Supply of Coach-Built Vehicles to Hampshire County Council

Description

Hampshire Transport Management (HTM) are awarding a contract for a turnkey solution for complete supply of vehicles, associated equipment and conversion services. 

This contract was awarded following a call for competition to shortlisted suppliers on the Crown Commercial Services' Vehicle Conversions DPS (reference number RM3814). 

The Goods and Services in scope of the contract include the following:
The Goods required are two coach-built vehicles to provide specialist transport for an Adults Health and Care service and its users. The service users will include those with various mobility requirements and specifically bariatric wheelchair users. The Supplier shall also supply the chassis for the coach build.

The Services required are conversion services (including any Installation Works required in respect of the modifications) to modify the vehicles to fit the specification published with the call-for-competition documents.

Each vehicle requires the following warranties:
• a minimum of 12 months in respect of any vehicle modification work(s) as part of the specialist coach-build;
• a manufacturer's warranty that warrants the vehicle/chassis supplied is free from defects for a minimum of 3 years from the date of delivery.

The initial period of this contract will run until the earlier of the date of Delivery and 20 November 2024. There is an option to extend up until the earlier of the date of Delivery and 20 August 2025.

HTM is the fleet provision business unit within Hampshire County Council, supplying, maintaining, and supporting the Council's mobility requirements. HTM has over 800 vehicles of varying types, as well as five workshop locations to maintain the fleet in-house.