Notice Information
Notice Title
NFCC National Firefighter PPE - Lot 8 (Cleaning and Maintenance)
Notice Description
Kent and Medway Towns Fire and Rescue Authority on behalf of NFCC, as the Contracting Authority, is seeking to establish a series of open Framework Agreements. Each successive open framework will be for specific products and/or services that will be awarded to successful suppliers, pursuant to which the Participating Authorities listed in Annex 1 of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire may award a Call-Off Agreement. This Tender Notice relates to 'Lot 8 (Cleaning and Maintenance)' The Procurement Specific Questionnaire will be published alongside this Tender Notice. The draft ITT (which will include the draft form of Framework Agreement and draft form of Call-Off Agreement) will include details of the call-off procedure. 'Lot 8 (Cleaning and Maintenance)' relates to the provision of associated cleaning, repair, servicing and maintenance of Fire Structural PPE, Lightweight Firefighting PPE, as set out within the Specification and Requirement document for this Lot. This procurement will start with a participation stage comprising of the completion of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire and the information required to be submitted to the Central Digital Platform by potential bidders. Those successful at the participation stage will progress to the tender stage and will be invited to submit a formal tender in response to the Invitation to Tender (ITT). The evaluation process for the tender stage will include wearer trials and site visits. It is intended that up to 3 successful suppliers will each be awarded a Framework Agreement (subject to the Contracting Authority's discretion to increase the number of successful suppliers beyond 3). Participating Authorities will be able to enter into a Call-Off Agreement under the Framework Agreement following the call-off procedure. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to charge a levy to the successful suppliers as set out within the draft ITT. Where there is more than 1 successful supplier, it is intended that each Framework Agreement will have a maximum term of 8 years. It is anticipated that the successive frameworks will re-open as follows: in (i) March 2029 and (ii) between March 2032 and March 2033. These dates may be subject to change at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Access Code to PSQ : FAJDDJ6886 To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=969762335
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05614f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044508-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- 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
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- CPV Codes
18100000 - Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories
18110000 - Occupational clothing
18113000 - Industrial 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
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,294,401,494 £1B-£10B
- Lots Value
- £2,294,401,494 £1B-£10B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Jul 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 29 Mar 2034 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- 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), TLE1 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England), TLL Wales, TLL1 West Wales and The Valleys, TLL14 South West Wales, TLL2 East Wales, TLM Scotland, TLM5 North Eastern Scotland, TLM7 Eastern Scotland, TLM8 West Central Scotland, TLM9 Southern Scotland, TLN0 Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Maidstone
- Electoral Ward
- Tovil
- Westminster Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044508-2025
30th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040966-2025
17th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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