Vehicle Maintenance Services

Buyer
The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex
Value
£2,750,000
Closes
2 November 2026
Where
Lewes, the South East
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner is looking for up to 32 vehicle maintenance suppliers across 4 categories (motorcycles, cars, vans up to 3.5 tonnes, and larger vans/lorries). They're setting up a framework agreement where up to 8 suppliers can win work in each category. Your workshop must be within 35 miles of their sites in Surrey, East Sussex or West Sussex.

What the buyer wants

• Provide regular and emergency maintenance services for police vehicles in your assigned category (motorcycles, cars, small vans, or large vans/lorries) • Operate from a workshop within 35 miles of Sussex or Surrey police premises • Meet response times and quality standards for keeping emergency service vehicles operational

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Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

This is a large framework contract worth £2.75 million across two police forces with strict location requirements (within 35 miles of specific workshops). Most micro-businesses will lack the scale, insurance levels, facilities, and capacity to maintain police vehicles across multiple sites and handle emergency callouts 24/7.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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