CBC-0598-T-CE Fleet Repairs & Maintenance

Central Bedfordshire Council will be looking to inviting tenders (in electronic format only) to deliver and manage the maintenance of its In House Fleet. This contract will run from 1st October 2016 until 31st October 2017 with the potential to extend in to a further 5 months ending 31st March 2018.

It is the Council intention within the next 5 years to move Fleet operations to specialist Depots in the North and South of the County with maintenance facilities on site. Tender documentation will be available on In-Tend from 18th March 2016.

Each Lot will be awarded separately. The fleet includes: Car derived vans 4 x 4 Standard minibuses (up to 16 seats) Accessible minibuses (up to 16 seats) both coachbuild and conversion with tail lifts/ramps Lawnmowers Tractor (Qubota) The contract will cover all CBC owned vehicles with a potential of an increase to cover any hire/lease vehicles acquired over the term of the contract.

Help and support - The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the Tender process. Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all firms quoting, to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all.

Additional information: To express an interest, please log in or register on our electronic tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/centralbedfordshire in order to view the necessary tendering documents and respond accordingly. Please note that once you have registered on In-tend a separate action (expressing an Interest) is required to access the documents, you must click on the actual Tender you wish to access.

We accept no liability if you have not expressed an interest in the tender. PLEASE NOTE - Tender documents will be published from 18th March 2016 Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No https://in-tendhost.co.uk/centralbedfordshire/aspx/