Up to £100 million (€113 million)
of new leasing business is up for grabs as the government prepares
to launch a tender for the provision of vehicles for a range of
government departments.
OGCbuying.solutions, a public sector
procurement agency, will issue a shortlist of potential winning
lessors on 16 June, after having first received statements of
interest in the deal from finance companies at the beginning of
this month.
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As part of the tenders, lessors will submit
applications for a fleet management framework agreement, which is
divided into three lots and is akin to the Pan-Government
Collaborative Framework Agreement, managed by the NHS Purchasing
and Supply Agency (NHS PASA).
OGCbuying.solutions’ tender, worth between £50
million and £100 million, will last 24 months, with the option of
an additional 24 months extension. The agreement is said to include
light commercial vehicles, such as small vans and car-derived
vans.
Several major public sector organisations have
already signed up to a commitment to use the new frameworks,
including: HM Revenue & Customs, the Home Office, the UK Border
Agency, the Ministry of Justice, HM Prison Service, the Valuation
Office Agency, and DEFRA.
Clare Thorpe, a spokesperson for
OGCbuying.solutions, said its framework agreement will “encompass a
much wider range of services than those covered through the
Pan-Government Leasing framework agreement and the Department for
Work and Pensions (DWP) vehicle purchase framework agreement”.
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By GlobalDataFor example, if an organisation wanted to
lease vehicles through the current Pan-Government Leasing framework
agreement, but wanted to outsource some or all of the
administration, or include an accident management service, the new
framework would allow this.
The new agreements are split into three lots.
The first lot, in which five frameworks will be awarded,
encompasses services ranging from fleet management to roadside
assistance, acquisition and disposal of vehicles, and more. The
second lot, in which 10 frameworks will be awarded, deals with
fleet audit and consultancy services. The final lot will provide
specialist enhanced security vehicles under contract hire
agreements, and only one framework will be awarded.
Only the third lot is in direct competition
with NHS PASA, which is working closely with
OGCbuying.solutions.
Janette Cowburn, transport category manager at
the agency, said: “We have taken a strategic role in actively
working with OGCbuying.solutions to set up the new framework,” she
said. “OGCbuying.solutions will have direct access to our
Pan-Government Leasing framework, and in addition, all management
information will go through us.”
Jennifer Davis, divisional manager public
sector at Automotive Leasing, expressed interest in the new
framework: “We are currently an agreed supplier in the
Pan-Government Leasing framework, and it has been very successful
for us thus far. We will therefore definitely be tendering for the
new framework.”
