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Vehicle Hire Solutions

Crown Commercial Service · Local authority

In brief

Crown Commercial Service is looking for suppliers for vehicle and fleet work (UK-wide).

It is a framework worth up to £800,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 4 years, starting 18 February 2027.

It is split into 3 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

Bids close at 3pm, Friday 2 October 2026.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Key dates

Questions by
3pm, Monday 14 September 2026
Bids by
3pm, Friday 2 October 2026

How bids are scored

Price 30% · Quality 70%

Quality matters most. You can win without being the cheapest.

Competition

Usually high: a median of 22 bids per contract for this buyer (from 115 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £800,000,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

Conditions

  • Suppliers pay a fee of 1% of the value of work won through this framework.

Tender documents

What the notice says

Framework procurement for the provision of vehicle hire services to cover short, medium and long term hire durations for all vehicle types and sizes including blue light and healthcare vehicles, and further provision for car share solutions and potentially international vehicle hire.

Should I bid?

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How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
  4. Send clarification questions before 3pm, Monday 14 September 2026.
  5. Make sure your bid arrives before 3pm, Friday 2 October 2026. Late bids are usually rejected.

Lots

LotTradeValue
Hire of Vehicles up to 4.25T, including Car Share and International Hire
18 February 2027 to 17 February 2031
What this lot covers

It will be mandatory for the bidders to provide at least one of the following vehicle types for hire within the UK: ● passenger cars ● LCVs up to 4.25T ● minibuses up to 17 seats ● 4x4s ● other non-standard or modified cars, 4x4s, and LCVs up to 4.25T It will be mandatory for bidders to be able to offer at least one of the following service provisions within the UK: Vehicle Hire Car Share Solutions It will be desirable for bidders to be able to offer International Hire

Vehicles and fleet£696,000,000
Hire of Commercial and Specialist Vehicles up to 7.5T
18 February 2027 to 17 February 2031
What this lot covers

It will be mandatory for bidders to be able to provide at least one of the following Vehicle types for Hire within the UK: ● LCVs up to 7.5T ● Specialist LCVs up to 7.5T (e.g. response vehicles, ambulances, patient transport, mobile medical units, clinical and diagnostic, mobile research units). It will be desirable for bidders to be able to provide at least one of the following standard and specialist Vehicle types for Hire within the UK: ● HGVs between 4.25T and 7.5T ● Passenger Cars ● 4x4s ● Minibuses

Vehicles and fleet£64,000,000
Hire of HGVs and Specialist Vehicles from 7.5T and above
18 February 2027 to 17 February 2031
What this lot covers

It will be mandatory for bidders to be able to provide at least one of the following Vehicle types for Hire within the UK: ● municipal; ● waste management and street scene Vehicles; ● tractor units; ● trailers; ● hot boxes; ● tippers; ● dropsides and Vehicle mounted cranes either of standard or non-standard build; ● specialist HGV’s 7.5T and above e.g. winter maintenance Vehicles; ● emergency response Vehicles e.g. ambulances; ● specially adapted non-standard Vehicles e.g patient transport; ● specialist healthcare operational Vehicles, including mobile medical units and trailers, clinical and diagnostic units and mobile research units.

Vehicles and fleet£40,000,000

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 079275-2026

About the buyer

Crown Commercial ServiceLast 12 months

Procurements

60

Awards

29

Suppliers it has used most for vehicle and fleet

All tenders and awards from Crown Commercial Service

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From notice 079275-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 20 August 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.