Notice Information
Notice Title
NFCC National Firefighter PPE
Notice Description
On behalf of the National Fire Chief Council (NFCC) Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority acting as the Contracting Authority is seeking to establish an Open Framework using the Competitive Flexible Procedure for the provision of Firefighter and lightweight (Wildland Fire and Technical Rescue) PPE, using a series of successive frameworks for specific goods and services. Lot 1 - Managed Service through a lease arrangement ( either full head to toe ensemble or partial items to be taken as dictated by the purchasing authorities) The following are purchase only Lots Lot 2 - Fire Structural, Wildland/Technical Rescue Helmets Lot 3 - Particulate Fire Hood Lot 4 - Fire Structural Tunic and Trouser Lot 5 - Fire Structural and Rescue Gloves Lot 6 - Fire Structural and Rescue boots Lot 7 - Lightweight PPE (dual standard of Wildand Fire and Technical Rescue, tunic meeting class 2 and class 3 and trousers) Lot 8 - Associated Services for Aqueous laundry ( including,repairs, service and maintenance) Lot 0 - Specialist Decontamination ( including,repairs, service and maintenance) For Lots 1, 2,3 ,5, 7, 8 and 9 up to 3 suppliers may be successful be awarded onto these frameworks For Lot(s) 4 and 7 up to 4 successful suppliers may be awarded onto these frameworks There are 3 key stages Participation stage including Procurement Specific Questionnaire and CDP information Tender Stage including ITT based on technical,quality and price criteria in addition to wearer trials and site visits being undertaken. Over the course of the last 7 months there has been 6 Market Engagement Session being carried out and the last one is due to take place virtually on 3rd July has now been postponed and will take place on the 7th July, previous Preliminary Market Engagement Notice for this session can be found on find a tender Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-019707 . Any one wishing to take part in this session should complete the booking form found on this link - https://forms.office.com/e/jKtAy10fYY To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=961514773
Planning Information
The formal market engagement sessions end of 7th July 2025 after which the Participation Stage will commence on 11th July 2025. Therefore if you feel that you are interested in this opportunity please complete the booking link to the final market engagement session - https://forms.office.com/e/jKtAy10fYY
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0548ea
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034899-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
18 - Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
18100000 - Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories
18110000 - Occupational clothing
18221000 - Waterproof clothing
18224000 - Clothing made of coated or impregnated textile fabrics
18400000 - Special clothing and accessories
18410000 - Special clothing
35000000 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
35110000 - Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment
35111000 - Firefighting equipment
35113400 - Protective and safety clothing
35811100 - Fire-brigade uniforms
98311000 - Laundry-collection services
98311100 - Laundry-management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,263,193,883 £1B-£10B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 11 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- KENT AND MEDWAY TOWNS FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Miss Sarah Walsh
- Contact Email
- sarah.walsh@kent.fire-uk.org
- Contact Phone
- 01622692121
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MAIDSTONE
- Postcode
- ME15 6XB
- Post Town
- Rochester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ4 Kent
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ45 Mid Kent
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Maidstone
- Electoral Ward
- Tovil
- Westminster Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034899-2025
25th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032432-2025
14th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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