These framework agreements mark the latest step forward in more effective co-ordination of public sector fleet procurement, and will deliver significant advantages to the organisations using them - providing a ‘one stop shop’ for fleet managed services.
The latest offering for the provision of fleet management and fleet consultancy covers basic services such as administration support and maintenance management, but also includes more specialist activity such policy development and duty of care services – including grey fleet management.
Key to this agreement is its high flexibility, allowing it to meet the specific needs of an organisation.
The approach to fleet management has previously been relatively fragmented across the public sector. It has been characterised by a multitude of agreements, none of which offer organisations the ability to draw all the benefits from these agreements through a single source.
The new framework agreement directly addresses this issue and provides organisations from across the sector – from health to local and central government, to housing and education institutions - with a clearer, simpler route to good quality, cost effective fleet management and consultancy services, including:
Fleet Management Services:
•Account Management
•Fleet Administration including driver support services
•Service, Maintenance and Repair
•Breakdown & Recovery Assistance
•Accident Management
•Fuel Card Management
•Acquisition & Disposal
•Management Information & Reporting
Fleet Consultancy:
•Fleet Audit - benchmarking current practice & delivering recommendations
•On-going fleet development – challenging current behaviours and costs
•Duty of Care solution – managing occupational road risk, driver risk profiling, driver training
Stuart Walker, brand director at Automotive Leasing, comments:
“The framework agreement approach has been proven to deliver significant advantages for anyone running a public sector fleet.
By bringing together a group of approved, trusted suppliers of fleet management services, Buying Solutions can offer everyone in the public sector access to high quality fleet management without having to embark on a lengthy, resource intensive tender process.
“From our point of view, it’s another step forward in our work with the public sector.
As the public sector specialist division of LeasePlan, we’ve worked with the public sector for almost 20 years.
We’ve built up a great deal of expertise and insight into the needs of public sector fleets and how they fit into the wider organisational context.
We’ve worked with a wide range of organisations on framing fleet policies, through to sourcing the right vehicles, getting the best deals for them and running them in the most effective way.
It’s this ‘one stop shop’ approach for fleet management that has seen us named on all of the main public sector framework agreements including car and commercial vehicle leasing, fleet management & consultancy services.”
For more information about the frameworks available to Public Sector fleets please email :
pangovt@automotive-leasing.co.uk
or call the Public Sector team on 01903 858318