Official UK procurement notice
Open Tender for the Provision of Vehicle Breakdown Recovery Services
Authority: South Lanarkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouth Lanarkshire Council invites offers from suitably qualified providers for the provision of recovery services to the Council for its fleet of vehicles and plant.
The Councils fleet includes both light vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes and heavy vehicles in excess of 3.5 tonnes, and is managed by Roads, Transportation and Fleet Services.
The contract will cover the provision of recovery services to a wide range of vehicles and mobile plant items, mainly within but, where necessary, out with the boundaries of South Lanarkshire.
Work to be carried out under warranty or specialist repairs will not be included in this tender.
All services delivered shall be carried out to a standard recognised as acceptable to the industry trade bodies and in full compliance with any relevant legislation and/or code of practice associated with vehicle repair, recovery or uplift.
This tender will cover the following geographical areas:-
- North (East Kilbride, Hamilton, Larkhall, Cambuslang & Rutherglen Area)
- South (Clydesdale Area)
- Recurrence: Upon expiration of the current contract.
CPV: Breakdown and recovery services for buses · Breakdown and recovery services for cars · Breakdown and recovery services for commercial vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1South Lanarkshire Council invites offers from suitably qualified providers for the…Renewal
South Lanarkshire Council invites offers from suitably qualified providers for the provision of recovery services to the Council for its fleet of vehicles and plant. The fleet includes both light vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes and heavy vehicles in excess of 3.5 tonnes, and is managed by Roads, Transportation and Fleet Services.
The contract will cover the provision of recovery services to a wide range of vehicles and mobile plant items, mainly within but, where necessary, out with the boundaries of South Lanarkshire. Work to be carried out under warranty or specialist repairs will not be included in this tender.
All services delivered shall be carried out to a standard recognised as acceptable to the industry trade bodies and in full compliance with any relevant legislation and/or code of practice associated with vehicle repair, recovery or uplift.
This tender will cover the following geographical areas:-
- North (East Kilbride, Hamilton, Larkhall, Cambuslang & Rutherglen Area)
- South (Clydesdale Area)
The contract is anticipated to run from commencement on 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2029 with the option to extend for up to a further 24 month period.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 30%
- price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 30
- Price: 70
- Suitability
There are a number of questions/statements that have been included in the Contract Notice and within the Qualification Envelope which detail the minimum requirements that Bidders must be able to evidence for participation in this tender and ultimately will be required to evidence prior to any award being made. There are in addition further statements made that simply provide relevant information relating to the tender itself.
These questions and statements form an integral part of the Single Procurement Document (the SPD)
SPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities
Bidders are required to complete a full SPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon.
SPD Question 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely
Bidders are required to complete a shortened version of the SPD for each Subcontractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on.
Exclusion Criteria
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
SPD Questions 3A – 3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and SPD Questions 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All the exclusion grounds will be assessed on a PASS/FAIL basis. For the mandatory exclusion grounds a bid will be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or to provide details to the satisfaction of the Council of the s…
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: SPD Question 4B.4 Economic and Financial Standing The Council will use the following ratios to evaluate a bidders financial status: Profitability – this is taken as profit after tax but before dividends and minority interests. If a company makes a profit then it is a pass for thi…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Upon expiration of the current contract.
- First published
- 1 Jun 2026, 15:44 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Jun 2026, 15:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Jul 2026 – …
- Authority reference
SLC/CE/25/212- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-051514- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06aaa0Find a Tender
Publisher note: SPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime – Information Sharing Protocol – It is a requirement of this tender that the bidder recommended for award completes and submits, when requested to by the Council, the Serious and Organised Crime – Information Sharing Protocol form for evaluation prior to any award being made. Declarations and Certificates – include one of the options below in all notices In an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder will provide the undernoted certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaires to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the Qualification Envelope. All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T. SPD Question 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate SPD Question 3D.3 Human Rights Act Declaration Declaration Section *Form of Tender SPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate SPD Question 4D.1 Health and Safety Questionnaire SPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates SPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime Declaration SPD Questions 3A.1 TO 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime – Information Sharing Protocol with Police Scotland Form SPD Question 4C.6 Goods Vehicle Operator’s Licence *The ‘Form of Offer to Tender’ must be completed and uploaded within the relevant question in the Commercial Envelope. In the case of an open tender, the other Declarations listed above will not be required to be uploaded and submitted with the bid, but will instead be requested by the Council following the conclusion of the evaluation of the Qualification, Technical and Commercial Envelopes and prior to the award of the tender. Failure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made within the SPD will invalidate the bid. In this scenario the Council will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on until a fully compliant bidder is identified. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 31834 . For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Under this contract bidders will be required to actively participate in the achievement of Community Benefits. A summary of the expected Community Benefits has been provided within the attachment area/technical envelope and bidders will be asked to provide details of the Community Benefits they can offer as part of their bid. The Council has calculated that the minimum total of 60 community benefit points which must be delivered under this contract. (SC Ref:833348)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
1 Jun 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Notice published149 days ago1 Jun 2026, 15:44 BST
- Submission deadline119 days ago1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened119 days ago1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts58 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Hamilton Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.