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# Tamar Bridge Operational Support Services Contract incorporating Recovery of Light Vehicles

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tamar-bridge-operational-support-services-contract-incorporating-recovery-of-light-vehicle-ocds-h6vhtk-02da0f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cornwall Council: "Tamar Bridge Operational Support Services Contract incorporating Recovery of Light Vehicles". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Sept 2021, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cornwall Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cornwall-council-ons-e06000052)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 September 2021 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Breakdown and recovery services for cars, Breakdown and recovery services for motor vehicles, Breakdown and recovery services for motorcycles
- **Delivery Location:** UKK3, UKK4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £900,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02da0f`

## 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/tamar-bridge-operational-support-services-contract-incorporating-recovery-of-light-vehicle-ocds-h6vhtk-02da0f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D08935da8-9ba9-eb11-810c-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tamar-bridge-operational-support-services-contract-incorporating-recovery-of-light-vehicle-ocds-h6vhtk-02da0f#participate

## Description
The main intention of this proposed 4 year contract, with the option to extend by a further 2 x 12 month periods, is to ensure suitable service provision of a 24/7 availability light vehicle recovery service to limit disruption to traffic flow due to breakdowns on the four vehicle lanes over the Tamar Bridge and also in the adjacent Saltash Tunnel.
The Service also requires other business critical and routine duties and activities as stated in the Scope and broad outline specification below:

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 50118100, 50118500
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** Primary duty: Light Vehicle Recovery
• Provision of all staff, plant, equipment and insurances to carry out light vehicle recovery (up to 3.5 tonne gross vehicle weight) and traffic management for 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to ensure timely an...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 006294-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Tonkin Recovery Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-46317`
  - Value: £900,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 006294-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £900,000
  - Signed Date: 21/12/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006294-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-08T12:49:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T21:37:26.546Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02da0f