Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Lease Car Management Services
Authority: COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSynchronicity Care Limited on behalf of Country Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust require a provider for the Provision of Lease Car Management Services.
The contractor is required to provide the
administrative and management service of offering available cars to the employees of the trust; inclusive of salary sacrifice, salary deduction, lead in vehicles and business use vehicles.
An open competitive procurement is to be utilised and is not to include an E-Auction. Further details regarding this tender can be found in the tender documentation available via the Atamis portal.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 28 Feb 2031, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Vehicle-fleet management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£386,280
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 (9)
- Service Delivery: 19%
- Lease Car Scheme and Management: 8%
- Vehicle and Driver Management: 12%
- Vehicle Maintenance, Repairs and Breakdown Support: 8%
- Compliance, Risk and Financial Management: 12%
- Contract Management and Management Information: 8%
- Price: 19%
- Social Value: 10%
- Electric Vehicles and Sustainability: 4%
Published award criteria (9)
- Service Delivery
- Lease Car Scheme and Management
- Vehicle and Driver Management
- Vehicle Maintenance, Repairs and Breakdown Support
- Compliance, Risk and Financial Management
- Contract Management and Management Information
- Electric Vehicles and Sustainability
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 19 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.9 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 28 Feb 2031
- First published
- 2 Apr 2026, 12:30 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2026, 07:57 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 7 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
C462902- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-084259- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067bb5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Apr 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published209 days ago2 Apr 2026, 12:30 BST
- Market engagement186 days ago24 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
This is market consultation under Section 16-17 of the Procurement Act 2023. The scope is to consult with the market on current system availability.
Please submit your pre-market engagement responses via Atamis using the following link:
atamis-1928--prospend.vf.force.com/apex/CS_ContractPage ↗
The opportunity is available on the Atamis portal via contract reference C436543.
The deadline for the pre-market engagement responses is noon 24th April 2026.
- Tender notice published51 days ago7 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST
- Latest notice published26 days ago2 Oct 2026, 07:57 BST
- Clarification questions by9 days ago19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline5 days ago23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 40 days7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 123 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
12 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Apr 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Apr 2026, 12:30 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published7 Sept 2026, 10:50 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £386,2807 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST
- Status changed to active7 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST
- Procurement method changed7 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST
- Deadline published: 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST7 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST
- Tender notice published10 Sept 2026, 10:16 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published14 Sept 2026, 14:30 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published16 Sept 2026, 09:55 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST16 Sept 2026, 09:55 BST+7 days · was 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published2 Oct 2026, 07:57 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST2 Oct 2026, 07:57 BST+7 days · was 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (4)
The submission section has been updated to include a direct link for suppliers wishing to submit a bid. By clicking the link, users will be taken directly to the sign-in page.
Change to Atamis link: https://atamis-1928--prospend.vf.force.com/apex/CS_ContractPage?filters=&page=1&Preview=Yes&searchStr=&SearchType=Projects&sortStr=Alphabetical&uid=a07Pz00001qT4HeIAK&sfdcIFrameOrigin=https://atamis-1928.lightning.force.com
The dates for submitting your tender response are to be extended for one week. The extended submission deadline is now 16/10/2026.
Extension on clarification and tender submission deadline.
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-09: 2 releases · 7 Sept 2026, 10 Sept 2026
- 2026-04: 1 release · 2 Apr 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- SYNCHRONICITY CARE LTDContracting authorityProcess contact pointPublic authority - central government
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender