Awarded contract

Fuel Cards and Associated Services

Details

Value
£280,000
Topic
Vehicle refuelling services
Published
4 July 2024

Tender description

This contract enables University staff to pay for the fuel and related services used while driving for official business. Lot 1: The University of Edinburgh is required to purchase vehicle fuel, in order to operate our front-line services. This includes Security, Mail Delivery, Trades and Maintenance, Landscape and Grounds services, Information Services and Veterinary Services. The main contract requirements are: - Availability at all major fuel stations; - Quick and easy card ordering online; - Speedy delivery of cards; - Card cancellations online; - Access to invoices; - Ability to see transaction history; - Ability to split accounts/create sub accounts and/or split cards into groups; - Easy to use online system; and - Ability to include oil and cleaning functions as part of the card usage.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 July 2024
  2. Completed: Award published4 July 2024
    Current notice

About the buyer

University of Edinburgh buys as a higher education institution, through its own Procurement function. Larger tenders are advertised on Public Contract Scotland, via the PCS-T e-tendering platform. Suppliers must register separately on both systems before bidding. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements with APUC, Scotland Excel and the Crown Commercial Service. Prior information notices invite market engagement from suppliers ahead of larger tenders. The Strategic Procurement team leads regulated sourcing, while Operational Procurement manages day-to-day purchase orders. A Procurement Support team handles reporting, data analysis and training across the function.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Edinburgh's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 63712600 · Vehicle refuelling services

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