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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Maintenance and Repair of Fleet Vehicles, Plant and Taxi Testing for Solutions SK on behalf of Stockport Council

Transport EquipmentCPV 34100000
Value£5.9m
Awarded15 Oct 2017
Published21 May 2018
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£5.9mtotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£6.4m

This is a large award for Transport Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Solutions SK on behalf of Stockport Council wishes to tender its Fleet Maintenance Services.

It is envisaged that Solutions SK will award the contract to one provider who will deliver the services within the boundaries of Stockport Council.

Lot 1 - Fleet Maintenance Services Solutions SK currently has approximately 202 vehicles and Plant.

The majority of these will require servicing in accordance with the service schedules set out per vehicle class.

In addition to the maintenance of the Fleet is it is also expected that the successful provider will also need to service and maintain the vehicle Plant i.e.

Trailers etc.

Lot 2 - Taxi Testing Services Stockport Council (the \"Council\") has a statutory duty, provided by Section 50 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, to ensure that all private hire vehicles(\"PHV\") and hackney carriage vehicles (\"HCV\") that operate within the local authorities boundaries undergo regular mechanical and bodywork compliance checks to ensure their suitability to be used as 'taxis' licensed by the Council.

The test consists of a Class IV MOT test as specified by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (\"DVSA\"), and Section 48 (of the same Act) compliance checks as specified by the Council.

The combined test shall be referred to as the 'HCV/ PHV Compliance Test', 'Test' or 'Partial Re-test', in the tender documents.

Stockport Council (the \"Council\") has a statutory duty, provided by Section 50 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, to ensure that all private hire vehicles(\"PHV\") and hackney carriage vehicles (\"HCV\") that operate within the local authorities boundaries undergo regular mechanical and bodywork compliance checks to ensure their suitability to be used as 'taxis' licensed by the Council.

The test consists of a Class IV MOT test as specified by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (\"DVSA\"), and Section 48 (of the same Act) compliance checks as specified by the Council.

The combined test shall be referred to as the 'HCV/ PHV Compliance Test', 'Test' or 'Partial Re-test', in the tender documents.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

It is envisaged that Solutions SK

It is envisaged that Solutions SK will award the contract to one provider who will deliver the services within the boundaries of Stockport Council.

02

In addition to the maintenance of

In addition to the maintenance of the Fleet is it is also expected that the successful provider will also need to service and maintain the vehicle Plant i.e.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

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The test consists of a Class IV MOT test as specified by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (\"DVSA\"), and Section 48 (of the same Act) compliance checks as specified by the Council.

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Stage
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