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Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority

Powered Flat-bottomed Craft

Transport EquipmentCPV 34521000 34522450
Value£40k
Deadline25 Feb 2020
Published23 Jan 2020
RegionSouth West
Timeline
Published 23 Jan 2020ClosedCloses 25 Feb 2020
Contract value in context
£40ktotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£2.9m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Transport Equipment band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority seeks to appoint a single supplier to provide two Powered Flat-bottomed Craft, to be used for rescue and evaluation of persons/animals from areas of flooding and estuarial waters, search activities and supporting other agencies.

The Craft, fully inflated, shall be no more than 2.4 metres wide and between 5 metres and 6 metres long with a capacity of carrying at least 8 persons (including the helmsman) and a person lying on a stretcher.

The Craft shall meet the requirements of the DEFRA Flood Rescue Concept of Operations.

The Craft shall be capable of being powered by a 50hp outboard engine and transported, fully inflated, on a road trailer - both of which will be provided by the Authority.

Leisure craft will not be considered.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority seeks to appoint a single supplier to provide two Powered Flat-bottomed Craft, to be used for rescue and evaluation of persons/animals from areas of flooding and estuarial waters, search activities and supporting other agencies.

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The Craft, fully inflated, shall be no

The Craft, fully inflated, shall be no more than 2.4 metres wide and between 5 metres and 6 metres long with a capacity of carrying at least 8 persons (including the helmsman) and a person lying on a stretcher.

03

The Craft shall meet the requirements

The Craft shall meet the requirements of the DEFRA Flood Rescue Concept of Operations.

04

The Craft shall be capable of being

The Craft shall be capable of being powered by a 50hp outboard engine and transported, fully inflated, on a road trailer.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
20200123170155-30504
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