Fleet Hire & Maintenance

The final date and time for the submission of Friday 17th May 2019 at 11:00 TED database 2019/S 073-172988 to access the published notice.

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

South Tees site Company (STSC) require Fleet Management services to include reliable vehicle fleet, including maintenance, repairs, recovery service, to ensure that ongoing keep safe operations can be carried out on our top tier COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) site.

The aim is to provide vehicles to support the maintenance and security teams which are suitable to the environment, serviced and maintained to correct standards. A fully comprehensive, onsite service is required which includes recovery, puncture repairs, tyre replacements.

Scope of Requirement.

•1 x full time Administrator on site to book services, MOT's etc. Order parts, prepare quotations.

•2 x full time mechanics on site to carry out repairs, fix punctures etc.

•STSC Ltd may require additional vehicles or may want to reduce the fleet at any time. Subject to a one month notice period.

•On site facility for a garage/workshop is available in order to ensure that vehicles can be repaired on site (as most run on red diesel and are not road taxed). A monthly fee to cover utilities may be charged.

•Water, electricity, waste disposal and cleaning of offices will be provided by STSC Ltd.

•Any additional vehicles, off hired vehicles and temporary vehicles must be reported to the contract manager in order to ensure the STSC Ltd motor insurance database is updated.

•Provision of adequate safety clothing and equipment (PPE)

NOTE - there are no TUPE liabilities for this tender requirement.

In order for potential bidders to gain a full appreciation of the complexities of this requirement and scale of the operation they are invited to attend a tour of South Tees Site Company Ltd (STSC) site on: 25th April 2019

Please note the above is a brief description of the requirement and full details of this specification can be found in the tender documentation attached to this notice.

How to Apply

As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice.

If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Your email must clearly state:

Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

Additional information: DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)

Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite

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Your email must clearly state:

name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;

name of the registered Bidder;

name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder.

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Training documents to support Bidders to utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section.

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