TransLinc/London Borough of
Hounslow
Details of the
deal: Specialist local authority fleet provider TransLinc
has an order to supply the London Borough of Hounslow (Hounslow)
with five and seven-year contract agreements for eight LCV tippers
based on Ford Transit chassis, plus nine Mercedes 515CDi Treka
minibuses, six Iveco Plug Door minibuses, an Iveco Utranazz Mixer,
four Iveco Thomson 7.5-tonne Tippers and two 18-tonne Iveco Thomson
Tippers.
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Maintenance for the vehicles, which are being
supplied by TransLinc under five and seven-year contract
agreements, will be carried out by Hounslow in its in-house
workshops.
Value: £1.7 million
(€1.9 million).
Why now: Hounslow
was looking for new Euro IV and Euro V-compliant vehicles to
replace its existing minibuses and HGVs, to help the authority meet
new regulations concerning London’s Low Emission Zone, which is due
to come into force in 2012.
According to Richard Albon, a contract manager
at TransLinc, who led the deal, the delivery of this batch of
vehicles demonstrates TransLinc’s commitment to sourcing vehicles
tailored to its customers needs.
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By GlobalDataWendy Cheesewright, operational support
officer at Hounslow, added: “The new vehicles will replace older
ones on long term hire, and will help us to cut our overall fleet
emissions, while being more cost-effective to run.”
Background: Despite
the recession, the topic of ‘green’ vehicles has not left the
public sector agenda. The issue, according to Lee Coulson,
marketing and sales manager at TransLinc, is bridging this with a
cost-efficient solution.
“There is a cost-saving associated with being
a greener organisation,” Coulson said. “But with a price premium on
electric vehicles, many local authorities often choose cleaner
diesel vehicles instead.”
With the latest batch of vehicles delivered,
TransLinc expects to finish delivering all of the 38 vehicles to
Hounslow before the end of this month.
Behind the people
involved: The Hounslow deal was led by Richard Albon, a
long-time employee of TransLinc, and was supported by the TransLinc
team.
Albon joined Lincolnshire County Council in
1980 as an apprentice. Since Lincolnshire County Council
externalised its transport function in 1998, into what has now
become TransLinc, Albon has held a number of positions, rising from
craftsman, to chargehand, foreman, sales consultant, regional sales
manager, and finally contract manager for London and the South.
Albon’s key clients now include borough and
district councils in Bournemouth, Hackney, Lambeth, Newham, Tower
Hamlets, Reading, Windsor and Maidenhead, and Slough.
