Planning

Fleet Maintenance

  • Worcestershire County Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-008523

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-061324

Published 30 January 2026, 2:40pm



Scope

Reference

COR26016

Description

Worcestershire County Council (WCC) owns and operates a fleet of circa 200+ vehicles that carry out its statutory duties in Gritting, Home to School Transport, Highways maintenance, Countryside Services and communities. The operation of this fleet covers the whole of Worcestershire and can be in operation 24hours a day seven days a week and requires a reactive maintenance provider to ensure that we are able to continue to provide our services to the residents of Worcestershire.

We are currently approaching the end of our current Fleet Maintenance contract and wish to explore local options within Worcestershire for the delivery of this service.

Description of the service:

The Contractor maintains, repairs and services the fleet to minimise disruption to the WCC' s operations and maximise vehicle availability.

The Contractor provides a routine maintenance and non-routine / defects repair service for vehicles and equipment in the WCC's fleet.

The Contractor provides a statutory testing service for vehicles and equipment in the WCC's fleet.

The Contractor collects and returns vehicles to their normal place of operation.

The Contractor provides a recovery service to promptly recover broken down vehicles for repair.

The fleet consists of a mixture of:

Gritting Vehicles

Minibuses both tail lift and non-tail lift

Car derived vans

4x4s and

Mobile Libraries

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 January 2029 to 2 January 2029
  • 2 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 50110000 - Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment

Contract locations

  • UKG12 - Worcestershire

Engagement

Engagement deadline

2 March 2026

Engagement process description

WCC is approaching the end of our current Fleet Maintenance contract and wish to explore local options within Worcestershire for the delivery of this service.

We are in the first instance seeking feedback from suppliers through a preliminary market engagement questionnaire.

Please use the attached MS Form to submit your response

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=hxj0rDe900WeZUfN5I3IWnsTta1v1JlAt7ReKvpcRl1UNVc0Mk4zRDlQMU9JWThMUUlNSFNTSThDTi4u&route=shorturl


Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Contracting authority

Worcestershire County Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PRPQ-4584-WLPQ

County Hall, Spetchley Road

Worcester

WR5 2NP

United Kingdom

Region: UKG12 - Worcestershire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government