A full mobility solution for vehicle hire, maintenance and fleet management services delivered by the sector’s market leaders.

  • Contracting Authority – Watford Community Housing

  • Contract Notice – 2025/S 000-002994

  • Contract Award Notice – 2025/S 000-029245

  • Framework Start date – 01/04/25

  • Direct Selection – Yes

  • Mini-competition – Yes

  • PCR2015 compliant

  • Framework End Date – 01/04/29 (With the option to extend for a further 12 months)

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About the Framework

Covering all vehicle hire, maintenance and fleet management services through a one-stop shop solution, the framework, procured with Contracting Authority Watford Community Housing has been designed to flex to suit operational requirements, enabling authorised users to respond to changes within their working environment.

It offers a huge range of petrol, diesel, hybrid and electric vehicles available, from small cars to long wheelbase panel vans.

Authorised users can hire vehicles as and when they are required, and access a range of services including vehicle repairs, servicing & maintenance, replacement of worn tyres, 24-hour breakdown and roadside assistance, replacement vehicles and a fixed-price menu for repairing damage, plus additional services such as telematics, tracking, livery, bespoke fit-outs and racking, fleet management, fuel cards, accident management and consultancy services.

As well as offering access to a range of electric vehicles, the framework can support authorised users to make the switch from ICE vehicles with feasibility studies and load analysis, as well as the supply and fit of EV charging points.

Your framework contacts

At Pretium we pride ourselves on our hands-on approach. We are always available by phone or email to answer your queries and to support you to get the most out our frameworks.

Tom Millican

Thomas Millican

Framework Solutions Manager

Charlotte Barber, Framework Co-ordinator

Charlotte Barber

Framework Co-ordinator

Lots

The single-Lot framework is delivered by the sector’s two market leaders:

Who can use the framework?

Our frameworks are open to any public sector organisations and members of their supply chain, including:

  • Housing providers
  • Local Authorities and ALMOs
  • National, Regional and Local Health Authorities
  • NHS Trusts and Primary Care Trusts
  • Educational establishments such as universities and colleges
  • Government Agencies, including the Ministry of Defence, Highways Agency, Prison Service etc
  • Police Service
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Accessing the Framework

Authorised Users must sign an Access Agreement with the Contracting Authority in order to use the framework

You can choose between Mini-Competition and Direct Award (see section below for more information).

On completion of the framework procurement process (either Direct Award or Mini-Competition) the Authorised User will enter into a call-off contract with the selected supplier, using an industry standard form of construction contract. Authorised Users can choose to appoint consultants using the Framework Letter of Appointment or Deed of Appointment.

Contracts can be awarded via Direct Award or Mini-Competition to suit operational requirements and project circumstances, and a member of the Pretium team will advise and support you through the call-off procurement process.

Direct Award

Direct Award offers the mechanism to issue work directly to the supplier without any further tender.

Authorised Users may award directly to a framework supplier in any of the following circumstances:

  • Where the framework supplier is the number 1 ranked framework supplier (as shown in the fourth column of the table in Schedule 1). If such framework supplier either declines the award of the call-off contract or WCH or the Authorised User, acting reasonably and having regard to the capability criteria, does not consider that it is capable of carrying out the call-off contract, WCH or the Authorised User may award the call- off contract by Direct Selection to the framework supplier who is the number 2 ranked framework supplier, and so on and so forth.
  • Where the call-off contract has substantial similarities to a previous contract in which the framework supplier was involved (whether such project was the subject of a call-off contract awarded under this Framework Agreement or not).
  • Where for reasons of urgency it is not reasonably practicable to award the call-off contract by way of a Mini-Competition.
  • Where WCH or the Authorised User has determined through application of the capability criteria that only that framework supplier is capable of carrying out the call-off contract.
  • Where the framework supplier has already supplied services relating to the call-off contract and WCH or the Authorised User requires continuity of service in respect of such a subsequent supply arrangement.
  • Where the estimated value of the services to be supplied in relation to the call-off contract is less than the amount below which direct awards are permitted by WCH’s or the Authorised User’s standing orders from time to time.
  • Where WCH or the Authorised User has invited expressions of interest from framework suppliers in relation to an intended Mini-Competition for a call-off contract, and only one framework supplier has responded to express their interest within the requisite timescale set by WCH or the Authorised User.
  • Where for reasons of confidentiality or commercial sensitivity it is not reasonably practicable to award the call-off contract by way of a Mini-Competition.

All suppliers within the framework are invited to participate in a mini tender specific to the works being called off.

The Authorised Users will identify the framework suppliers appointed to the framework lot, who are capable of carrying out the particular call-off contract and invite those framework suppliers to participate in the mini-competition.

Authorised Users may use capability criteria to determine which framework suppliers are capable of carrying out the call-off contract and are therefore invited to participate in the mini-competition.

The Pretium team manage this process on the Authorised User’s behalf or can offer support, as and when required, including document templates. The process can be managed through Procurement portal, EU Supply/Mercell or directly by the authorised user through their choice of portal.

Whichever option you choose, you may wish to understand which of our trusted suppliers have the capacity to deliver your project, through an Expression of Interest (EOI). Our team will gather your project information into an EOI template which will be issued to all suppliers. Their responses are then collated and presented to you in a summary document to help inform decision making moving forward.

Useful Documents

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If you would like to find out more about accessing this framework, please fill in this contact form and one of our team will be in touch.

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