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Published 6 Feb 2026, 15:21 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Fire & Rescue Station End Equipment

Official notice

Authority: Lincolnshire County Council (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£1,513,000≈ £216k / year · £1,815,600 inc. VAT · 1 value update12% below published estimate
Submissions closed 18 May 2026awarded 7 Jul 2026
Award (standstill) to PAGEONE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Contract term 7 yrsends 19 Jul 2033 · up to 19 Jul 2035 with extensions · starts 20 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This procurement is seeking to award a contract to a Supplier for the supply, implementation, configuration and ongoing support of Station End Equipment for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue (LFR).

The solution should be high availability and resilient, suitable for critical infrastructure, and capable of:

  • receiving mobilisation alerts and dispatch instruction messages from LFR Command & Control.
  • alerting appropriate members.
  • providing crews with information on the incident(s) they are being called to.
  • activate turnout systems and station equipment, triggering visual and audible alerts, opening doors, switching on lights, etc

The Contracting Authority reserves the right to modify the contract in accordance with Schedule 8, Paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 where a known risk arises during the contract term.

The Authority has identified a known risk that future organisational, governance or service delivery changes affecting Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue may require modifications to the Station End Equipment solution and associated support services which cannot be fully specified at the time of contract award (e.g. local government reforms).

Such modifications may include:

  • migration, transfer or restructuring of operational, administrative or historical data;
  • amendments to system configuration, security roles, user structures or organisational hierarchies;
  • changes to interfaces or integration requirements with successor systems or organisations;
  • transition assistance, technical consultancy or implementation services required to support the continuation of service delivery following organisational change.

Any modification would be limited to that reasonably necessary to address the identified risk and ensure continued service delivery.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jul 2032, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Emergency and security equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 7 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£1,513,000
Contract period: 20 Jul 2026 – 19 Jul 2033 (7 yrs) · up to 19 Jul 2035 with extensionsValue: £1,513,000 exc. VAT · £1,815,600 inc. VAT
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Option for the Council to extend the Contract by a period of 2 years.

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Method Questions: 60%
  • Financial Model / Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Financial Model / Price
  • Method Questions
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 1 Jul 2032
First published
6 Feb 2026, 15:21 GMT
Last source update
9 Jul 2026, 17:01 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 22 Jun 2026
Authority reference
PL25/016
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-025921
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Emergency and security equipment
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064a60 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Panacea
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
18 May 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 Feb 2026 → 21 Jul 2026 · 9 dates
  1. Planning notice published263 days ago
    6 Feb 2026, 15:21 GMT
  2. Market engagement238 days ago
    2 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Pre Market Engagement invitation and questionnaire documents available via the Panacea e-tendering portal. Those wishing to reply to this questionnaire should complete the Pre-Market-Engagement-Questionnaire and respond via Panacea direct message by 12:00 noon, Monday 2nd March 2026. No other documentation is required to be completed or returned at this stage.

    The link to our public Tenders, Research and Contracts site is

    app.panacea-software.com/lcc/eRFX-Public/Rese… ↗

  3. Tender notice published221 days ago
    20 Mar 2026, 15:50 GMT
  4. Submission deadline162 days ago
    18 May 2026, 12:00 BST
  5. Award decision expected by126 days ago
    22 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
  6. Assessment summaries sent111 days ago
    8 Jul 2026
  7. Latest notice published110 days ago
    9 Jul 2026, 17:01 BST
  8. Contract starts99 days ago
    20 Jul 2026
  9. Standstill ends97 days ago
    21 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

13 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Feb 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 Feb 2026, 15:21 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Feb 2026, 14:03 GMT
    UK2
  3. Tender notice published
    20 Mar 2026, 15:50 GMT
    UK4
  4. Published value updated to £1,513,000
    20 Mar 2026, 15:50 GMT
    was £1,400,000
  5. Status changed to active
    20 Mar 2026, 15:50 GMT
  6. Procurement method changed
    20 Mar 2026, 15:50 GMT
  7. Deadline published: 20 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
    20 Mar 2026, 15:50 GMT
  8. Tender notice published
    31 Mar 2026, 11:38 BST
    UK4
  9. Deadline moved to 18 May 2026, 12:00 BST
    31 Mar 2026, 11:38 BST
    +28 days · was 20 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
  10. Tender notice published
    1 Apr 2026, 13:22 BST
    UK4
  11. Contract award notice published
    9 Jul 2026, 17:01 BST
    UK6
  12. Status changed to complete
    9 Jul 2026, 17:01 BST
  13. Contract signature expected
    24 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
Published amendments (3)

Extended submission deadline.

Extension to submission date.

Extension to submission date.

Routine re-releases (6)
  • 2026-03: 1 release · 20 Mar 2026
  • 2026-02: 2 releases · 6 Feb 2026, 11 Feb 2026

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,330,7931 award exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
PAGEONE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED27 Jul 2026 – 26 Jul 2033 · up to 26 Jul 2035Extensions: Two periods of one year.£1,330,7937 Jul 2026standstill to 21 Jul 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2final-stage tenders10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lincolnshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGRB-3736-CHZN County Offices, Newland, Lincoln, East Midlands, LN1 1YLContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • PAGEONE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PTWY-6493-VDBL Suite C, 1st Floor, Profile West, Profile West,, Brentford, London, TW8 9ESContact email

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
  • Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender