Talking Tenders with South Lanarkshire Council (SLC)

The service will be delivered to the Council’s Community and Enterprise Resources Roads, Transportation and Fleet Services for the purposes of servicing and repairing the Council’s vehicles and plant. This will include mechanical and electrical repairs, and servicing and MOTs to the Council’s fleet of approximately 1700 vehicles. All repairs shall be covered by appointed contractors where the Council does not have an in house capacity to undertake this requirement.

Service Requirement

To cover the range of vehicle repairs, service and MOTs required under the Framework the Council is looking to appoint several service providers to accommodate the Council’s vehicle Fleet and Plant. This will be based on the following categories of vehicle: 

• Cars / Car Derived Vans (to typically include all cars, small trailers, small and medium vans)
• Light Goods Vehicles (LGV) up to 3,500kg
• Goods Vehicles/Passenger Vehicles in excess of 3500kg
• Buses
• Plant, e.g. Forklifts and Lifting Plant.

And covers: -

• MOT – Both Heavy and Light Vehicles
• Servicing – Both Heavy and Light Vehicles
• Mechanical and Electrical Repair – Both Heavy and Light Vehicle
• Engine Repair/Replacement – Both Heavy and Light Vehicle
• Plant Repair and Servicing – e.g. Forklifts and Lifting Plant.

Broad Objectives

It is the intention to appoint all service providers who meet the requirements on the Framework on the basis of capability and capacity to undertake the above requirements. The Framework will be split into Lots per category of vehicle with works allocated on a direct award basis taking into consideration service required, urgency, location and cost.

Lot 1 – Light Vehicles/Minibuses (up to 3.5T)

Sub Lot 1.1 – Mechanical Repair

Sub Lot 1.2 – Electrical Repair

Sub Lot 1.3 – Service & MOT

Lot 2 – Heavy Vehicles/Minibuses (Over 3.5T)

Sub Lot 2.1 – Mechanical Repair

Sub Lot 2.2 – Electrical Repair

Sub Lot 2.3 – Service Only

Lot 3 – Plant

Sub Lot 3.1 – Mechanical Repair

Sub Lot 3.2 – Electrical Repair

Sub Lot 3.3 – Service Only

Agenda;

10:30am - Housekeeping and introduction from SDP 

10:40am -presentation delivered by SLC colleagues;

• Steven McMichael – Procurement Officer
• Alisdair Campbell – Workshop Co-ordinator
• Steven Hardman – Fleet Manager

11:40am -live Q&A

How to prepare for this event 

You can attend the webinar from the comfort of your own desk – the joining instructions and Cisco WebEx link are contained within the confirmation email received at time of booking, and also within the reminder emails. To prepare, you can access SDP’s top tips on how to join a webinar, or alternatively please email info@sdpscotland.co.uk if you have any further questions about the joining process.

Please feel free to join the webinar a few minutes before the start time.