Official UK procurement notice
Plant Service Inspection Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR)
Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Central government)·On behalf of: Environment Agency
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDGFS are seeking a contractor to provide Service, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR) services for its fleet of construction and agricultural plant and equipment across the United Kingdom.
CPV: Fleet management, repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance of plant · Repair and maintenance services · Vehicle-fleet management services · Vehicle-fleet-support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Apr 2025, 16:03 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2025, 16:03 BST
- Authority reference
P-31899- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012338- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fb86Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Apr 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published1 Apr 2025, 16:03 BST
- Market engagement15 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
Defra Group Fleet Services (DGFS) is seeking early expressions of interest and pre-market engagement from suppliers for a proposed 3-year contract for the Service, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR) services for its fleet of construction and agricultural plant and equipment across the United Kingdom. If you would like to review and respond to the Request for Information, please email Angelica Ho at Angelica.Ho@Defra.gov.uk for a copy of the RFI document. Please note the closing date is Tuesday 15th April 2025 at 5pm.
- Tender notice expected14 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Apr 2025, 16:03 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCYProcuring entityThe Environment Agency will be managing this contract on behalf of DEFRA
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender