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BMW and BCA agree five-year dock to defleet auto solutions agreement

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2 July 2018

BCA Marketplace has agreed a five-year dock to defleet auto services solutions deal with BMW that also encompasses its Alphabet leasing division.

The agreement, which is for a minimum of five years, will see BCA provide a full range of joined-up solutions:

  • defleet,
  • refurbishment,
  • inspection and collection,
  • inventory management
  • and remarketing both physical and digital for BMW in the UK.

BCA Marketplace says this agreement is the largest motor industry service deal it has ever announced .

Over the next five years, BCA will solely defleet, refurbish, inventory manage and remarket both physically and digitally vehicles on behalf of BMW  including 90% volume for Alphabet, the single biggest remarketing contract BCA has signed in its history.

BMW has also agreed a five-year deal for BCA Fleet Solutions to be the sole de-fleet and refurbishment partner, with BCA constructing a new dedicated BMW defleet centre that will handle all its storage and refurbishment needs.

BCA Logistics has also been awarded a seven-year deal as Inspect & Collect provider to BMW and Alphabet.

BMW’s Remarketing Operations Manager Stewart Hodges said,

“The BCA business model is unique in its breadth of services across the supply chain and this provides a compelling customer service offering and creates efficiencies through synergies across all divisions. For BMW, the opportunity to partner with BCA across a range of remarketing, logistics, preparation and inventory management services will bring economies of scale and generate real value”.

BCA’s Chief Commercial Officer, Craig Purvey commented;

“We are delighted to have secured this substantial and significant volume of business from one of our longest standing corporate customers.”

He added “BCA is on the record as stating our strategy is to integrate along the automotive value chain, focussing on developing extended, unified solutions: increasing volumes, creating value added services and improving efficiencies.  This significant deal with BMW Group underlines that BCA is creating the most efficient, sustainable and profitable vehicle exchange with the capacity to meet the growing needs of the motor industry.”

Matt Bristow, BCA Commercial Director – OEM added “BMW Group provide the used vehicle sector with a range of attractive, aspirational and profitable used vehicles and we are delighted that our buyer customers will be presented with the widest choice and biggest volume of BMW Group product over the course of this agreement.”

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Matt Morton

Matt Morton

Matt Morton is an automotive content writer for Business Car Manager

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