Using the rental vehicles contract
This page provides step-by-step instructions on how to join the All-of-Government (AoG) rental vehicles contract. You can also find additional resources on this page.
Using this contract
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Assess your needs
Identify and prioritise your agency's rental vehicle requirements. Think about:
- the type of vehicles and volume required
- the typical duration of the rentals
- the location of provider(s)
- if your agency has any unique requirements.
The needs analysis tool in the contract resources section can help you do this.
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Review the categories
There are two categories in the rental vehicles contract.
- General rentals: providing passenger vehicles with up to nine seats.
- Commercial rentals: providing passenger vehicles with ten or eleven seats. It also includes other goods vehicles.
Both general rentals and commercial rentals categories are available nationwide and are charged on a per-day basis.
Based on your needs analysis, you might find that your agency needs to rent vehicles in both categories.
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Review providers
Review the panel of providers for each category using the services comparison guides tables in the contract resources section.
Consider the total cost of the service, including emissions. Electric vehicles are frequently the best choice in terms of price and emissions. You can calculate emissions using the Ministry for the Environment’s ‘Measuring emissions’ guide.
Measuring emissions: A guide for organisations: 2024 detailed guide – Ministry of the Environment
You should also read the services agreements for each provider. These are available on the Providers page.
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Complete a service order
You are encouraged to sign separate service orders with all providers on the panel to give you maximum choice and vehicle availability. Complete a service order using the template provided in the contract resources section.
Your service order should include invoicing, approach to account management, reporting requirements, insurance and any unique requirements you may have. The template has details on what to include for each of these topics, and more information on reporting is under Provider reports.
Keep a copy of the signed service order in your agency's records. Set up reminders to proactively manage a provider's delivery of your agency's requirements, and to meet any of your own obligations (like payment of provider invoices).
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Make a booking
Once your service order is complete, you can make a booking.
You can do this directly through the providers website or through your nominated travel management supplier.
End of process
Provider reports
Providers offer a range of standard reports:
- Transaction report: this can log trip details like traveller's name and cost centre, kilometres driven, method of booking and payment, fuel charges, and other details.
- Summary report: summarising spend, top travellers, top locations, number of hires, booking methods, average hire costs, average rental length, and total refuelling costs.
- Lost opportunity savings, for vehicles that require refuelling upon return.
- Vehicle type booked compared to vehicle provided.
Your agency can agree the frequency and detail of reporting with each provider. This is recorded in the service order, along with any additional optional reporting you may need, such as validated carbon inventory.
Contract resources
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Commercially sensitive content
This section contains information which may be commercially sensitive and should not be shared publicly.
To view this content, you must be logged in, approved for secure content access, and your agency must be signed up to the contract.
For assistance, please contact nzgppsystems@mbie.govt.nz
Commercially sensitive content
This section contains information which may be commercially sensitive and should not be shared publicly.
To view this content, you must be logged in, approved for secure content access, and your agency must be signed up to the contract.
For assistance, please contact nzgppsystems@mbie.govt.nz
Commercially sensitive content
This section contains information which may be commercially sensitive and should not be shared publicly.
To view this content, you must be logged in, approved for secure content access, and your agency must be signed up to the contract.
For assistance, please contact nzgppsystems@mbie.govt.nz