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Glasgow City Council seeks suppliers for Vehicle and Plant Equipment Recovery Services

Glasgow City Council has published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) on Public Contract Scotland (PCS) seeking suppliers for Vehicle and Plant Equipment Recovery Services.

The Council requires services for the provision of a 24 hour, 365 days per year recovery service for:

• All vehicles and plant equipment currently in the Council family’s fleet to ensure operational personnel can carry out its duties in a safe and efficient manner and ensure continuity of service.
• For privately owned vehicles ahead of works and events
• Recovery and disposal of abandoned or End of Life Vehicles
• Standby hire of recovery vehicles for standby at public events
• The removal of illegally parked vehicles
• A service to decommission fleet and undertake vehicle scrappage of abandoned or end of life vehicles

The Council has deemed the following locations/areas where the service will be required.

• Street to Street Uplifting – uplift from one street to another nearby streets (please note that this service will be required for both event and other areas of the business).
• Street to Council premises/depots or another
• Street to Service Provider premises
• Council premises/depots/other to another specified location

The closing date for this contract is 31 October 2022 at 12:00pm.

Next Steps

If you are interested in bidding for Glasgow City Council’s Vehicle and Plant Equipment Recovery Services contract opportunity, please submit your application on Public Contracts Scotland-Tender website.

Support from the Supplier Development Programme

The Supplier Development Programme offers free aligned training to all SMEs, third sector organisations, and supported businesses so they can become ‘tender ready’ for any opportunity. If you want to bid better for Glasgow City Councils Vehicle and Plant Equipment Recovery Services contract opportunity, check out SDP’s eLearning.