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South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Fire Alarm and Portable Extinguisher Maintenance

Electrical EquipmentCPV 31625200

Value£100,000

Deadline21 Oct 2026

Published23 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

£100,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline

Published 23 Sept 202627 days leftCloses 21 Oct 2026

Who to contact

procurement@syfire.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£100ktotal contract value

median £94k

this tender£0£2.3m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Electrical Machinery & Apparatus band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 5,617 valued Electrical Machinery & Apparatus tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority has published 11 notices across all categories.

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The brief

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (SYFRS) has a requirement to procure new Contractor arrangements to support the delivery of its Fire Engineering services, periodic maintenance services.

The procurement exercise will establish a Contractor arrangement for the planned and responsive maintenance of fire detection and fire alarm systems across the SYFRS property portfolio, also included are the portable fire extinguishers: servicing and general maintenance work.

This procurement is reserved for suppliers with a substantive business presence within the S or DN postcode areas.

Suppliers must be able to demonstrate that they operate from premises located within these postcode areas and that the contract will be delivered from that local business presence.

Responses from suppliers that do not meet this requirement will not be evaluated.

Bidders must provide the address of their local office or depot and explain how that location will support contract delivery.

Reservation of this procurement is in accordance with Section 84 of the Procurement Act 2023 and PPN 005 (Reserving Below-Threshold Procurements).

Requirements

What the notice asks for

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (SYFRS)

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (SYFRS) has a requirement to procure new Contractor arrangements to support the delivery of its Fire Engineering services, periodic maintenance services.

Suppliers must be able to demonstrate

Suppliers must be able to demonstrate that they operate from premises located within these postcode areas and that the contract will be delivered from that local business presence.

Bidders must provide the address of their

Bidders must provide the address of their local office or depot and explain how that location will support contract delivery.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

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