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Hampshire County Council

Framework Agreement for the Inspection, Testing and Supply of Portable Fire Equipment

ConstructionCPV 45343220
Value£270k
Deadline3 Sept 2026
Published6 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 6 Aug 202625 days leftCloses 3 Sept 2026
Who to contact
katy.kelleher@hants.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£270ktotal contract value
median £210k
this tender£0£17.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Security, Defence & Safety Equipment band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 4,182 valued Security, Defence & Safety Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This project is a re-procurement exercise for Hampshire County Council wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for the Inspection, Testing and Supply of Portable Fire Equipment to Hampshire County Council (County Supplies).

This project is a re-procurement exercise for CS24299 Framework Agreement for the Inspection, Testing and Supply of Portable Fire Equipment.

This framework will primarily support the estates of Hampshire County Council and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Services, but will also be available for use by other contracting authorities.

These may include local authorities across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, as well as schools, academies, colleges, and third sector organisations operating within the region.

After award of the Framework Agreement, the Contractors will be required to liaise directly with the Contracting Authority regarding any specific requirements.

Full details of the requirement can be found in the Specification (Annex 1).

Please refer to Hampshire County Council Terms and Conditions for Purchase Orders Terms and conditions for purchase orders | Business and economy | Hampshire County Council Full details of the requirement can be found in the Specification at Annex

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

This project is a re-procurement exercise

This project is a re-procurement exercise for CS24299 Framework Agreement for the Inspection, Testing and Supply of Portable Fire Equipment.

02

This framework will primarily support the estates

This framework will primarily support the estates of Hampshire County Council and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Services, but will also be available for use by other contracting authorities.

03

After award of the Framework Agreement,

After award of the Framework Agreement, the Contractors will be required to liaise directly with the Contracting Authority regarding any specific requirements.

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.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

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

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
Framework Agreement for the Inspection, Testing and Supply of Portable Fire Equipment

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

What it takes to bid this

1220 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

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dd3b
Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
074518-2026
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