155 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet15% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 155 similar lots
1 bid15%
24 of 155 similar past lots received 1 bid (15%).
2–330%
47 of 155 similar past lots received 2–3 (30%).
4–628%
43 of 155 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+26%
41 of 155 similar past lots received 7+ (26%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
KINTO UK LimitedEarlier contractVehicle Fleet Managementnotice published Mar 2022—£563kMatched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
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Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

What this replaces
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

40% title match.

A past supplier may not bid again.

The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (40% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid

Vehicle Fleet Management — held by KINTO UK Limited; no contract end date published.

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
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
20 May 2026, 11:37 BST
Last source update
20 May 2026, 12:00 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-046283
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Fleet management, repair and maintenance servicesVehicle-fleet management services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069d1c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

20 May 2026 → 20 Jan 2028 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published160 days ago
    20 May 2026, 11:37 BST
  2. Market engagement118 days ago
    30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST

    If you wish to participate in this consultation, and have not previously engaged with the Authority, you are required to create an account on Jaggaer if you do not already have one.

    The portal can be accessed using the following link:

    dft.app.jaggaer.com ↗

    Once you have accessed the e-procurement portal, please navigate to pqq_pqq_760 - Provision of HMCG Fleet Management. Any correspondence must be submitted via Jaggaer and not directly to different areas of MCA.

  3. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  4. Tender notice expectedin 188 days
    3 May 2027, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    20 Jan 2028

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 May 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    20 May 2026, 11:37 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    20 May 2026, 12:00 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

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PCWN-9665-QVMZ 105 Commercial Road, Southampton, South East, SO15 1EGContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure