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# Self Drive Vehicle Hire contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/self-drive-vehicle-hire-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-04c93d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Dorset Council: "Self Drive Vehicle Hire contract". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Dorset Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/dorset-council-ons-e06000059)
- **Published Value:** £3,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 March 2025 at 14:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electric vehicles, Motor vehicles
- **Delivery Location:** UKK25
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c93d`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/self-drive-vehicle-hire-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-04c93d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%3FadvertId%3Db0eee207-e0ea-ef11-8134-005056b64545%26p%3D696a9836-1895-e511-8105-000c29c9ba21)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/self-drive-vehicle-hire-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-04c93d#participate

## Description
Tenders were sought to provide self drive vehicle hire solutions to Dorset Council. The types of vehicles required include: economy, compact, intermediate and full sized passenger cars; automatic transmission passenger car; compact and standard multipurpose vehicles; minibus with 17 seats; single and double cab utility (Pick-Up) vehicles; economy (Small) vans; medium and long wheel base panel vans; box vans (Luton Type); single and crew cab flatbed and tipper body light commercial vehicles (3500kgs); flatbed and tipper body and box lorry heavy commercial vehicles (7500kgs).
The contract is for an initial period of 4 years, with options to extend for a further 2 years.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 34100000, 34144900
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** Tenders were sought to provide self drive vehicle hire solutions to Dorset Council. The types of vehicles required include: economy, compact, intermediate and full sized passenger cars; automatic transmission passenger car; compact and standard multi...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 040374-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **U-Drive**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-154635`
  - Value: £3,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 040374-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,000,000
  - Signed Date: 25/06/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040374-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-16T08:26:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T10:38:24.329Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c93d