Award

New Mobilising System

SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE

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Summary of the contracting process

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has awarded a contract for a New Mobilising System, with training, ongoing support, and maintenance, to Motorola Solutions. Located at their headquarters in Cambuslang, the project falls under the public order and safety category. This procurement, crucial for business-critical mobilising systems, was necessitated by the upcoming expiration of the current contract on 31st December 2025. The contract, valued at £31,684,106, was signed on 5th September 2024. Due to extreme urgency, the award bypassed the usual competitive procedures as permitted under Regulation 33(1)(c) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The entire procurement process has been completed, and the contract has been activated.

This tender presents significant business growth opportunities, particularly for businesses involved in emergency services technology and public safety solutions. Large-scale companies with expertise in system mobilisation, technical training, and maintenance would find this contract especially rewarding. Given the limited procurement process and direct award, businesses capable of providing rapid and reliable solutions were at an advantage. Motorola Solutions, with its robust experience in public safety communications, successfully secured the contract, underscoring the value placed on reliability and urgency in this high-stakes sector.

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Notice Title

New Mobilising System

Notice Description

New mobilisation system, with training, and ongoing support and maintenance

Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of New Mobilising System for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service intends to award a contract for the Provision of a New Mobilising System under the terms of Regulation 33 (1)(c) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Procurement Information

SFRS's current contract terms for provision of services relating to business-critical mobilising systems end on 31st December 2025. Any extensions beyond this time are not available to SFRS. As a result, the SFRS as a matter of extreme urgency needs to procure and implement a New Mobilising Systemin order to ensure that the SFRS can, upon expiry of the current contractual arrangements, continue to fulfil its statutory duties under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, and the requirements stated within the Fire and Rescue Framework for Scotland 2022. Following a number of unsuccessful procurement exercises in respect of its requirements, there is now insufficient time to undertake a further competitive process within the time limits of the open, restricted or competitive procedures to have the new system implemented by the required date of December 2025. As such, the SFRS intends to proceed to award a contract under the negotiated procedure without the prior publication of a contract notice on grounds of extreme urgency in terms of Regulation 33(1)(c)of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000777358
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV517348
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

42 - Industrial machinery

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

35710000 - Command, control, communication and computer systems

35711000 - Command, control, communication systems

42961000 - Command and control system

48100000 - Industry specific software package

48517000 - IT software package

72222300 - Information technology services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£31,684,106 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Nov 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
5 Sep 20241 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE
Contact Name
Stephen McDonagh
Contact Email
mandy.shepherd@firescotland.gov.uk, stephen.mcdonagh@firescotland.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1416464637

Buyer Location

Locality
CAMBUSLANG
Postcode
G72 7NA
Post Town
Glasgow
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM9 Southern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM95 South Lanarkshire
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland

Local Authority
South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward
Cambuslang East
Westminster Constituency
Rutherglen

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS

Further Information

Notice Documents

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