Procurement of Operating Lease and Finance Lease Facilities.

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Culture and Sport Glasgow (‘the Trust’) invites tenders for the supply of Leasing Facilities under a 48-month framework agreement (‘the Agreement’). The Agreement will be used by the Trust and may also be utilised by all other Leisure Trusts located in the United Kingdom, lists of which can be found at:http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/showcharity/registerofcharities/registerhomepage.aspx?&=&http://sporta.org/member-directoryThe Agreement is also available to all current and future members of The Procurement Partnership Limited's (‘TPPL’) buying club. A list of members of TPPL can be obtained from www.tppl.co.uk/about-us/our-members. Capita Asset Services (‘Capita’), a major provider of advisory services to the UK Public Sector, intends to use this Agreement to enable its clients to procure leasing facilities. Capita will provide details of the framework agreement and market the framework to its clients.The tender and the subsequent Agreement consist of two lots:Lot 1: Operating Lease FacilitiesLot 2: Finance Lease FacilitiesLot 1 is for operating lease facilities for gym equipment, cars, light commercial vehicles, specialist vehicles, IT, copiers, multi-functional devices, plant, general equipment and any other asset type a Leisure Trust may require.Lot 2 is for finance lease facilities for gym equipment, synthetic pitches, cars, light commercial vehicles, specialist vehicles, IT, copiers, multi-functional devices, plant, general equipment and any other asset type a Leisure Trust may require.It is anticipated that the combined requirement from all eligible organisations (Trusts) accessing the Agreement will result in between 300-800 leases being procured during the life of the Agreement. It is envisaged that an absolute maximum of 18 economic operators (‘the Contractor’) will be awarded a position on this Framework Agreement with 10 participants for Lot 1 and 8 participants for Lot 2.The estimated value of purchases that will be made using the Agreement during the 48-month period is between 10 000 000.00 GBP and 50 000 000.00 GBP excluding VAT. This estimate of framework expenditure is for information only, and no guarantees are given, nor are implied as to the value of business that will be placed with successful suppliers participating in the resulting Framework Agreement.