Buying a car owned by the council.
Discussion
Gareth79 said:
I would agree that FOI would simply annoy everybody involved, not a good option.
As mentioned try and attack the problem from a different direction, somebody who can gently prod the fleet manager or tell you who might be dealing with it. Options are the PR/marketing people, the main customer service desk to mention that you haven't had a reply - if you are a local taxpayer try and work in something about being "disappointed"
A while ago I was told that fire engines are sold by sealed bid, ie. you offer a flat price and the highest gets it. Along these lines you could write to them mentioning you are interested, and if you are confident you think you know a fair price, say that you are willing to buy it at £X until a certain date. It might be worth copying to the finance department if they are concerned with that side of things (ie. getting the best return for assets).
At the end of the day if you think you are willing to pay more than anybody else then they can't overlook you when selling it.
Useful advice, thank you.As mentioned try and attack the problem from a different direction, somebody who can gently prod the fleet manager or tell you who might be dealing with it. Options are the PR/marketing people, the main customer service desk to mention that you haven't had a reply - if you are a local taxpayer try and work in something about being "disappointed"
A while ago I was told that fire engines are sold by sealed bid, ie. you offer a flat price and the highest gets it. Along these lines you could write to them mentioning you are interested, and if you are confident you think you know a fair price, say that you are willing to buy it at £X until a certain date. It might be worth copying to the finance department if they are concerned with that side of things (ie. getting the best return for assets).
At the end of the day if you think you are willing to pay more than anybody else then they can't overlook you when selling it.
Unfortunately I don't live within the council in questions area. I'm about 2 miles outside of it. Which is a shame!
You could always look through the local authority's committee minutes online, and see if you can find reference to their vehicle fleet and fleet requirements and - especially - historically which cars they will be keeping on because costs have been low and that aren't hired...
Bigger vehicles such as pickups are often hired and "on the fleet" for a specified term, but there wil be some vehicles which the LA own outright - an 11 year old 75 would be one of the latter .
Bigger vehicles such as pickups are often hired and "on the fleet" for a specified term, but there wil be some vehicles which the LA own outright - an 11 year old 75 would be one of the latter
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