Vehicle Leasing & Associated Services

Description

SSE Plc is seeking a Contractor(s) for the supply of vehicle leasing, hire and associated services to support its NZAP ambition. These services include: • Leasing and management of company cars. • Leasing and management of salary sacrifice cars, • Leasing of vans under 3.5 tons including pick-ups, • Leasing of vans 3.5 tons and over including HGVs, • Leasing and management of company cars & commercial vehicles in ROI & mainland EU, • Hiring of cars for travel, • Hiring of cars and commercial vehicles for medium to long term, • Full fleet management, including all in life services, • Fleet telematics & cameras: hardware and services, • Accident management services, • Maintenance & breakdown services, • All driver support via a dedicated helpdesk, • Full fleet administration e.g., RFL, overseas travel, fines etc., • Proactive account management, • Best in class management reporting and IT platform, • Best practice advice and consultancy services, • Continuous improvement programs, Lot 1: leasing and management of company cars in the United Kingdom The Authority’s group company car scheme is designed to offer a contractual benefit of a car for business use for employees, with the additional benefit of private use for which benefit in kind tax is paid by the employee. The scheme is split into two sections (operational and management) with vehicles in the operational bands, where the highest volumes of employees it, being provided in four vehicle categories: hatchback, estate, SUV & AWD. An offering of full EV (BEV) and hybrid (PHEV) are required for each category. The Personal Used Contribution for operational bands is fixed depending on category car chosen and management bands have the option to fund up to maximum limits depending on band entitlement. The minimum vehicle specification includes: • Co2 emissions of no more than 75kg/km • Long-range batteries for full EVs: 250+ miles WLTP • Reversing sensors/cameras Lot 2: leasing and management of salary sacrifice cars in the United Kingdom The Authority’s group salary sacrifice car scheme is designed to offer an employee benefit to all employees eligible, currently circa 10,000 with additional recruitment expected to reach 15,000 during the term of the contract. The scheme is open to all eligible employees with no restrictions to vehicle type. The minimum vehicle specification to be delivered includes: • Co2 emissions of no more than 75kg/km Lot 3: leasing and management of vans under 3.5 tons including pickups in the United Kingdom The Authority operate commercial vans under 3.5 tons with varying levels of specifications. Examples include: • Ford Fiesta Van 1.0 Ecoboost 95ps • Fiat Doblo Maxi Cargo 1.6 105 Sx Mutlijet li • Nissan E-Nv200 Van 109ps Acenta Lot 4: leasing and management of vans 3.5 tons and over including HGVs in the United Kingdom The Authority operate commercial vans and HGVs 3.5 tons and above with varying levels of specifications. Examples include: • Mercedes Benz Unimog U4023 Extreme Off Road 9.8t 4x4 • Ford E-transit 425 L3 Rwd 135kw 68kwh H3 Trend Van Auto, • ME Sprinter 314cdi long diesel 3.5t blue efficiency chassis cab, Lot 5: leasing and management of company cars & commercial vehicles in the Republic of Ireland The Authority’s group company car scheme is designed to offer a contractual benefit of a car for business use for employees, with the additional benefit of private use for which benefit in kind tax is paid by the employee. The scheme that is required in ROI is required to align as closely as possible to that of the UK scheme with any difference clearly identified and justified. The minimum vehicle specification includes: • CO2 emissions of no more than 75kg/km, • Longer range batteries for full EVs: 250+ miles WLTP, • Reversing sensors/cameras. The Authority operate commercial vans with varying levels of specification. Examples include: • Mercedes Benz Sprinter 314cdi L2 diesel Rwd 3.5t • Mercedes Benz Sprinter 316cdi L2 diesel Rwd 3.5t H2 van • Fiat Doblo Cargo Swb diesel 1.3 Mutli jet 16v Sx van, Lot 6: leasing and management of company cars & commercial vehicles in mainland Europe The Authority has recently expanded into mainland Europe and are operating across multiple countries including: • France, • Spain, • Germany, • Italy, • Greece. The Authority is seeking a Contractor that can operate across these countries and the wider mainland Europe, delivering both cars and commercial vehicles. The quantity of vehicles required is currently unknown however it is expected to increase over the period of the contract. The successful Contractor shall manage all quality checks and build processes often including third-party suppliers across multiple locations, including factory, port, racking, branding, telematics and ultimate delivery to the driver. Lot 7: hire of cars for business travel. The Authority has a requirement for a Contractor to provide vehicle hire services via our travel portal. The current travel portal provider is Agiitto and the successful Contractor should be able to integrate with their travel portal. The successful Contractor shall be able to provide a mix of automatic, manual, electric, petrol and diesel cars. Lot 8: hire of cars in lieu of company cars (medium to long term) The Authority is seeking a Contractor(s) for the provision of car hire in the UK, ROI and mainland Europe. The Authority is seeking proposals to provide optionality in its medium to long time car hire contract arrangements. The options the Authority wishes to consider are: 1. Successful Contractor for the provision of vehicle leasing and management contractually providing hire arrangements in lieu of company cars on order for leasing, 2. Successful Contractor for the provision of car hire to contract directly with the Authority. Lot 9: hire of non-specialist commercial vehicles The Authority is seeking a Contractor(s) for the provision of non-specialist hire in the UK, ROI and mainland Europe. The Authority is seeking proposals to provide optionality in its non-specialist commercial vehicle hire contract arrangements. The options the Authority wishes to consider are: 1. Successful Contractor for the provision of vehicle leasing and management contractually providing hire arrangements in lieu of commercial vehicles on order for leasing, 2. Successful Contractor for the provision of non-specialist commercial vehicle hire to contract directly with the Authority. The successful Contractor shall be able to provide a mix of vehicles for short term hire to supplement core fleet assets for instance such as accident, repair, awaiting delivery or project enhancements. These assets would generally be hired on a short-term basis for less than 30 days, with requirements potentially resulting in retention of the hire asset for longer periods. Tenderers should provide daily rental services based on standard panel type vans, such as: Ford Transit Custom, Fiesta Van, Vauxhall Combo, Citroen Berlingo, Mecedes Sprinter 3.5T Lot 10: fleet telematics & cameras: hardware & services The Authority is seeking proposals to provide optionality in its supply and management of telematics contract arrangements. The options the Authority wishes to consider are: 1. Successful Contractor(s) for the provision of vehicle leasing and management contractually supplying all telematics services, including installations, reporting and through life management. 2. Successful Contractor for the provision of telematics and cameras to contract directly with the Authority for nomination to the Contractor(s) for the provision of vehicle leasing and management. Lot 11: accident management and recovery services The Authority is seeking proposals to provide optionality in its supply of accident management arrangements. The options the Authority wishes to consider are: 1. Successful Contractor(s) for the provision of vehicle leasing and management contractually supplying all accident management services including recovery, reporting and repair management. 2. Successful Contractor for the provision of accident management to contract directly with the Authority for nomination to the Contractor(s) for the provision of vehicle leasing and management.