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title: "Testing and Maintenance of Garage Equipment"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE"
published: "2026-03-05"
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# Testing and Maintenance of Garage Equipment

Buyer: SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000825671

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## Summary

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is in the planning stage of retendering for the maintenance and testing of garage workshop equipment across its facility estate. This procurement process, announced via a Prior Information Notice (PIN), aims to gather market insights from potential suppliers to better inform the tender's development. Covering areas such as Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness, and Newbridge, this tender falls under the public order and safety industry category. Interested suppliers are encouraged to engage before the deadline on 26th March 2026. Scotland Excel (SXL) will execute the procurement exercise, although not directly manage the contract.

This tender presents significant business growth opportunities for companies specialising in the maintenance, calibration, testing, and repair of garage equipment. Firms with broad geographic service coverage, accredited service engineers, and robust digital reporting tools are particularly well-placed to compete. The scope includes planned and reactive maintenance, asset management, and supply chain resilience, essential for maintaining SFRS’s fleet of emergency and support vehicles. Suppliers capable of providing ad hoc equipment replacement, ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation, and participating in collaborative call-offs with other public bodies will have a competitive edge in this critical service contract aimed at safeguarding operational readiness.

## Notice

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is preparing to retender its Testing & Maintenance of Garage Equipment used across its workshop estate. This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is being issued to engage with the market and gather insights from potential suppliers. The aim is to inform the development of the upcoming tender documentation and ensure the specification accurately reflects current capabilities, industry standards, technological developments, and best practice in the servicing and maintenance of garage workshop equipment. SFRS is particularly interested in understanding supplier capability across the following areas: - Ability to maintain, calibrate, test and repair a broad range of garage and workshop equipment - Geographic service coverage across all SFRS workshops, including Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness and Newbridge - Availability of service engineers accredited by the Garage Equipment Association (GEA) or equivalent - Use of digital tools for reporting, asset management, maintenance scheduling, and document control - Approaches to delivering both planned and reactive maintenance, including typical response times - Supply chain resilience, including availability of OEM or OEM equivalent parts - Capacity to supply and install new equipment on an ad hoc basis - Business continuity planning, risk management, and contingency arrangements - Contract management processes, KPI monitoring, and data/reporting capability - Ability to support collaborative call off by other eligible public bodies (e.g., Scottish Ambulance Service and Police Scotland) where this is operationally beneficial and within scope of the Framework

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) seeks to establish a multi year Framework Agreement for the Planned and Reactive Maintenance, Calibration, and Ad hoc Replacement of Workshop Equipment used across its four Area Resource Centres: - Glasgow (Cowcaddens), - Dundee, - Inverness, and - Newbridge. The purchase is essential to ensuring the safety, reliability and operational readiness of SFRS's fleet of emergency and support vehicles, which include fire appliances, rapid response units, platforms, and specialist rescue vehicles. Maintaining these vehicles to legislative and manufacturer standards is mission critical for emergency response capability. The requirement is highly critical, as improper maintenance or calibration of workshop equipment directly affects SFRS's ability to service front line vehicles and therefore impacts emergency service delivery. The contract covers a full suite of workshop equipment and includes planned annual maintenance, calibration, reactive repairs within strict response times, and ad hoc equipment replacement when economically justified. This ensures equipment remains compliant with health and safety legislation, manufacturer requirements, and insurer standards. This purchase is a high importance, safety critical service contract aimed at safeguarding the operational reliability of SFRS workshops, ensuring compliance with national standards, and supporting uninterrupted emergency service provision. Responses to this PIN will help shape the final tender specification, technical questions, and selection criteria. Suppliers are invited to respond to the attached questionnaire, which covers the areas outlined above. Please note that this PIN is not a call for competition and does not commit SFRS to any procurement process at this stage. Responses should be emailed to flexibleprocurement@scotland-excel.org.uk by 5:00 PM on 26th March 2026.. Scotland Excel (SXL) will be acting on behalf of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) in the execution of this procurement exercise but will not be party to the contract or the management of the contract throughout its lifetime.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR551026 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Mar 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE |
| Locality | CAMBUSLANG |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G72 7NA |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM9 Southern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM95 South Lanarkshire |
| Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
| Electoral ward | Cambuslang East |
| Westminster constituency | Rutherglen |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50100000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
- 50433000 - Calibration services

## Release History

- 5 Mar 2026 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR551026

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAR551026&idx=1
  5th March 2026 - Questionnaire
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR551026
  Testing and Maintenance of Garage Equipment - Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is preparing to retender its Testing & Maintenance of Garage Equipment used across its workshop estate. This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is being issued to engage with the market and gather insights from potential suppliers. The aim is to inform the development of the upcoming tender documentation and ensure the specification accurately reflects current capabilities, industry standards, technological developments, and best practice in the servicing and maintenance of garage workshop equipment. SFRS is particularly interested in understanding supplier capability across the following areas: - Ability to maintain, calibrate, test and repair a broad range of garage and workshop equipment - Geographic service coverage across all SFRS workshops, including Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness and Newbridge - Availability of service engineers accredited by the Garage Equipment Association (GEA) or equivalent - Use of digital tools for reporting, asset management, maintenance scheduling, and document control - Approaches to delivering both planned and reactive maintenance, including typical response times - Supply chain resilience, including availability of OEM or OEM equivalent parts - Capacity to supply and install new equipment on an ad hoc basis - Business continuity planning, risk management, and contingency arrangements - Contract management processes, KPI monitoring, and data/reporting capability - Ability to support collaborative call off by other eligible public bodies (e.g., Scottish Ambulance Service and Police Scotland) where this is operationally beneficial and within scope of the Framework

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://firescotland.gov.uk
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=825671
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000825671

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