Good-enough lease rates aren’t good enough anymore: Introducing Multi-Bid Tendering

Good-enough lease rates aren’t good enough anymore: Introducing Multi-Bid Tendering

Posted by

Rob Wentworth-James

May 2025

In a climate of persistent inflation, unpredictable tariffs and relentless cost pressure, “we’ve always done it this way” is the most expensive sentence in fleet management. If you’re already leasing, you’ve made a smart move—but chances are you’re still losing commercial tension on every vehicle.

At Fleet Alliance, we see it every day: fleets locked into single-funder agreements that looked fine on paper last year but are quietly out of step with today’s market. Here’s why that status quo is costing you—and how a competitive tendering model can put the savings straight back on your P&L.

 

Why Single-Source Leasing Leaves Money on the Table

Most businesses negotiate once, sign with a preferred funder and assume they’re covered. Trouble is, lease pricing shifts monthly with funder appetite and residual forecasts. If you aren’t checking each order against the market, you’re paying a premium—full stop.

 

Competitive tendering for fleets

The Fleet Alliance Difference: Multi-Bid Tendering on Autopilot

  1. Every Quote Goes to a Panel of Funders
    We pass each vehicle request through a live panel of the UK’s most competitive contract-hire providers. They compete; you collect the saving. Typical clients cut monthly rentals by 5–9% overnight—no haggling required.
  2. Zero Admin Drag
    Sourcing, ordering, delivery, hire, fuel card management, licence checks, order renewals—our team handles the grind so yours can focus on strategy, not service bookings and dealing with driver day-to-day queries.
  3. Real-Time Control in One Powerful Platform
    e-Fleet, our award-winning portal, pulls every legacy and current vehicle, cost line and driver record into a single dashboard. Monitor spend, emissions and compliance status from your phone, export Board-ready reports in seconds.
  4. Expert Eyes on Your Policy
    Need to refresh car grades, model lifecycles or carve out an EV salary-sacrifice scheme? Our Major Account Management team benchmark, model and implement changes that stick—backed by live fleet data, not guesswork.
  5. Future-Proof ESG and EV Support
    From total-cost-of-ownership modelling on electric vehicles to charging-infrastructure advice, we’ll plot a net-zero roadmap that satisfies finance, operations and sustainability stakeholders alike

What Does That Mean in Practice?

  • Lower Cost per Mile without sacrificing vehicle choice or service levels
  • Fewer Internal Touchpoints—our team chases suppliers, not yours
  • Bulletproof Compliance on licences, servicing and duty of care
  • Board-Friendly ESG Wins with tangible CO2 reductions and cost-avoidance data

 

Ready to See the Numbers?

A 15-minute side-by-side comparison is usually all it takes to reveal how much money you’re leaving on the table. If you want to see our tendering engine in action—or walk through the e-Fleet dashboard—drop us a line. We’ll show you exactly where the savings are hiding, and how soon they can hit your bottom line.

Because in 2025, “good enough” isn’t good enough—and your fleet deserves better.


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