Tender: Provision and Maintenance of 22 Courier Fleet Vehicles – North-east England

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Synchronicity Care Limited is seeking a supplier for the provision and full service maintenance of a 22-vehicle courier fleet operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year across the North-east of England to transport supplies, post, medical equipment and pathology items to health centres, doctor surgeries, hospitals and other institutions. The fleet requirement is 5 Luton 3.5 tonne multi-drop vehicles with tail lifts and 17 small to medium EV and ICE vehicles for multi-site deliveries and ad-hoc duties. The successful supplier will provide the vehicles and a comprehensive service and maintenance contract covering safety, maintenance and repairs, relief vehicles delivered to Darlington Memorial Hospital or University Hospital of North Durham during servicing or breakdowns, replacement tyres (fair wear and tear), fluids and windscreen wipers, full maintenance and mandatory preventative inspections including tail-lift inspections to meet The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998, windscreen/glass replacement, customised livery as directed by Trust representatives, NHSV Class (taxation exempt disc), required vehicle driver training, 24/7 breakdown recovery (RAC or equivalent) with a dedicated contact number and one-hour response time, on-road recovery and replacement within two hours if not repaired, and mobile puncture repair with a maximum two-hour response time.