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West Midlands Fire Service

Portable Appliance Testing at various West Midlands Fire Service Stations and Properties

Electrical EquipmentCPV 31000000
Value£34k
Awarded15 Mar 2024
Published13 May 2024
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£34ktotal contract value
median £94k
this tender£0£2.3m

This sits below the typical range for Electrical Machinery & Apparatus contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 5,617 valued Electrical Machinery & Apparatus tenders in our corpus.

The brief

In accordance with the ESPO Framework Reference: 306 Electrical Testing Service : Lot One : West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority ("the Authority") is conducting this procurement for the purpose of procuring provision of service to carry out Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) to West Midlands Fire service properties in line with the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989.The portable electrical appliance shall be an item of equipment which is not part of a fixed installation but is, or is intended to be, connected to a fixed installation, or a generator, by means of a flexible cable and a plug and socket.

The Contractor shall identify each portable electrical appliance with a unique number permanently affixed to the appliance.

The individual sockets of multi-socket boards/blocks and extension leads shall be individually identified.

The number together with a description of the appliance shall be entered onto report forms which shall be submitted to the Facilities Management Administrator.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Contractor shall identify each portable electrical

The Contractor shall identify each portable electrical appliance with a unique number permanently affixed to the appliance.

02

The individual sockets of multi-socket boards/blocks

The individual sockets of multi-socket boards/blocks and extension leads shall be individually identified.

03

The number together with a description

The number together with a description of the appliance shall be entered onto report forms which shall be submitted to the Facilities Management Administrator.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

ESPO / YPO / NEPOFrameworks & routes to market
In accordance with the ESPO Framework Reference: 306 Electrical Testing Service : Lot One : West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority ("the Authority") is conducting this procurement for the purpose of procuring provision of service to carry out Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) to West Midlands Fire service pro…

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Source & provenance
OCID
367c7abe-27c2-43fe-b425-6f2b414fd832
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
C5621
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