Official UK procurement notice
Sustainable Fleet Solutions · UK public procurement notice
Authority: North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (Public body)
NWUPC on behalf of members of UKUPC is seeking for establishing a new comprehensive Sustainable Fleet Solutions Frameworks that will reflect to needs of the HE sector and other UK Public Bodies. The Framework will have a national coverage and will split into four lots as follows: Lot 1: Vehicle Hire Lot 2: Vehicle Leasing Lot 3: Car Club Lot 4: Salary Sacrifice The services include but not not limited: Hire and leasing automatic and manual vehicles, including both petrol and diesel vehicles, ultra-low emission and low emission options.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNWUPC on behalf of members of UKUPC is seeking for establishing a new comprehensive Sustainable Fleet Solutions Frameworks that will reflect to needs of the HE sector and other UK Public Bodies. The Framework will have a national coverage and will split into four lots as follows: Lot 1: Vehicle Hire Lot 2: Vehicle Leasing Lot 3: Car Club Lot 4: Salary Sacrifice The services include but not not limited: Hire and leasing automatic and manual vehicles, including both petrol and diesel vehicles, ultra-low emission and low emission options. Vehicles will consist primarily of cars, including 4x4s off road vehicles, light commercial vehicles of varying size and self-drive minibuses; Use of the Supplier’s established virtual fleet to allow both pre-booking and ad-hoc short-term rental of vehicles; the provision of onboard car club technology in Member owned fleet vehicles; and the provision of dedicated Car Club pool vehicles for Member use; Provision of an Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle Salary sacrifice Scheme enabling the employees of participating organisations to obtain a new fully maintained and insured ultra-low emission vehicle in exchange for a monthly deduction from their gross salary.
CPV: Electric vehicles · Financial leasing services · Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons · Passenger cars · Support services for road transport · Vans · Vehicle-fleet-support services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Mar 2027
The lotProcurement structure
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
- “Sustainable Fleet Solutions” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium buys Passenger cars (CPV 3411), and who usually turns up
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Passenger cars (CPV 3411) →
How the contest usually goes
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Half of these awards have an award date within 52 days of the bid deadline.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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4–645% / 45%
7+18% / 42%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Our matching links this notice to “Sustainable Fleet Solutions” of this authority, but none of the 4 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1CPV 5011Estimate not published
This lot is listed as CPV 5011. The table above uses the notice category.
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7+23%
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
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What this replaces i
100% title match.
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100% title match.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (100% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Sustainable Fleet Solutions — held by Arnold Clark Car & Van Rental and Car Hire (Day of Swansea) Ltd t/a Days Rental (+1 more); the published contract ends 30 Sept 2026.
Coming up in this sector
Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Nov 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Nov 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Authority reference
VEH3192NW- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105890- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b6e6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
6 Nov 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published7 days ago6 Nov 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Today14 Nov 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 19 days3 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 106 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Pipeline notice published6 Nov 2026, 16:05 GMTUK1
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender