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Swindon Borough Council

Fire Alarm Support Contractor

ConstructionCPV 51700000
Value£480k
Deadline
Published21 May 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Ms Jodie Wakefield
JWakefield@swindon.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

In order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the Tender documents the Authority is providing the documents in the attachment area of the ProContract e-tender portal at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk In order to access amendable versions of the documents and to submit a response, Suppliers will need to register as a supplier with ProContract at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk then register an interest before obtaining access and download the word and excel format documents for completion and submission.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£480ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

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The brief

Swindon Borough Council are looking to engage with an experienced contractor to complete testing on our complex fire alarm systems, including planned and reactive maintenance, repair as well as the installation and upgrading of fire alarm systems within Buildings owned, managed or used by Swindon Borough Council.

The Contractor will support our in-house team, as well as emergency out of hours support for all fire alarm systems, this includes both conventional types and addressable systems located within all buildings owned and managed by Swindon Borough Council.

The contract will be for a period of 2 Years with optional 1 year extension periods and is estimated to commence 1st October 2026.

Estimated contract spend is between £300,000.00 - £320,000.00 ex vat across the initial 2 year term and £450,000.00 - £480,000.00 ex vat across the full 3 year term.

Full details relating to the services are provided in the tender documents.

To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents.

In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com Tender clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal by 15th June 2026 15:00 hrs UK Local time.

The Council’s responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically on the ProContract tender portal.

Tender Responses are required to be submitted no later than 22nd June 2026, 15:00 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ Supplying the South West Portal, https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN816865 No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the tender documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the tender documents.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Contractor will support our in-house team

The Contractor will support our in-house team, as well as emergency out of hours support for all fire alarm systems, this includes both conventional types and addressable systems located within all buildings owned and managed by Swindon Borough Council.

02

To participate, Suppliers will need to Register

To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents.

03

In the event of difficulties registering as

In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com.

04

Tender Responses are required to be submitted

Tender Responses are required to be submitted no later than 22nd June 2026, 15:00 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal.

05

Supplying the South West Portal, https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ is

Supplying the South West Portal, https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN816865.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
047074-2026
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