# Environment Agency - Recovery, storage and disposal of seized vehicles

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [The Mansfield Group](/contract-winners/mansfield-group/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £100,000
- Award date: 28 December 2016
- Published: 1 February 2017
- Contract start: 3 January 2017
- Contract end: 2 January 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9eebc41c-fab5-4584-b807-1525d504e36f-128092
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4a16423c-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

Where the Environment Agency has reasonable grounds to believe that a waste or fisheries offence has been committed, we have the power to seize vehicles under the following legislation: Environmental Protection Act 1990; Control of Pollution \(Amendment\) Act 1989; and the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975\. We also have the power to retain the seized vehicles under this legislation\. The provisions allows an authorised Environment Agency officer to seize a vehicle and its contents\. Accordingly, we are seeking a contractor to provide vehicle recovery, storage and disposal services\. We are looking for a single contractor to provide a managed service giving us a single point of contact in respect of the seized property\. Additional information: The tender process is being undertaken within Bravo, our online tendering portal\. Therefore you will find all tender questions and the areas for you to submit your tender response within the Bravo system: https://defra\.bravosolution\.co\.uk/web/login\.html The tender documents are also available from the portal\. The deadline for tender submissions is 2pm on 7 November 2016\. Should you have queries with the tender, please contact the Commercial Lead via the portal\. This can be accessed by logging in to Bravo and navigating to the relevant ‘ITT’ and then the ‘messages’ area\. Any messages that you submit here will go directly to the relevant Commercial lead\. To register on the Bravo portal, click on the ‘Register now’ button\. Guidance on how to register is available under the ‘click here for details on how to register’ link\. All queries regarding using the system that are not answered by the guidance section should be directed to the eSourcing Helpdesk run by BravoSolution \(the suppliers of the portal\) who can be contacted via: Phone: 0800 368 4850 Email: help@bravosolution\.co\.uk

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9eebc41c-fab5-4584-b807-1525d504e36f-128092)