Tyres, Glass and Telematics
Summary
Central government and wider public sector organisations can buy tyres and glass for their vehicles. Also includes the leasing, hiring or buying of vehicle telematics hardware and software solutions.
Description
Access a wide range of products and services to help you maintain your vehicles. You can also access a range of supply options including supply only (for tyres) and supply and fit at a supplier depot or your premises. This can also include roadside and emergency supply and fit.
Products and services include:
- tyres of all sizes (including standard passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles, heavy goods vehicles and electric vehicle ready tyres)
- vehicle glass and consumable parts
- a range of glass solutions including anti-bandit and security glass, windscreen recalibration and chip repair
- larger items needed for repairs such as brakes, exhausts and batteries
- services including vehicle servicing, MOTs and diagnostics
- vehicle telematic products and services to help you improve the safety and efficiency of your fleet operations
Telematics refers to products and services such as dash cams and tracking devices that you can use to track and analyse vehicle data. For example, data you can track includes fuel consumption, vehicle tracking and driver behaviour.
We designed this agreement to allow you to decide which telematics solution you need while providing suppliers the flexibility to adapt their offering to meet those needs.
This agreement will run for 8 years.
Benefits
- access to discounted prices for tyres and glass so you can use your budgets effectively and efficiently
- access a lot dedicated to the supply and fit of tyres for blue light and emergency services as well as appropriate service levels to reduce the amount of time that the vehicle is off the road
- access tyres for vehicles of all sizes
- all suppliers and their products and services follow all relevant legislative and technical standards (including tyre-labelling standards)
- access other vehicle services such as tyre management and fast fit products and services including windscreen wipers and car bulbs
Effective use of telematics provides many benefits such as enabling you to:
- analyse vehicle usage to support evidence based decision making
- identify driver training needs and improve driver behaviour to reduce accidents, injuries and property damage
- reduce emissions through improved fuel efficiency and future vehicle selection
Product types
Lot 1: Supply and fit of tyres and associated products and services for Blue Light (Emergency Services)
This is a single supplier lot providing:
- UK nationwide coverage for the supply, fit and management of tyres and services to individual blue light buyers
- a range of fitting services to suit your needs including a fitting service at your own network of depots, mobile fitting and a 24/7 emergency call out service
- fast fit products and services including wiper blades, bulbs and vehicle servicing
Lot 2: Supply, fit and management of tyres and associated products and services
Provides the supply, fit and management of tyres and associated products and services on a regional or national basis. Includes:
- tyre management solutions
- fast fit products and services including wiper blades, bulbs and vehicle servicing
- tyres for vehicles of all sizes from standard passenger cars to heavy goods vehicles
Lot 3: Supply, fit and repair of glass and associated products and services
Provides the supply, fit and repair of glass as well as associated services and products on a regional or national basis. Includes:
- the supply of complementary services including, but not limited to, minor bodywork repairs
- the supply, fit and repair of glass for emergency vehicles including anti-bandit and security glass
Lot 4: Supply of vehicle telematics hardware, software and associated products
Provides telematics hardware, software and associated products to help you track and analyse your vehicle data. Includes:
- in-cab devices such as monitors, cameras and dash cams
- external cameras and CCTV
- asset and vehicle tracking
- route planning
- event video recorders and Incident Data Recorders
- solutions for specialist and heavy vehicles, such as waste management or winter maintenance solutions
- workforce and/or fleet management optimisation
- driver and risk management solutions such as driver ID and driver benchmarking
- products or services related to achieving covert operations and/or blue light related fleet and incident management
- any other innovative, associated products and services which develop in an evolving market and support the delivery and deployment of an effective telematics system
Customer engagement
We will be holding customer engagement sessions from November 2023. If you would like to be involved in the development and procurement of this new agreement, email the team. You will need to include: ‘Stakeholder’ in the subject line of your email.
Your email should also include your:
- name
- email address
- telephone number
- company name
Supplier engagement
CCS held an industry day in March 2024 to discuss the proposed Framework Agreement.
If you are interested in being a supplier on the framework and would like to discuss next steps, please email info@crowncommercial.gov.uk.
RM6353 will be under the New Procurement Act 2023 regulations. However until the Act is released, please read the current core terms and record any feedback on the clarification log.
Please return the clarification log to info@crowncommercial.gov.uk with RM6353 in the subject line by the 31 July 2024.
Important links
| Prior Information Notice (PIN) | Prior Information Notice |
|---|---|
| Contract Notice in Find a Tender (FTS) | Contract Notice |
| Tender documents | Not available yet |
Timeline
| Activity | Estimated dates |
|---|---|
| Pre-market engagement | September 2023 – March 2024 |
| Drafting of procurement documents | March 2024 – January 2025 |
| Publication of find a tender (FTS) notice | 25 January 2024 |
| Framework award | 26 June 2025 |