A new project between 34 police and emergency entities is meant to save £7m through a collaboration on vehicle procurement.

The new collaboration project led by the West Midlands Police, includes a contract for over 3,000 police vehicles with several suppliers such as the General Motors UK, BMW, Volvo and Ford over the next two years.

This collaborative project is thought to be the biggest vehicle procurement collaboration ever. David Wilkin, West Midlands Police’s director of resources, said: “A vehicle purchasing collaboration between police forces and partners on this scale has never been seen before”.

“The most important aspect is that the vehicles are the most suitable and safest available”, he added.

The selection of the different suppliers took into account their capacity to work with local dealers in order to ensure that the maintenance and warranty repairs of the vehicles could be carried out locally.

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