The AA has awarded Lombard Vehicle Management (LVM) with a new contract to provide its roadside assistance vans.

The four-year deal will see around 3,000 vehicles delivered with an asset value of £48 million.

LVM, which is the AA’s current van and driving school car provider, will manage the build including supplier invoices, and will sign-off finished vehicles.

The vans will be delivered with bespoke recovery equipment installed, some of which will have been recycled into the new vehicles from the current fleet.

LVM has written over £60 million in new AA business so far in 2009.

“The AA’s renewal of its core fleet business is a powerful endorsement not only of our market-leading solutions-based LCV offering and ability to develop long-term customer relationships and add value, but also of our access to significant levels of capital when others are contracting,” said Stuart Houlston, managing director of LVM.

“We are 100% committed to continue working with existing customers like the AA as a consultative partner, and are also very much open for new business.”

The AA’s fleet manager, Sarah Dopson added: “Lombard has become an important partner, providing competitive funding, technical expertise and excellent service, and is continuing to invest in the support it gives us.”