Opportunity

Finance and Leasing DPS

  • Hertfordshire County Council

F02: Contract notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-017047

Published 20 July 2021, 12:15pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Hertfordshire County Council

County Hall, Pegs Lane

Hertford

SG13 8BQ

Email

tenders@tppl.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1954250517

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKH23 - Hertfordshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk

Buyer's address

http://www.supplyhertfordshire.uk/

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Hertford:-Financial-leasing-services./Y382V7F4V5

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Hertford:-Financial-leasing-services./Y382V7F4V5

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Finance and Leasing DPS

Reference number

TPPLHCCFL01

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 66114000 - Financial leasing services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Council invites organisations to participate in a 60-month DPS for finance and leasing across 4 categories; operating lease, finance lease, loans, and fleet and accident management .

The DPS will be accessible by the Council and members of TPPL. The DPS may be used by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase finance and leasing. Links to the definable groups are provided in section VI.3) Additional Information.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £260,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Operating Lease

Lot No

Category 1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 66114000 - Financial leasing services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

UNITED KINGDOM

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Category 1: Operating Lease. Including, but not limited to, operating leases (and any variation thereof, e.g. contract hire or sale and leaseback) for equipment and/or machinery with associated services in the following categories:

Agricultural

Airport equipment

Batteries (for hybrid or fully electric vehicles)

Buses and coaches

Commercial vehicles (light and heavy)

Construction and plant

Electric vehicle charging (Light and heavy duty)

Food processing and packaging

Healthcare/Medical

Hydrogen fuel infrastructure, (production and refuelling)

Information technology, including hardware (and the installation of) and software

Leisure equipment

Materials handling

Modular buildings

Office equipment

Passenger vehicles

Recycling equipment

Specialist vehicles

Telecommunications

Workshop equipment

Applications to participate are welcomed from Suppliers that do not provide operating leases for all the above variations of equipment stated. Estimated total value of contracts to be awarded under this Category during the 60-month period is £100,000,000.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £100,000,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

60

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

Variations of asset types, leasing products, or types of loan facilities that may not be easily identifiable as part of this guidance document or the original contract notice can be specified by individual Customers during their tender processes under the DPS. .

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Finance Lease

Lot No

Category 2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 66114000 - Financial leasing services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

UNITED KINGDOM

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Category 2: Finance Lease. Including, but not limited to, finance leases (and any variation thereof, e.g. sale and leaseback) for equipment and/or machinery within associated services in the following categories:

Agricultural

Airport equipment

Batteries (for hybrid or fully electric vehicles)

Buses and coaches

Commercial vehicles (light and heavy)

Construction and plant

Electric vehicle charging (Light and heavy duty)

Food processing and packaging

Healthcare/Medical

Hydrogen fuel infrastructure, (production and refuelling)

Information technology, including hardware (and the installation of) and software

Leisure equipment

Materials handling

Modular buildings

Office equipment

Passenger vehicles

Recycling equipment

Specialist vehicles

Telecommunications

Workshop equipment

Applications to participate are welcomed from Suppliers that do not provide finance leases for all the above variations of equipment stated. Estimated total value of contracts to be awarded under this Category during the 60-month period is £100,000,000.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £100,000,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

60

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

Variations of asset types, leasing products, or types of loan facilities that may not be easily identifiable as part of this guidance document or the original contract notice can be specified by individual Customers during their tender processes under the DPS.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Loans

Lot No

Category 3

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 66190000 - Loan brokerage services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

UNITED KINGDOM

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Category 3: Loans. Including but not limited to, loan facilities for the acquisition of equipment and/or machinery in the following categories:

Agricultural

Airport equipment

Batteries (for hybrid or fully electric vehicles)

Buses and coaches

Commercial vehicles (light and heavy)

Construction and plant

Electric vehicle charging (Light and heavy duty)

Food processing and packaging

Healthcare/Medical

Hydrogen fuel infrastructure, (production and refuelling)

Information technology, including hardware (and the installation of) and software

Leisure equipment

Materials handling

Modular buildings

Office equipment

Passenger vehicles

Recycling equipment

Specialist vehicles

Telecommunications

Workshop equipment

Applications to participate are welcomed from Suppliers that do not provide loan facilities for all the above variations of equipment stated. Estimated total value of contracts to be awarded under this Category during the 60-month period is £50,000,000.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £50,000,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

60

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

Variations of asset types, leasing products, or types of loan facilities that may not be easily identifiable as part of this guidance document or the original contract notice can be specified by individual Customers during their tender processes under the DPS.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Fleet and Accident Management

Lot No

Category 4

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 50111000 - Fleet management, repair and maintenance services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

UNITED KINGDOM

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Fleet management services, including but not limited to, fleet procurement, fleet funding, contract hire (with/without maintenance), grey fleet management, fleet software management, fleet insurance, rental, fuel cards, driver training, license checking, remarketing/disposal, maintenance management, and safety/risk management.

Accident management services including but not limited to, first notification of loss, client own damage claims, third-party intervention, third-party claims management, loss recovery, downtime management, uninsured loss recovery, access to national repair network, and online portal/systems for customers.

Applications to participate are welcomed from Suppliers that do not provide all of the above services. Estimated total value of contracts to be awarded under this Category during the 60-month period is £10,000,000.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £10,000,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

60

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

Variations of fleet/accident management services that may not be easily identifiable as part of this guidance document or the original contract notice can be specified by individual Customers during their tender processes under the DPS.


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system

The dynamic purchasing system might be used by additional purchasers

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

19 August 2021

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

six.3) Additional information

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.The DPS may be used by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services. Please see the following websites for further details:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education

https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies

http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php

https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england

https://education.gov.scot/ParentZone

https://gov.wales/address-list-schools

http://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/default.aspx

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development

http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure

https://aace.org.uk/uk-ambulance-service/

http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx

http://online.hscni.net/hospitals/health-and-social-care-trusts/

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations

http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland

http://www.cosla.gov.uk/councils

https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact

https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies

https://www.police.uk/forces/

https://www.police.uk/pu/contact-the-police/

http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm

http://www.scotland.police.uk/

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency

http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs

https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Fire-and-Rescue-Services

http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/

http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx

http://www.oscr.org.uk/

http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing

http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/Documents/Landlord%20Register.pdf

https://gov.wales/registered-social-landlords

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/national-probation-service/about#divisional-areas

https://communityleisureuk.org/members/

The Agreement is available to all current and future members of The Procurement Partnership Limited’s (TPPL) buying club. A list of members of TPPL can be obtained from http://www.tppl.co.uk/about-us/our-members/

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Hertford:-Financial-leasing-services./Y382V7F4V5

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/Y382V7F4V5

GO Reference: GO-2021720-PRO-18597773

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The High Court

Royal Court of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

N/A

N/A

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

N/A

N/A

Country

United Kingdom