RFP QuestBeta
OpenStage · planning

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

Provision of Self Contained Breathing Apparatus

Construction MaterialsCPV 35000000
Value£5.0m
Deadline
Published14 Nov 2025
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
NIFRSProcurement@nifrs.org

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£5.0mtotal contract value
median £210k
this tender£0£17.6m

This is a large award for Security, Defence & Safety Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 4,182 valued Security, Defence & Safety Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This Preliminary Market Engagement is being for the purposes of informing and engaging with potential service providers regarding the upcoming public competition for Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (referred to as BA) and associated equipment including BA Cylinders to be procured for Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) (the Buyer).

NIFRS are seeking to replace their BA apparatus across all locations include their Learning and Development College.

The current provision includes circa 650 BA Sets and circa 2100 BA Cylinders along with associated equipment.

An initial estimate of 5 million pounds has been attribute to refreshing the equipment and support arrangements.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Any Suppliers who are interested in taking part in the PME please contact Dawn Bradley (Procurement and Contracts Manager) on NIFRSProcurement@nifrs.org to express interest.

EoI will close on Friday 21st November at 5pm (GMT)

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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An initial estimate of 5 million pounds

An initial estimate of 5 million pounds has been attribute to refreshing the equipment and support arrangements.

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

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e1be
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
074084-2025
View the original notice on Find a Tender

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