DEVON & SOMERSET FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE
Prior Information Notice - Supply and Retrofit of Auxiliary Batteries
£400,000 — stated in the notice.
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The intention of this notice is to inform potential bidders of the following planned procurement: Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DSFRS) intend to appoint a Contractor (or Contractors) to supply and retrofit auxiliary batteries to a number of their operational vehicles.
The auxiliary batteries are required to support the communication equipment.
The contract will be for the supply and retrofit of auxiliary batteries to Medium Rescue Pumping Appliances (MRP's) and may include a second phase of retrofits to Special Vehicles (Prime Movers, Rescue Tenders, Water Carriers, Operational Support vehicles etc.).
DSFRS currently has 110 MRP's and 48 Special Vehicles within its fleet of vehicles (including national resilience vehicles).
DSFRS does not intend to retrofit auxiliary batteries to all MRP's, only those with a remaining operational life that justifies the investment.
Although not confirmed, it is likely that a minimum of 40 MRP's will require retrofitting.
At this early stage, it is not known how many Special Vehicles would be retrofitted if DSFRS proceeded with the second phase.
The advertised requirement may include the requirements of other collaborating UK Fire and Rescue Services, which would impact on the volumes and estimated contract value.
The estimated value range is based on DSFRS only.
The inclusion of other collaborating UK Fire and Rescue Services may result in a framework agreement being let by DSFRS.
The requirement may be broken down into multiple lots (to be confirmed within the contract notice).
The publication of this notice will allow DSFRS to shorten the EU open tender timescales to a minimum of 15 calendar days.
This will be the minimum period between the date of the OJEU Contract Notice (the formal advert/call for competition) and the deadline for tenders to be submitted.
The current timetable for this procurement suggests that the estimated date of publication of the contract notice will be week commencing 18/11/2015.
Bidders will be invited to carry out on-site vehicle surveys to inform their bid submission.
Please note that these dates are indicative and may change.
The tender process will be run electronically, via the EU Supply e-tendering portal (https://uk.eu-supply.com/ login.asp?B=BLUELIGHT).
If you are interested in this future requirement, then it is recommended that you register yourself as a supplier within the portal.
This notice is not being used as a call for competition.
What the notice asks for
The auxiliary batteries are required to support
The auxiliary batteries are required to support the communication equipment.
The contract will be for the supply
The contract will be for the supply and retrofit of auxiliary batteries to Medium Rescue Pumping Appliances (MRP's) and may include a second phase of retrofits to Special Vehicles (Prime Movers, Rescue Tenders, Water Carriers, Operational Support vehicles etc.).
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What this notice demands of you
1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
The inclusion of other collaborating UK Fire and Rescue Services may result in a framework agreement being let by DSFRS.
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