Service market

Fleet maintenance contracts

UK public sector · 71 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
71
Last 12 months
Median contract
£153k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£136m
70 of 70 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
52
Suppliers
62

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most fleet maintenance contracts took 20% of them (14 of 71).
  • The median contract, £153k, is 51% above the median across transport & logistics contracts (£101k).
  • East Midlands had the most contracts: 9, or 13% of the total.

Who buys fleet maintenance

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Ministry of Defence6 contracts
  2. 2Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire5 contracts
  3. 3Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust4 contracts
  4. 4DERBY CITY COUNCIL3 contracts
  5. 5Newport City Council2 contracts
  6. 6Torridge District Council2 contracts
  7. 7East Riding of Yorkshire Council2 contracts
  8. 8Wolverhampton City Council2 contracts
  9. 9Middlesbrough Council2 contracts
  10. 10Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs1 contract

Top fleet maintenance contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Castle Coachworks (Northampton) Limited4 contracts
  2. 2Plantexpand Ltd3 contracts
  3. 3Terberg Matec UK3 contracts
  4. 4NRG Riverside2 contracts
  5. 5Mitchell Powersystems2 contracts
  6. 6Briggs Equipment2 contracts
  7. 7Carwood Motor Units Ltd2 contracts
  8. 8Motus Group (UK)2 contracts
  9. 9AS Commercial Services Limited2 contracts
  10. 10Mason Commercial Limited2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

18Q4 2025*16Q1 202621Q2 202616Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 55 · Wales 8 · Northern Ireland 4 · Scotland 3 · UK-wide 1

East Midlands9Wales8Yorkshire and The Humber7North West6West Midlands6South West6London5East of England4South East4Northern Ireland4North East3Scotland3UK-wide or not stated6

What is included

Scheduled servicing, safety inspections and mechanical and electrical repair of cars, vans, HGVs, buses, refuse vehicles and other fleet vehicles, from single-class lots at garages, dealers or mobile technicians to one contractor maintaining a whole mixed fleet.

  • Whole-fleet servicing and repair contracts
  • Fleet and plant repair and maintenance
  • Maintenance contracts bundling MOT coordination, tyres, parts and mobile servicing
  • Car and light commercial vehicle maintenance lots
  • Pool and highway inspection vehicle maintenance
  • Police car and van repair and maintenance
  • Large goods vehicle and trailer maintenance
  • Servicing, inspection, maintenance and repair (SIMAR) of commercial vehicles
  • HGV and PCV safety inspections for operator licence compliance
  • Digital tachograph calibration and repair
  • RCV repair
  • Tractor unit servicing
  • Bus refurbishment and reconditioning
  • Commercial vehicle dealer parts and service agreements

What is not included

  • Fleet administration without maintenance (trn.fleet.outsourced-fleet-management)
  • Maintenance of converted and specialist vehicles by their builder (trn.maint.specialist-and-converted-vehicle-maintenance)
  • Accident repair and bodywork (trn.maint.accident-repair-and-bodywork)
  • Tyres bought on their own (trn.maint.tyres)
  • Air conditioning and auxiliary heating (trn.maint.vehicle-air-conditioning-and-heating)
  • Tachograph data and drivers' hours analysis (trn.fleet.driver-licence-and-compliance-checking)
  • Rolling stock maintenance (trn.rail.rolling-stock-maintenance)
  • Fleet vehicle washing and valeting (cln.trans.fleet-vehicle-washing-and-valeting)
  • Grounds machinery servicing (grd.supply.machinery-servicing-repair)

Often bought by the same buyers