Savings of £112m a year
predicted in push to address vehicle inconsistencies.
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Police vehicles for 43 forces
across England are to be acquired through a new framework agreement
from September. The contract is expected to save £112m a year and
will cover vehicles from beat cars to 4x4s and motorcycles.
Richard Flint, chairman of the
National Association of Police Fleet Managers, said: “The framework
covers 100% of all UK force requirements and specifications have
been produced for all these vehicles. Beat cars are approximately
15% of fleet purchases.”
The framework is intended to
standardise police fleets including onboard equipment, helping
police officers as they move between forces.
Alan Jones, a Police Federation
lead roads policing officer, said: “It makes sense. This gives us
an opportunity to put in place the best value equipment for
officers. It addresses vehicle inconsistencies and variations
between forces, and enables suppliers and contractors to offer
better prices.”
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By GlobalDataProviders will be expected to help
forces in creating more standardised fleets.
“While it’s expected some plug-in
parts of technical solutions may remain locally sourced, suppliers
will be asked to develop further standardisation options through a
competitive approach,” said Nick Croft, roads policing
representative at the Association of Chief Police Officers.
More than 7,000 police vehicles
were purchased last year through the established National Forensic
Framework Agreement, managed by the National Policing Improvement
Agency (NPIA), saving an estimated £26m over the life of the
contract.
• Nottinghamshire Police has a
25-year PFI contract with Venson covering 400 vehicles paid for on
a day by day basis.
Lucas Ortega, Nottinghamshire
Police head of procurement said: “We support the aim to standardise
fleets and maximise our collective buying power.”
