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Awarded · ResultStage · award

Dorset Council

Self Drive Vehicle Hire contract

Transport EquipmentCPV 34100000
Value£3,000,000
Awarded
Published16 Jul 2025
RegionNationwide

£3,000,000 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded
U-Drive

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

Who to contact
Mrs Bryony Blair
bryony.blair@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
+44 1305225532

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£3.0mtotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£3.2m

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

Tenders were sought to provide self drive vehicle hire solutions to Dorset Council.

The types of vehicles required include: economy, compact, intermediate and full sized passenger cars; automatic transmission passenger car; compact and standard multipurpose vehicles; minibus with 17 seats; single and double cab utility (Pick-Up) vehicles; economy (Small) vans; medium and long wheel base panel vans; box vans (Luton Type); single and crew cab flatbed and tipper body light commercial vehicles (3500kgs); flatbed and tipper body and box lorry heavy commercial vehicles (7500kgs).

The contract is for an initial period of 4 years, with options to extend for a further 2 years.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c93d
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
040374-2025
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