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Scheduled & Unscheduled Maintenance for Mercedes-Benz HGV Trucks

Buyer: Wales & West Utilities Limited →

BuyerWales & West Utilities Limited
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£700,000
Published27 Apr 2026

What is being bought

WWU are intending to follow the Direct Award Procedure to appoint contracts with 4 Suppliers across the WWU geographical network to provide the services outlined below. These contracts will be with Mercedes-Benz approved garages who can provide scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. the suppliers will support a fleet of 55 HGV Grab Trucks across WWU geography (Wales, south and southwest England). These HGV's are 8 wheeled, 32 tonne grabs, and 12ft high so suitable premises needs to be available. It is not expected that you will need to cover the entire WWU geography. Due to the safety critical nature of our industry and the work we carry out, all electrical repairs and updates must be carried out by a Mercedes-Benz approved repairer and must have approved use of the Mercedes-Benz Uptime diagnostic tool. Additional Requirements - * The Supplier must be able to complete at least 75% of the activity themselves, and only outsource the 25% which may be mechanical only in nature. Therefore, the supplier must also have an appropriate sub contractor vetting process. * The supplier must offer a mobile servicing option to conduct on-site repair and maintenance activities at WWU depots, where appropriate. * The supplier must provide Operators-licence inspections and MOT preparation/testing as part of a single-visit service schedule. * The supplier must meet all relevant health and safety, and waste management processes. * The supplier must be able to provide regular reporting including spend broken down by service and vehicle, VOR time, service call out times and parts pricing tracker. * The supplier must provide a call out service within the WWU geography

Delivery location

UKC, GB · UKD, GB · UKE, GB · UKF, GB · UKG, GB · UKH, GB · UKI, GB · UKJ, GB · UKK, GB · UKL, GB

Categories

Repair and maintenance services of trucks 50114000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2026 to 30 Sept 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Repair and maintenance services of trucksNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 50. The category anchor is Repair and maintenance services of trucks (50114000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 503,1253 median · 24.4 average (773 of 3,125 with a bid count)3.6 average (865 of 3,125 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKC1891 median · 34 average (29 of 189 with a bid count)4.2 average (35 of 189 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2756 median · 6.7 average (13 of 275 with a bid count)1.5 average (14 of 275 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Should you believe that you're able to meet the requirements set out in this notice, please email wwuprocurement@wwutilities.co.uk with the following information - * Are you a Mercedes-Benz approved garage? If yes, please provide evidence. * Do you have authorised access to Mercedes-Benz diagnostic tool? * What geography do you cover? * Can your facility cater for the size of trucks which WWU operate as outlined in this notice? Upon the closing date, WWU will review all responses and consider whether the Direct Award procedure remains appropriate.engagement11 May 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-068bc9
Latest release ID038111-2026
Latest release timestampMon Apr 27 2026 13:53:44 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£700,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
27 Apr 2026planning038111-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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