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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Shepway District Council

Installation of Fire Detection System

Electrical EquipmentCPV 31000000 31600000 31620000 31625000 45000000 45300000 45310000 45312000
Value£85k
Awarded3 Apr 2016
Published30 Sept 2016
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£85ktotal contract value
median £94k
this tender£0£2.3m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Electrical Machinery & Apparatus band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 5,617 valued Electrical Machinery & Apparatus tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Shepway District Council is looking to engage a contractor to supply, deliver, install and commission an addressable Fire Detection and Fire Alarm system for the Civic Centre; which comprises a nine storey tower block, basement, extensions to the first and second floors with ground floor additions.

The installation shall be compliant with BS 5839 Part 1: 2013 Category L1 and Part M of the Building Regulations.

The winning contractor will also provide training on the use of the system following successful commissioning and provide annual maintenance visits on an annual fee for a minimum of three years and a maximum of five.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Shepway District Council is looking to engage

Shepway District Council is looking to engage a contractor to supply, deliver, install and commission an addressable Fire Detection and Fire Alarm system for the Civic Centre; which comprises a nine storey tower block, basement, extensions to the first and second floors with ground floor additions.

02

The installation shall be compliant with BS

The installation shall be compliant with BS 5839 Part 1: 2013 Category L1 and Part M of the Building Regulations.

03

The winning contractor will also provide training

The winning contractor will also provide training on the use of the system following successful commissioning and provide annual maintenance visits on an annual fee for a minimum of three years and a maximum of five.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

BS 5839 (fire detection & alarm systems)says mustStandards the work must meet
The installation shall be compliant with BS 5839 Part 1: 2013 Category L1 and Part M of the Building Regulations.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
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