Notice Information
Notice Title
Fire Alarm Installation and Maintenance
Notice Description
Thames Water intends to award Framework Agreements to up to four suppliers to design, supply, install and maintain fire alarms across the TW region. Each supplier will be allocated all planned maintenance, reactives, upgrades and installations in one area within the Thames Water region up to a value of PS60,000, after which work will be competed between the four suppliers. Note that we do NOT require all suppliers to be able to undertake planned maintenance across the TW region but we DO require all suppliers to undertake large value works (over PS60k) across the TW region with the assumption that more regionally based suppliers can still be successful in this process. Bidders will be asked for regional preferences in the PSQ. All suppliers awarded framework agreements will be required to undertake installation and/or remedial projects over PS60,000 across the Thames Water region. The current Thames Water alarm estate consists of a combination of Advance, Protec, Gent and Kentec. The overall strategy is to standardise to Advance panels across the Thames Water region. Please note that that deadline for asking for access to the PSQ & submitting of the PSQ is 10am, 3rd November 2025.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: The full scope of the services to be provided and any options that may be considered throughout the term of the agreement, is set out in the Specification issued within the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) document. The full scope of the services to be provided and any options that may be considered throughout the term of the agreement is set out in the Specification issued within the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) document.
Renewal: Thames Water envisages that the contract will be awarded for an initial term of 5 years with options to extend by 1 year or longer, up to a maximum overall term of 8 years
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05aae6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009229-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
45 - Construction work
-
- CPV Codes
31625200 - Fire-alarm systems
45312100 - Fire-alarm system installation work
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £28,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £28,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Cancelled
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Cancelled
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- READING
- Postcode
- RG1 8DB
- 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
- TLI London, TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Reading
- Electoral Ward
- Thames
- Westminster Constituency
- Reading Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009229-2026
3rd February 2026 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063423-2025
8th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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