Notice Information
Notice Title
Contingency Emergency Call Handling and Related Services
Notice Description
The Authority is seeking tenders from tenderers for the provision of Contingency Emergency Call Handling and Related Services. The Authority, is seeking to appoint a single Service Provider able to deliver the Contract to provide resilience as required during (but not limited to) any of the following events: Natural disaster; Terrorist event; Pandemic outbreak; Industrial action; Another unforeseen similar event, and Exceptionally high levels of staffing absence. The procurement procedure being applied to the Tender is an 'Accelerated Open Procedure' under Regulation 27 (5) Public Contracts Regulations 2015 due to the urgency and nature of the Service requirements. This means that any interested party meeting the Authority's minimum qualification requirements may submit a tender for the Contract.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04db9f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028696-2025
- 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
75251000 - Fire-brigade services
75252000 - Rescue services
79430000 - Crisis management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £240,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £75,000 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 May 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 May 20259 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
- 1472 - CONTINGENCY EMERGENCY CALL HANDLING AND RELATED SERVICES
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- bhandaris@rbfrs.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- READING
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- TLJ11 Berkshire
-
- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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