Vehicle recovery 128/2026

FOI Reference: 128/2026

Request

This request seeks recorded information about the arrangements used by your force/service for police-initiated vehicle recovery (including removal, storage and onward disposal where applicable).  (This request is made under FOIA 2000, or FOISA 2002 where applicable).

Please answer for the current arrangement(s) in place as at the date you process this request.

Police-initiated vehicle recovery/removal means any instance where the police request, direct or authorise a vehicle to be removed/recovered and/or taken into storage (including to a police/contractor compound) under the force's vehicle recovery arrangements. This includes evidential/seizure removals and non-crime removals (e.g., obstruction/abandoned/uninsured).

Questions

1. Type of arrangement: Which best describes your current vehicle recovery provision?

a) Single prime contractor (managing agent) with subcontractors

b) Direct contracts with multiple providers (not a framework)

c) Other (please describe)

2. Prime / managing agent (if applicable): If your arrangement includes a prime contractor/managing agent, please provide the company name.

3. Recovery providers used by the force: Please list the company name(s) of the recovery provider(s) that your force/service uses for police-initiated vehicle recovery (i.e., providers your force/service instructs directly or pays directly, and/or those subcontracted by your prime contractor / managing agent).

4. Vehicle disposal providers: Please list the company name(s) of any provider(s) your force/service uses to dispose of vehicles arising from police-initiated recovery, including where vehicles are auctioned, scrapped or broken for parts. If disposal is not part of the recovery arrangement, please state this.

5. Contract dates / procurement: For the recovery arrangement (and disposal arrangement if separate), please provide:

a) contract start date (or call-off start date)

b) contract end date

c) any extension options (e.g., number and length)

d) where recorded, the planned date for the next tender/procurement exercise.

6. Vetting / screening requirements (contractual):

a) Does your contract/specification for police-initiated vehicle recovery require contractor personnel to hold any specific vetting or screening as a condition of working on this contract (e.g., police vetting, DBS, right-to-work checks)? (Yes/No)

b) If yes, please state the required level/type in broad terms and whether it applies to:

i. recovery drivers,

ii. vehicle compound staff,

iii. control room staff,

iv. contract management staff.

c) If the requirement is not specified by role, please state the single minimum requirement that applies to all contractor personnel (or the closest equivalent recorded requirement).

Please provide high-level contractual requirements only; no operational detail about vetting processes or systems is requested.

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-

Response Q1

1. Single prime contractor (managing agent) with subcontractors

Response Q2

FMG

Response Q3

• Millforge Garage, Pembroke Dock
• Lynwood Garage, Aberystwyth
• Rescue and Repair Automative Services, Llanidloes
• Ken Williams Motors, Swansea and Carmarthen
• Egerton's, Hirwaun

Response Q4

RAW2K Ltd (parent company being Global Ardour Recycling Ltd)

Response Q5

1. 01/04/2021
2. 31/03/2024
3. One contract extension to 31/03/2025 and then call off contract extended to 31/03/2026
4. New tender process has recently taken place and new contract will commence on 01/04/2026

Response Q6

1. Yes
2. Please see c
3. Contract states all individuals involved in the provision of services must be vetted to Level 2.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 16/02/2026)