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VEHICLE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT 2026-2029 (2032)

Buyer: Preston City Council →

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BuyerPreston City Council
StatusClosed
Deadline23 Feb 2026
Value£4,200,000
Published19 Jan 2026

What is being bought

This invitation to tender invites bids for the maintenance and repair of Preston City Councils fleet. The Contract must ensure all vehicles, plant and machinery remain operationally safe and compliant with all relevant legislation.

Delivery location

UKD45, GB

Categories

Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment 50100000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£4,200,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2026 to 30 Sept 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — Incl: Scheduled Maintenance Reactive Maintenance cost Cost of vehicle collection and delivery Fuel cost of collection and delivery service Roadside Assistance and Breakdown Recovery Valeting Parts On Cost New Vehicle Preparation Price Adjustment (60%)
Quality — Incl: Provision of Service Required Depot Location and Facilities Vehicle collection and return Purchase of parts Added value Staff Training and Accreditation Sickness and Leave Contingency (20%)
Social Value (20%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipmentNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 50. The category anchor is Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment (50100000); 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 506,8644 median · 24 average (2,643 of 6,864 with a bid count)3.3 average (2,983 of 6,864 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD450Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)45810.5 median · 21.8 average (6 of 458 with a bid count)6.3 average (6 of 458 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 policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsSee competition documents via https://procontract.due-north.com/

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNo pre market engagement
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

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-060928
Latest release ID004500-2026
Latest release timestampMon Jan 19 2026 16:28:31 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004500-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-02-23T12:00:00+00:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-02-10T17:00:00+00:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
Submission method detailshttps://procontract.due-north.com/
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£4,200,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source4
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
19 Jan 2026tender004500-2026

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)
19 Jan 2026 · 004500-2026 · tender
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