Leasing of Vehicles and Telematics System via Contract Hire

Description

At present GTR run a fleet of 87 Diesel vehicles consisting primarily of 18 Large, 24 Medium, 16 Small and 2 Micro Panel Vans as well as 3 large, and 19 Medium passenger cars. Although our aim is still to reduce the environmental impact of the fleet of road vehicles we run, we acknowledge that market conditions and GTR’s infrastructure for EV charging may not allow GTR to change all of its vehicles to electric/hybrid versions at this time, GTR's requirements are a combination of diesel and hybrid vehicles. The vehicle requirements will be separated into 2 lots. To allow GTR to select the most suitable vehicle for each activity this requirement. An additional Lot is included for a telematics system to assist in managing the fleet and understanding the vehicle utilisation. The telematic system is being tendered as is a separate Lot to allow the vehicle Lots to be awarded independently whilst also ensuring a standardisation for the telematics. Lot 1: Euro 6 Diesel Panel Van 36 month lease for Large, Medium, Small and Micro Panels vans of various wheelbases and heights with specific options all as detailed within the tender pack. All leases will be on a Contract Hire basis. Lot 2: Self-Charging Hybrid Cars 36 month lease for medium and small Self Charging Hybrid passenger cars, with specific options all as detailed within the tender pack. All leases will be on a Contract Hire basis. Lot 3: Telematic system The telematics system to be offered under Lot 3 will be provided for the total number of vehicles procured by GTR under Lots 1 and 2 currently envisaged as being 87 in total, on a 3-year closed end lease and is to be fully inclusive of all hardware, installation, software licencing, Software as a Service (SaaS) costs and removal costs at the end of the lease period.