North Yorkshire Police Authority (NYPA), with the support of other Contracting Bodies, is leading this collaborative procurement. Whilst no business is guaranteed via a framework agreement, the contracting authorities that have expressed an interest in using the framework and who will be permitted to use the framework are, the Metropolitan Police Authority established under section 5B of the Police Act 1996; a police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996; a police authority established under section 2 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967; the Northern Ireland Policing Board, the Greater London Authority or a functional body within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999; a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme under the Fire Services Act 1947; a fire and rescue authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or constituted by a scheme under section 2 or 4 of that Act. The framework will also be open to be accessed by the following contracting authorities: Central Government Departments and their Agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPB’s)(a list of NDPB’s can be found at Annex A to the Public Bodies Directory 2007 published by the cabinet office); NHS Bodies (i.e. Acute Trusts, Ambulance Trusts, Primary Care Trusts, Care Trusts, NHS Hospital Trusts, Strategic Health Authorities, Mental Health Trusts, Special Health Authorities, Community Health Councils, Local Health Boards, NHS Trusts, NHS Scotland and its organisations and Special NHS Boards in Scotland and Local Authorities (i.e. a local authority as defined in Regulation 3(2) to (5) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). Lastly, the framework is intended to meet the needs of the Environment Agency. The Agency may require the successful bidder(s) to provide the goods/services on the same terms that are agreed as a result of this tender to the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and to its associated bodies including any Agencies and non departmental public bodies. Similarly the contractor may be required to supply the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, the Welsh Assembly Government, including its Agencies, and the Forestry Commission, including its Executive Agencies.

The NAPFM / NYPA are looking for a supplier who is suitably skilled and qualified to provide a service for the disposal of write-off vehicles.

The contractor will have membership of the British Vehicle Salvage Federation and or the Motor Vehicle Dismantlers Association or equivalent.

This will be a single provider framework.

The successful provider shall be admitted to a Framework Agreement. The call off element of the Framework Agreement shall be activated when the Authority or a Contracting Authority raises a call off order (each call off order being a contract in its own right). Any specific requirements for any Contracting Authority shall be set out in the call off order.