PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

AT1359 - External replacement vehicle hire

Luton Council · published 26 Feb 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID648df23c-b3ae-457f-9477-a43304e565fa-886154
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-8d00fed6-99d4-4515-8a5b-49e9c76c07ca
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-107313
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£1,500,000
award field
Tender value
£1,500,000
tender field
Procurement method
Not specified
Category
services
CPV
34000000
Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
Delivery
England, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This procurement establishes a compliant route for the hire and lease of vehicles required to maintain fleet availability for the council's frontline and traded services. Historically, vehicle hire has relied on ad-hoc/spot purchasing with no contract in place

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release26 Feb 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published17 Feb 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published27 Feb 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published26 Feb 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Fulcrum Automotive Solutions Ltd

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 26 Feb 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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