Public tender Leicester 2013 Motor vehicles. Specialist vehicles. Buses and Coaches. Road sweepers. Heavy-duty motor vehicles. Minibuses. Light vans. Tractors. Gritter vehicles. Utility vehicles. Gully emptiers. Refuse-collection vehicles. Vehicles for refuse. Winter-maintenance ... 2013-09-25

Motor vehicles. Specialist vehicles. Buses and Coaches. Road sweepers. Heavy-duty motor vehicles. Minibuses. Light vans. Tractors. Gritter vehicles. Utility vehicles. Gully emptiers. Refuse-collection vehicles. Vehicles for refuse. Winter-maintenance ...

Contract award notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (see www.espo.org)
Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby
Contact point(s):
LE19 1ES Leicester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1162657926
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1162944399

Internet address(es):

Address of the buyer profile: www.espo.org

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.3)Main activity

Other: Local Authority Services

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

organisations stated in section II.1.4
further inforamtion contact ESPO, Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby
LE19 1ES Leicester
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract

Vehicle Contract Hire/Leasing - 218/13.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Supplies
Lease

NUTS code UK

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Motor vehicles. Specialist vehicles. Buses and Coaches. Road sweepers. Heavy-duty motor vehicles. Minibuses. Light vans. Tractors. Gritter vehicles. Utility vehicles. Gully emptiers. Refuse-collection vehicles. Vehicles for refuse. Winter-maintenance vehicles. Road-sweeping vehicles. Mobile library vehicles. Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment. Mowers. Motor vehicles for the transport of goods. Pick-ups. Flatbed and Tipper trucks. Vans. Panel vans. Electric vehicles. Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment. Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons. Patient-transport vehicles. Welfare vehicles. Electric buses. Crane and dumper trucks. Elevator-platforms trucks. Skip loaders. Special-purpose motor vehicles. Road-maintenance vehicles. Salt spreaders. Suction-sweeper vehicles. Sprinkler vehicles. Refuse-compaction vehicles. All-terrain vehicles. Off-road vehicles. The purpose of the Invitation to Tender is to create a comprehensive framework agreement with suitable Contractors for the supply of a wide range of commercial and specialist vehicles under contract hire (operational lease), predominantly with maintenance cover as an integral part of the vehicle hire package, although individual call-off requirements may arise from time to time during the term of this Agreement that requires the contract hire of vehicles without maintenance cover, which Contractors will also be expected to offer (Please note maintenance services cannot be provided independently, only in conjunction with a vehicle contract hire package). There is also scope (if required) within the framework agreement for the provision of vehicles on ‘contract purchase' or ‘buy and lease back' options. This tender does not include the outright purchase of vehicles, which is covered by other ESPO framework arrangements.
The range of commercial and specialist vehicles required under this framework arrangement broken down into 6 lots will include (A) Commercial Vehicles (up to and including 7.5Tonnes GVM) including, but not restricted to, vans and pick-up trucks. (B) Passenger Transport Vehicles (up to and including 32 seats) including, but not restricted to mini buses, midi buses and welfare vehicles (standard and/or wheelchair accessible). (C) Passenger Transport Vehicles (over 32 seats) including, but not restricted to large buses and coaches (standard and/or wheelchair accessible). (D) Heavy Commercial Vehicles (over 7.5 Tonnes GVM) plus Specialist and Municipal Vehicles (all weights) including, but not restrcited to, winter maintenance/gritter vehicles, gully emptier vehicles, recycling and refuse-collection vehicles, road-sweeping vehicles, mobile library vehicles, flatbed and tipper trucks, skip loaders, box trucks, truck mounted cranes and truck mounted access platform/cherry pickers. (E) Sub-Compact and Compact Precinct Sweepers. (F) Agricultural and Horticultural Vehicles including, but not restricted to, tractors, (agricultural and compact), utility vehicles, quadbikes and ride-on mowers.
An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement.

Whilst initially for use by local authorities served by ESPO (see www.espo.org for further details), being a Central Purchasing Body as defined by the EU Combined Procurement Directive 2004/18/EC, the Framework Agreement may also be open for use by the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authority Councils; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords. Full details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas is available on: http://www.espo.org/about-us/ojeu-permissible-users.aspx

II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

34100000, 34114000, 34121000, 34921100, 34140000, 34114400, 34136100, 16700000, 34144440, 34144700, 34144410, 34144511, 34144510, 34143000, 34144430, 34144760, 50110000, 16310000, 34130000, 34131000, 34134000, 34136000, 34136200, 34144900, 50100000, 34120000, 34114122, 34114300, 34144910, 34142000, 34142100, 34142200, 34144000, 34144400, 34144420, 34144431, 34144450, 34144512, 34113200, 34113300

II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.2)Total final value of contract(s)

II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)

Lowest offer 20 000 000 and highest offer 500 000 000 GBP

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Hire rates. Weighting 40
2. Quality and Performance. Weighting 60

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction has been used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

218/13

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior information notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2012/S 43-069960 of 2.3.2012

Contract notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2013/S 41-065691 of 27.2.2013

Section V: Award of contract

V.1)Date of contract award decision:

1.9.2013

V.2)Information about offers

Number of offers received: 18

V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Automotive Leasing Ltd
Dominion Way, Rustington, Littlehampton
BN16 3HQ West Sussex
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract