Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Dorset Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- U-Drive Limited SME
- Value
- £3,000,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Motor vehicles (CPV 34100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 040374-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Jun 2025
- Published16 Jul 2025Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
Tenders were sought to provide self drive vehicle hire solutions to Dorset Council. The types of vehicles required include: economy, compact, intermediate and full sized passenger cars; automatic transmission passenger car; compact and standard multipurpose vehicles; minibus with 17 seats; single and double cab utility (Pick-Up) vehicles; economy (Small) vans; medium and long wheel base panel vans; box vans (Luton Type); single and crew cab flatbed and tipper body light commercial vehicles (3500kgs); flatbed and tipper body and box lorry heavy commercial vehicles (7500kgs). The contract is for an initial period of 4 years, with options to extend for a further 2 years.
About the supplier
U-Drive Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03183986).