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Published 24 Nov 2022, 16:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Heavy Plant and Operator Provision for Waste and Large Industrial and Agricultural Building Fires

Official notice

Authority: Essex Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner Fire & Rescue Authority (Police & fire)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£100,000≈ £25k / year
Submissions closed 6 Jan 2023
Contract term 4 yrsends 31 May 2027 · extension options published · starts 1 Jun 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) provide a response to a multitude of complex incidents that often require or would be enhanced by specialist skill sets/equipment. Two such incident types in which we often encounter difficulties are waste fires and fires within industrial/commercial/agricultural buildings. To enable ECFRS to effectively respond and resolve the aforementioned incident types, we require operational support anywhere across Essex 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in the form of Heavy Plant provision and specialist advice.

CPV: Hire of industrial vehicles with driver

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Tenderers are referred to the full specification of requirement within the tender…Renewal 4 yrs

Tenderers are referred to the full specification of requirement within the tender documents but in summary, the successful Contractor must be able to provide a Plant and Machinery Specialist Advisor to provide remote advice immediately by telephone or video call. The Specialist Advisor would then be required to attend the incident within 2 hours of a request being made to attend the site to offer specialist advice as to the suitable, available plant machinery that could support the tactical plan and provide accurate advice regarding the use of heavy plant to gain access/egress into a collapsed structure allowing safe firefighting operations to take place. The plant must be delivered to site within 4 hours of agreeing the appropriate plant, and if required and agreed, a second machine should be delivered within 24 hours. The Contractor is to provide an operator who would be required to operate the agreed machinery once delivered to site in line with all risk assessments. Attendance and supply of heavy plant could be requested anywhere in the county of Essex. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/ZE2EN99YSE ↗

Contract period: 1 Jun 2023 – 31 May 2027 (4 yrs)
Delivery: East of England · Essex
Extensions: The Authority will have the with an option to extend the contract beyond the initial four (4) year term in 2 x twenty-four (24) month blocks for a maximum contract term of 8 years.Variant bids: not allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Nov 2022, 16:05 GMT
Last source update
24 Nov 2022, 16:05 GMT
Award evaluation window
6 Jan 2023 – …
Authority reference
ECFRS00205
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-033400
Classification (CPV)
Hire of industrial vehicles with driver
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038822 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. Tender responses must be submitted by the date and time specified in section IV.2.2. The Authority reserves the right not to accept requests to participate that are received after the deadline. Tenderers are encouraged to submit their submissions well in advance of the stated date and time in order to avoid issues such as technical difficulties with the electronic system that may be due to the high volumes of traffic attempting to submit applications on the same date at the same time. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Rivenhall:-Hire-of-industrial-vehicles-with-driver./ZE2EN99YSE To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/ZE2EN99YSE GO Reference: GO-20221124-PRO-21554509

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
6 Jan 2023, 13:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
6 Jan 2023, 13:01 GMT

Timeline

24 Nov 2022 → 1 Jun 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    24 Nov 2022, 16:05 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    6 Jan 2023, 13:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    6 Jan 2023, 13:01 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority

Contracting authorityPolice & fireBody governed by public lawPublic order and safety Service Headquarters Kelvedon Park, London Road, Rivenhall, UK, CM8 3HBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria