Official UK procurement notice
Total Fleet Solution Framework
Authority: Watford Community Housing
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWatford Community Housing ("WCH") is seeking Tenders from suitably skilled and
experienced suppliers for the provision of vehicles and associated flexible fleet services
under this four-year, multi supplier framework.
This framework seeks to offer the benefits of a flexible vehicle hire solution that can react to
legislative and other operating context changes, incorporating the flexibility of a rental
model whilst competing with the total cost of ownership of a fixed-term contract hire/lease
arrangement. The framework will provide additional services to support the fleet operation
including but not limited to maintenance, fleet management services and additional fleet related services as set out in the specification. Full details are available in the procurement documents.
CPV: Agency fuel cards · Breakdown and recovery services for buses · Breakdown and recovery services for cars · Breakdown and recovery services for commercial vehicles · Breakdown and recovery services for motor vehicles · Breakdown and recovery services for motorcycles · Breakdown vehicles · Business analysis consultancy services · Motor vehicles · Project management consultancy services · Racking · Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment · +5 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers · 2 bids received (0.7 per place) · 2 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Suitability
As set out in the procurement and Tender documents.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Total Fleet Solution Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Jan 2025, 15:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Jun 2025, 15:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 3 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
ECH1326- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029245- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d717Find a Tender
- Performance terms
As set out in the procurement and Tender documents.
- Review procedure
WCH will observe a stand still period following the award of the Framework and conduct
itself in respect of any appeals in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as
amended).
Publisher note: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with the Framework at any stage of the procurement process. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right not to award the Framework. Neither the Contracting Authority nor any person on whose behalf of whom this procurement is undertaken is to be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing and interest or Tendering for this Framework.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 3 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 3 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
3 Mar 2025 → 2 Jun 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown3 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened3 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published2 Jun 2025, 15:47 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete2 Jun 2025, 15:47 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £400,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Fleet Framework (Gen 3)
- Signed
- 8 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Fleet Framework (Gen 3)
- Signed
- 8 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Cabinet OfficeReview contact point
- High Court of England and WalesMediation bodyReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR UK LIMITEDFramework contractor
- NORTHGATE VEHICLE HIRE LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria