Pendragon Contracts has won the sole supplier agreement for Hanson UK to provide fleet management, full maintenance and vehicle disposal management, and daily hire for 600 vans over the next two years.

Pendragon Contracts’ service offering will enable Hanson to streamline its fleet management processes and deliver cost efficiencies through a proactive and bespoke partnership arrangement.

The agreement was awarded after Pendragon Contracts demonstrated a totally integrated, flexible and cost-effective approach to the fleet management tender, involving its customer services, sales, finance and operations departments.

The arrangement harnesses data cleansing, a company vehicle policy, vehicle disposal, contract hire, accident management for 200 HGVs, bespoke invoicing procedures, real time online reporting, and maintenance management.

Mike Roe, sales and marketing director of Pendragon Contracts, said: “The flexibility and adaptability of our service offering means we can cater for the special demands that unusual fleets and size variations impose.

"By involving all of our departments in the tendering process we have delivered a tailored, bespoke proposal that will allow Hanson to streamline its business and make efficiencies.”

Andrew Bridge, distribution director at Hanson Quarry Products Europe, added: “We were really impressed with the integrated approach that Pendragon Contracts demonstrated.

"I am confident that using its specialist areas of expertise such as auction services, contract hire, accident management and online reporting that we can tailor a package to meet the very specific demands of our operation whilst providing better cost control and visibility.”