Case study · Fleet & DSP
From ad-hoc washes to a fleet that's always inspection-ready.
Three UK delivery fleets — including a 23-van Amazon DSP — moved their depots onto HANDL standing schedules. Here's what that looks like in practice.
70
vans under recurring management
3
standing depot contracts
100+
van washes delivered
£15
per van, from (recurring)
The problem
Dirty vans are an operational tax.
For a DSP, van presentation isn't cosmetic — it feeds inspections and gradings, brand standards, and damage disputes. But washing a 20-plus-van fleet is exactly the kind of job that slips: drivers are on route all day, weekends are precious, and ad-hoc valeters don't show up at 18:00 on a Saturday.
The fleets in this study had the same starting point: washing happened when someone remembered, quality varied, and nothing was documented.
The fleets
Three depots, one standing rhythm.
Client names withheld for confidentiality — references available on request.
Amazon DSP · Bristol
23 vans · Every 4 weeks
Booked a one-off depot wash, came back within a month, and moved onto a standing 4-weekly schedule at a fixed per-van rate. Washes run at 18:00, after the vans are back from route.
Logistics DSP · South West
27 vans · Fortnightly
A 27-van fleet washed on a fortnightly cycle — full exterior with itemised, documented costs per visit, timed around delivery windows.
Courier fleet · Cardiff
20 vans · Fortnightly
A Cardiff operation on the same standing fortnightly rhythm — proof that the model travels: same crew system, same per-van pricing, different city.
The playbook
Why standing schedules stick.
One site visit
A 20-minute depot walk-round fixes the per-van price and the access plan. No commitment.
A standing schedule
Same day, same cadence — the fleet manager never has to think about van cleanliness again.
Proof every visit
Per-van photo logs document condition for inspections, gradings and damage disputes.
Zero depot disruption
Evening and weekend washes, fully self-contained crews — the operation never stops for us.
Run your depot the same way.
A free 20-minute site visit gets you a fixed per-van quote for your fleet size and cadence.
From £15/van Weekly · fortnightly · 4-weekly