Official UK procurement notice
DN820883 Servicing and Maintenance of Fire Extinguishers
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionServicing and Maintenance of Fire Extinguishers
Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of Servicing and Maintenance of Fire Extinguishers.
This project involves the servicing and maintenance of Fire extinguishers for each of the buildings listed within the tender documentation, Appendix A which are situated within the Borough of Swindon.
The contract term will be for 3 years as stated in the RFQ documents. Estimated contract spend is between £150,000 ex VAT and £170,000 ex VAT across the 3-year contract term.
Full details relating to the Services are provided in the RFQ documents.
To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team [email protected]
RFQ clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal, including the project reference and title clearly in the Subject title, by 30th July 2026, 1400 hrs UK Local time. The Council’s responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically via Messaging in ProContract tender portal.
RFQ Responses are required to be submitted no later than 7th August 2026, 1400 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
Please note that this project has been advertised on Find a Tender and Supplying the South West Portal, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN820883.
No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the RFQ documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the RFQ documents.
CPV: Fire extinguishers · Fire-prevention services · Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£170,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lot awarding rule: Price Weighting 60% Quality Weighting 40% (Project Implementation 10%, Quality Assurance 10%, Health and Safety 10% and Social Value 10%)
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jul 2026, 11:05 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jul 2026, 11:05 BST
- Authority reference
DN820883- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-067138- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cca3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Aug 2026, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
In order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the Tender documents the Authority is providing the documents in the Attachment area of the ProContract e-tendering portal at www.supplingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗.
In order to access amendable versions of the documents and to submit a response Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗, then Register an Interest before obtaining access and downloading the Word and Excel formant Documents for completion and submission.
Timeline
16 Jul 2026 → 21 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published104 days ago16 Jul 2026, 11:05 BST
- Clarification questions by89 days ago30 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission deadline81 days ago7 Aug 2026, 14:00 BST
- Contract starts37 days ago21 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published16 Jul 2026, 11:05 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender