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First Ark Group

Vehicle Hire Framework

Transport EquipmentCPV 34100000 50110000
Value£1.7m
Awarded15 Jul 2018
Published26 Oct 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
£1.7mtotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£2.9m

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

Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT) sought bids from appropriate organisations to establish a framework of suppliers to provide the supply of commercial vehicles to replace the vehicles used by the in-house maintenance team.

The tender and subsequent framework consists of two lots: Lot 1: Contract hire Lot 2: Flexible rental The outcome of the tender process is a 4 year framework agreement expected to commence September 2018.

This procurement exercise was led by KHT for itself and on behalf of the other members of the First Ark Group, references to KHT/First Ark/the Group should be construed accordingly.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT) sought bids from

Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT) sought bids from appropriate organisations to establish a framework of suppliers to provide the supply of commercial vehicles to replace the vehicles used by the in-house maintenance team.

02

The outcome of the tender process is

The outcome of the tender process is a 4 year framework agreement expected to commence September 2018.

03

This procurement exercise was led by KHT

This procurement exercise was led by KHT for itself and on behalf of the other members of the First Ark Group, references to KHT/First Ark/the Group should be construed accordingly.

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.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
The outcome of the tender process is a 4 year framework agreement expected to commence September 2018.

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Stage
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Source
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