How to win: Preliminary Market Engagement Vehicle Recovery and Associated Services

About this contract

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire (OPCC) on behalf of Warwickshire Police is considering future options for the provision of its Vehicle Recovery Service. We would therefore like to invite suppliers to participate in the preliminary market engagement process. This exercise is purely for the purpose of information gathering in order to inform the procurement strategy going forward. It should be noted that any future purchase will be subject to a full competitive tendering procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. A full specification of technical, functional and non-functional requirements would be provided within the tender documentation. Warwickshire Police requires a vehicle recovery service to support operational policing activities across the county. The service is required to ensure that vehicles which are illegally, dangerously or obstructively parked, have broken down, are collision damaged, abandoned, or stolen, can be removed, recovered, stored and processed safely and efficiently. The service must also provide for the recovery, storage and processing of vehicles seized by the police under prescribed legislation including but not

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — The Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £11,287,445, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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