Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 18 Oct 2023, 17:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Vehicle Maintenance Services Procurement 2024

Official notice

Authority: Greater Manchester Acessible Transport Limited

4 lotsServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Published estimate£750,000total for 4 lots
Submissions closed 28 Nov 2023
Awarded to eStar Truck and Van Limited

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

To provide vehicle maintenance servicing to the Greater Manchester Accessible Transport Ltd vehicle fleet and to ensure compliance and safety. This includes safety inspections and brake tests, servicing, annual pre-MOT and MOT inspections and such additional repair and maintenance work as required in order to ensure a well maintained fleet in support of an efficient service.

CPV: Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · all with a published value (£750,030 together)
Lot #1HollinwoodAwardedPublished value£326,100
Delivery: North West
Extensions: The initial term of the contract is three years with an option to extend for a further two yearsVariant bids: allowed
Lot #2StockportPublished value£114,135

To provide vehicle maintenance servicing to the Greater Manchester Accessible Transport Ltd vehicle fleet based out of GMATL's Stockport depot.

Delivery: North West
Extensions: The initial term of the contract is three years with an option to extend for a further two years. The full term inclusive of options is set out above.Variant bids: allowed
Lot #3TraffordPublished value£163,050

To provide vehicle maintenance servicing to the Greater Manchester Accessible Transport Ltd vehicle fleet based out of GMATL's Trafford depot.

Delivery: North West
Extensions: The initial term of the contract is three years with an option to extend for a further two years. The full term inclusive of options is set out above.Variant bids: allowed
Lot #4WiganPublished value£146,745

To provide vehicle maintenance servicing to the Greater Manchester Accessible Transport Ltd vehicle fleet based out of GMATL's Wigan depot.

Delivery: North West
Extensions: The initial term of the contract is three years with an option to extend for a further two years. The full term inclusive of options is set out above.Variant bids: allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Oct 2023, 17:01 BST
Last source update
15 Feb 2024, 13:32 GMT
Award evaluation window
4 Dec 2023 – …
Authority reference
VM2024
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-005097
Classification (CPV)
Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040d34 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
Published justification

Contract awarded pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(a) due to receipt of no compliant tenders. Only one tender was received and it was not compliant. Following a review and legal advice, discussions were entered with the party who had submitted the non-compliant tender as it was the sole interested party.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
28 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
4 Dec 2023, 09:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Nov 2023 → 15 Feb 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    28 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    4 Dec 2023, 09:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    15 Feb 2024, 13:32 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Feb 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 Feb 2024, 13:32 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    15 Feb 2024, 13:32 GMT
Published amendments (1)

Due to technical issues faced by the contracting authority, we are unable to use the portal previously outlined in the contract notice. We now require all tenderers to request information and to participate, and to submit tenders via email to [email protected] Please take all references in the original FTS notices to the ProContract portal as reading as a reference to the above dedicated e…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £750,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Feb 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Hollinwood1 award
eStar Truck and Van Limited£750,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Hollinwood1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Greater Manchester Acessible Transport Limited

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawTransport GB-COH: 02483763 20th Floor, Manchester One, Portland Street, Manchester, North West, M1 3LDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria