218_26 Specialist Vehicle Contract Hire/Leasing

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

072060-2026

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 34114400, 34121000, 34134000, 34139000, 34142200, 34143000, 34144410, 34144431, 34144440, 34144510, 34144511, 34144512, 34144710, 34144760, 34223370, 34921100

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

ESPO is a public sector-owned professional buying organisation offering a comprehensive range of procurement services, including access to over 100 free-to-access framework solutions for the wider public sector. ESPO framework for the medium/long term hire/lease of specialist vehicles, including internal combustion engine and alternatively fuelled options. The Framework is divided into 9 lots. Note: The “Contract value” per lot as captured in this notice is for the overall framework (with this same overall value being captured per lot), as ESPO offers no guarantees or estimates of value that may pass through each individual lot (but the overall usage across all lots is not expected to exceed this overall framework value). For any additional details please also refer to https://www.espo.org/specialist-vehicle-contract-hire-leasing-218-26.html Note: Overall framework award was concluded on 23/07/2026, with this notice being published to follow on from this.

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Observed notice trail

How the published record developed

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1. Planning notice observed

   22 May 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   024615-2025

   Published tags

   planning

2. Planning notice observed

   16 Dec 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   083539-2025

   Published tags

   planning

3. Tender notice observed

   15 Apr 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   034176-2026

   Published tags

   tender

4. Award notice observed

   7 Jul 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Lot 1. Refuse collection vehicles (RCV's)

  Buyer: Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPOSupplier: CMS HIRE LIMITED (04633375) - a wholly-owned subsidiary and operating division of Cooper Group UK Limited

  End date in notice

  19 Jul 2030Date from the linked contract

  Value shown in notice

  £41,666,667Value from the linked contract

  Official source

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  About this figure

  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.
  • This value appears on 9 awards in the same procurement, so it is not included in summary totals.
  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.

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  Source

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  Award or lot reference

  1

• Lot 1. Refuse collection vehicles (RCV's)

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Renewal information is statedLot 1Repeated in 2 notices; the most recent statement is shown.Published 16 Dec 2025.Open supporting notice 083539-2025

No exact source-published process relationship was found.