Fleet management providers will find it easier to secure public service contracts after the treasury began simplifying the procurement process.

OGCbuying.solutions – the government agency that provides the public sector with a procurement route to services – is to publish a set of fleet management services framework agreements that will make it easier for the public sector to procure fleet management services.

“This project represents innovation and new ways of working in the way the pubic sector buys fleet management services and I am confident about the benefits it will deliver,” said Rob Cooksley, category lead – fleet services.

Currently there are a multitude of agreements across the public sector focusing on a range of services within fleet management, but none that offer public sector organisations the ability to draw all the benefits from these agreements through one source.

Essentially the OGC is now creating a one-stop-shop where public sector organisations will ask for services and registered fleet service providers can compete for the business.

Now OGC, which is charged with making it easier and cheaper for the public sector to access services and to ensure they get them at the best value, is now inviting fleet management providers to apply if they wish to be considered for tenders.

“The pan-government collaborative procurement for fleet management services represents a key element of the overall fleet collaborative programme and is supported by many government departments including HMRC, the Home Office and Defra, all with significant fleet management requirements,” explained an OGC spokesman.

A competitive tendering process has already begun and fleet management providers are invited to register under three lots:

  • Lot 1 will provide a framework agreement to cover the ‘core’ services required by an organisation to manage its fleet. As well as being a stand-alone agreement, it will also cover areas such as administration, vehicle ordering and disposal, maintenance management and accident management. Organisations will be able to select the services it requires from a menu of options.
  • Lot 2 will be for delivery of niche services that organisations tend to use on a more ad-hoc basis focusing on fleet audit and consultancy.
  • Lot 3 meets a set of requirements specifically for HM Revenue and Customs, and other areas of the public sector with substantially similar requirements. This lot will offer similar services as lot 1 but includes the potential for contract hire with guaranteed maintenance and will require suppliers to have a higher level of security clearance.

For more details visit www.ogcbuyingsolutions.gov.uk