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Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority

PRN004517 Compartment Fire Behaviour Unit & associated building works

ConstructionCPV 35110000
Value£450k
Deadline
Published4 Jul 2025
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
procurement@notts-fire.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£450ktotal 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

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) are undertaking a Pre-Market Engagement (PME) activity for the below requirement.

The NFRS Estates department will be initiating a project throughout this financial year for a compartment fire behaviour unit & associated building works.

As you may be aware, we are required to adhere to strict procurement procedures.

This Pre-Market Engagement (PME) activity seeks information relating to the NFRS Compartment Fire Behaviour Training facilities.

The Compartment Fire Behaviour Training (CFBT) Unit is a specialist risk critical, mandatory training requirement for operational crews.

The unit provides firefighting crews with the ability to initiate and sustain a carbonaceous fire and facilitate the release or containment of fire gases in a safe, controlled environment.

The unit can be used to demonstrate the correct door entry procedure, extinguishing, cooling and ventilation techniques allowing students to understand the hazards and risks presented by this environment.

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) is preparing to initiate a procurement process to establish a contract for the acquisition of a single 40ft shipping container which will be repurposed and modified to create a Compartment Fire Behaviour Training Unit.

In addition to this to undertake the associated building works in relation to the installation of the Compartment Fire Behaviour Training Unit.

The works will include but are not limited to: - • Forming concrete foundations/slab and sub-base • Creation of hardstanding surface areas (concrete/tarmacadam) • Installation of foul drains including implementing new drainage channel, inspection chambers, pumps, interceptors (where necessary) and connecting them to the existing foul drain. • Installation of any lighting protection and any mechanical and electrical elements (where necessary).

General Conditions Please note the following general conditions: • Your responses will help us to refine our requirements. • Nothing in the PME activity shall constitute a commitment to ordering or awarding a contract. • The contents of this PME are not binding, and may be subject to change • Any, and all costs associated with the production of such a response to this Pre-Market Engagement must be borne by the Supplier. • Information contained within this document is confidential and must not be revealed to any third party without prior written consent from NFRS. • We expect that all responses to this will be provided by Suppliers in good faith, to the best of their ability and in the light of information available at the time of their response. • No information provided by a potential supplier in response to this will be carried forward, used or acknowledged in any way for the purpose of evaluating, or in any subsequent formal procurement process.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

As you may be aware, we are

As you may be aware, we are required to adhere to strict procurement procedures.

02

The unit can be used to demonstrate

The unit can be used to demonstrate the correct door entry procedure, extinguishing, cooling and ventilation techniques allowing students to understand the hazards and risks presented by this environment.

03

Nothing in the PME activity shall constitute

Nothing in the PME activity shall constitute a commitment to ordering or awarding a contract.

04

Any, and all costs associated with

Any, and all costs associated with the production of such a response to this Pre-Market Engagement must be borne by the Supplier.

05

Information contained within this document is confidential

Information contained within this document is confidential and must not be revealed to any third party without prior written consent from NFRS.

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OCID
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Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
037358-2025
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