Re-Tender for the Provision of Vehicle Bodywork and Accident Repair Services
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*This is a re-tender of the previous Bodywork and Accident Repair Service* Due to the urgent need to establish the framework the timescales have been reduced.
The EA wishes to appoint suppliers to this Framework for the Provision of Vehicle Bodywork and Accident Repair Services for the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western EA Fleet areas on a call off as required basis.
EA is not obliged to procure services exclusively from this Framework Agreement and is free to use their own in-house service if applicable.
The Framework will include a range of makes/models and size of vehicle to be repaired after an accident to meet all statutory vehicle compliance and construction requirements to a quality assured standard within a reasonable timeframe.
The framework will be split into 4 lots, details of which are provided within document TRN-25-013 Annex 02 Specification of Requirements.
For the duration of the Framework the Suppliers appointed to each lot must have the capacity to provide all vehicle bodywork and accident repair to each area, and if required collection and or delivery of vehicles to specified depots.
What the notice asks for
This is a re-tender of the previous
This is a re-tender of the previous Bodywork and Accident Repair Service* Due to the urgent need to establish the framework the timescales have been reduced.
Appointed to each lot must have
appointed to each lot must have the capacity to provide all vehicle bodywork and accident.
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.
What this notice demands of you
1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
exclusively from this Framework Agreement and is free to use their own in-house service
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- Show at bidSocial value commitments
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