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title: "Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03c953"
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json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03c953.json"
source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) (\"NSS\")"
published: "2023-05-17"
---

# Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment

Buyer: THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS")  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03c953

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## Summary

The Common Services Agency, known as NHS National Services Scotland (NSS), has awarded a contract for the maintenance of fire fighting equipment. The procurement process was initiated through a tender, with the title "Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment" falling under the services category. The contract involves maintaining, servicing, repairing, modifying, and replacing fire fighting equipment across various health service authorities in Scotland. The contract duration is 1800 days, with Chubb Fire & Security Ltd, Walker Fire (UK) Ltd, D & G Fire Protection Limited, and Invincible Fire & Security being the active suppliers.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses in the fire safety industry to provide repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment. SMEs and large-scale suppliers, like the ones currently awarded the contract, are well-suited to compete in this procurement process. Economic operators have the option to review procedures with the contracting authority, while the formal remedy involves applying to the courts in case of breaches of duty under specific regulations. The contract's value is £1,311,000, signed on May 5, 2017, with a duration of 270 days, including an additional 9-month extension due to unforeseen circumstances related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as National Services Scotland) ("the Authority") acting through its division National Procurement, is undertaking this procurement to maintain, service, repair, modify and replace where required all fire fighting equipment across the Participating Authorities estate including portable fire fighting equipment (e.g. fire extinguishers and fire blankets), hydrants and dry risers, sprinkler systems and gas suppression systems and to ensure full compliance with all current fire safety legislation on behalf of all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority or other NHS Organisation established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978), any integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014(collectively hereafter referred to as "Participating Authorities").

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013990-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 May 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 May 2017 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,311,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Not specified |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS") |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH12 9EB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Drum Brae/Gyle |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh South West |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 4 |
| Supplier names | CHUBB FIRE & SECURITY; D & G FIRE PROTECTION; INVINCIBLE FIRE & SECURITY; WALKER FIRE (UK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50413200 - Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment

## Release History

- 17 May 2023 at 08:05 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013990-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nss.nhs.scot/browse/procurement-and-logistics
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000731887
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:205993-2017:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11883

## Provenance

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