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Fleet vehicles contracts

UK public sector · 343 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
343
Last 12 months
Median contract
£80k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£79.4m
329 of 341 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
129
Suppliers
132

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most fleet vehicles contracts took 37% of them (128 of 343).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 21% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £80k, is 21% below the median across transport & logistics contracts (£101k).
  • North East had the most contracts: 51, or 15% of the total.

Who buys fleet vehicles

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

  1. 1Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office33 contracts
  2. 2Durham County Council14 contracts
  3. 3London Ambulance Service NHS Trust12 contracts
  4. 4Cheshire Constabulary10 contracts
  5. 5West Yorkshire Combined Authority9 contracts
  6. 6South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority8 contracts
  7. 7Nottinghamshire County Council8 contracts
  8. 8West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service7 contracts
  9. 9Maritime and Coastguard Agency6 contracts
  10. 10Middlesbrough Council6 contracts

Top fleet vehicles contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Lookers42 contracts
  2. 2Toyota28 contracts
  3. 3Ford Motor Company Limited24 contracts
  4. 4Volkswagen UK18 contracts
  5. 5Motus Group (UK)16 contracts
  6. 6Vauxhall Motors10 contracts
  7. 7TrustFord10 contracts
  8. 8Hyundai Motor UK9 contracts
  9. 9NISSAN MOTOR (GB) LIMITED9 contracts
  10. 10MAN Truck & Bus UK8 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

99Q4 2025*91Q1 202681Q2 202672Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 302 · Scotland 21 · Wales 18 · Northern Ireland 2

North East51London43Yorkshire and The Humber42North West33East Midlands29West Midlands18East of England17Wales17Scotland17South East16South West15Northern Ireland2UK-wide or not stated43

What is included

Outright purchase of cars, SUVs, 4x4 pick-ups and vans (panel, crew, passenger and Luton vans and other light commercial vehicles) from manufacturers and dealers, including electric and hybrid models and vehicles delivered to a blue-light specification.

  • Passenger cars and SUVs, including electric and hybrid
  • 4x4 pick-ups and double or twin cab utility vehicles
  • Small, medium and large panel vans and passenger vans
  • Luton box vans and light commercial vehicles bought as vans
  • Police, fire, coastguard and ambulance non-operational cars and vans supplied complete, including to blue-light specification
  • Official and diplomatic cars for embassies and consulates
  • New and used cars and vans
  • Light and medium commercial vehicle lots of vehicle purchase frameworks

What is not included

  • Tippers, dropsides, cage tippers, beavertails and bodied trucks (trn.vehicle.trucks-tippers-and-hgvs)
  • Minibuses and wheelchair accessible cars (trn.vehicle.minibuses-and-accessible-vehicles)
  • Motorcycles (trn.vehicle.motorcycles)
  • Fitting blue lights or equipment to vehicles the buyer already owns (trn.vehicle.blue-light-upfitting-and-livery)
  • Armoured cars (trn.vehicle.armoured-and-protected-vehicles)
  • Van racking fitted separately (trn.vehicle.van-racking-and-fit-out)
  • Car and van leasing (trn.fleet.car-and-van-contract-hire)
  • Car and van rental (trn.fleet.short-term-car-and-van-hire)
  • Purchase frameworks across many vehicle types (trn.vehicle.vehicle-supply-mixed-or-unspecified)

Often bought by the same buyers