£250m salary-sacrifice framework highlights the potential scale of public-sector EV demand

November 12, 2026

Two cars parked close to each other with a group of people in the background.

A newly published vehicle salary-sacrifice framework with an estimated value of £250m provides another indication of the scale at which employee car schemes could develop.

The Heart Academies Trust framework covers managed vehicle salary-sacrifice solutions including vehicle supply, leasing and scheme administration, with the education sector expected to form the primary customer base.

Electric vehicles are specifically included within the procurement categories. The tender was published on 11 November and has a closing date of 9 December 2026.

For fleet managers, the significance goes beyond one procurement exercise.

Salary sacrifice has become an important route into electric cars because it can extend access to employees who may never previously have qualified for a traditional company vehicle.

Large frameworks can also create procurement efficiencies by allowing multiple organisations to access a structured scheme rather than building individual programmes from scratch.

As traditional company-car electrification matures, salary sacrifice could become one of the mechanisms that takes EV adoption deeper into organisations.