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Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue

1471 - Contingency Fire Crew Service

Government ServicesCPV 75000000 75200000 79000000 79400000 79600000
Value£2.2m
Deadline27 Nov 2024
Published28 Oct 2024
RegionSouth East
Timeline
Published 28 Oct 2024ClosedCloses 27 Nov 2024
Contract value in context
£2.2mtotal contract value
median £400k
this tender£0£22.3m

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The brief

The Thames Valley Collaborative Partners consists of Royal Berkshire Fire Authority, Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Fire Authority and Oxfordshire County Council (Authorities).

The Authorities are seeking a single Service Provider to put in place and manage a contingency fire crew service.

The Fire Fighters deployed to deliver the service must be suitably trained and meet the requirements of Section 15(1) of the Fire and Rescue Act 2004.

It is intended that all three Authorities will be party to contract however this will be confirmed at the time of contract award.

The services will be required to increase the resilience with the support of a commercial operator who can offer the necessary capacity, knowledge and skills to either work alongside the on duty crews or on their own if required. o Offensive and defensive firefighting across the relevant counties covered by the Authorities o Rescuing personnel from Road Traffic Collisions and other incidents o Supporting other emergency services (Partners) at incidents Contract term is expected to be four years with estimated contract value range from ?820,000 to ?2.2M.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Fire Fighters deployed to deliver

The Fire Fighters deployed to deliver the service must be suitably trained and meet the requirements of Section 15(1) of the Fire and Rescue Act 2004.

02

The services will be required to increase

The services will be required to increase the resilience with the support of a commercial operator who can offer the necessary capacity, knowledge and skills to either work alongside the on duty crews or on their own if required.

03

Contract term is expected to be four

Contract term is expected to be four years with estimated contract value range from ?820,000 to ?2.2M.

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Source & provenance
OCID
7c5ebbe9-8bae-4021-860d-978d36ee2c81
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
IT-605-10-1471
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