Notice Information
Notice Title
Contingency Fire Crew Service
Notice Description
The Thames Valley Collaborative Partners consists of Royal Berkshire Fire Authority, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority and Oxfordshire County Council (Authorities). The Authorities are seeking a single Service Provider to put in place and manage a contingency fire crew service. The Fire Fighters deployed to deliver the service must be suitably trained and meet the requirements of Section 15(1) of the Fire and Rescue Act 2004. It is intended that all three Authorities will be party to contract however this will be confirmed at the time of contract award. The services will be required to increase the resilience with the support of a commercial operator who can offer the necessary capacity, knowledge and skills to either work alongside the on duty crews or on their own if required. * Offensive and defensive firefighting across the relevant counties covered by the Authorities * Rescuing personnel from Road Traffic Collisions and other incidents * Supporting ot
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Thames Valley Collaborative Partners consists of Royal Berkshire Fire Authority, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority and Oxfordshire County Council (Authorities). The Authorities are seeking a single Service Provider to put in place and manage a contingency fire crew service. The Fire Fighters deployed to deliver the service must be suitably trained and meet the requirements of Section 15(1) of the Fire and Rescue Act 2004. It is intended that all three Authorities will be party to contract however this will be confirmed at the time of contract award. The services will be required to increase the resilience with the support of a commercial operator who can offer the necessary capacity, knowledge and skills to either work alongside the on duty crews or on their own if required. * Offensive and defensive firefighting across the relevant counties covered by the Authorities * Rescuing personnel from Road Traffic Collisions and other incidents * Supporting other emergency services (Partners) at incidents Range PS820k to PS2.2 million
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04b207
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037329-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
75250000 - Fire-brigade and rescue services
79430000 - Crisis management services
79600000 - Recruitment services
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,429,545 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Nov 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ROYAL BERKSHIRE FIRE AUTHORITY
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Paula Burton, Shuvham Bhandari
- Contact Email
- bhandaris@rbfrs.co.uk, burtonp@rbfrs.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- READING
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Reading
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ16 Berkshire West
- Delivery Location
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
-
- Local Authority
- West Berkshire
- Electoral Ward
- Tilehurst Birch Copse
- Westminster Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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