Official UK procurement notice
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR NATIONAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF SAFE AND WELL EQUIPMENT
Authority: West Midlands Fire Service (Police & fire)
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionVulnerable people such as the elderly benefit from Safe and Well visits carried out by UK Fire and Rescue Services and Safe and Well Equipment is supplied. This Framework Agreement is for the supply of Safe and Well Equipment to include but not limited to Fire Retardant bedding, throws, blankets, nightwear, home safety and security equipment to protect from arson, FR rubber mats and personal protection systems. The framework is designed to meet the needs of UK Fire and Rescue Services (FRS's) for use in residential premises. Through the establishment of this framework agreement all UK FRS's will have the capability to place direct call off orders and run further competitions with the winning suppliers. A directory listing potential Fire and Rescue customers can be located on the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) homepage at: www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Fire-and-Rescue-Serv… ↗ FRS's can then be located through a postcode or region search or alphabetically.
CPV: Bed linen · Blankets · Domestic cooking or heating equipment · Fire suppression system · Leather and textile fabrics, plastic and rubber materials · Locks, keys and hinges · Protective and safety clothing · Security equipment · Special clothing · Textile fabrics and related items
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 2 bids on the busiest of 5 lots · 6 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Fire Retardant BeddingAwarded
Supply and delivery of Fire Retardant Bedding, Mattress Toppers, Throws and Blankets
Lot #2ClothingAwarded
Supply and delivery of women's and men's pyjamas and nightgowns. Also the supply of smoking aprons.
Lot #3Home Security EquipmentAwarded
Supply and delivery of home security equipment
Lot #4Home Safety EquipmentCancelled
Supply and delivery of home safety equipment
Lot #5Moveable Personal Protection SystemsAwarded
The supply, installation and maintenance of Moveable Personal Protection Systems. The units must be a stand-alone water misting system with its own detection system that will operate to control and / or extinguish a fire that has started in the area monitored by the detection system. The unit must be capable of being moved from one property to another and reused.
Lot #6Rubber MatsAwarded
Supply and Delivery of Fire Retardant rubber mats
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Conformance to Specification and Quality: 60%
- Price: 35%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
- Conformance to Specification and Quality: 60
- Social Value: 5
- Price: 35
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “INVITATION TO TENDER FOR NATIONAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR THE SUPPLY…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Apr 2021, 16:45 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Apr 2021, 16:45 BST
- Authority reference
C002971- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-007962- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a68bFind a Tender
- Review procedure
The authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the framework
agreements is communicated to tenderers. The notification will provide full information on the award decision.
The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers
to challenge the award decision.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast8 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £432,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Fire Retardant Bedding
- Signed
- 22 Mar 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Fire Retardant Bedding
- Signed
- 22 Mar 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Clothing
- Signed
- 22 Mar 2021
- Value
- £53,000
- Status
- active
Clothing
- Signed
- 22 Mar 2021
- Value
- £53,000
- Status
- active
Home Security Equipment
- Signed
- 22 Mar 2021
- Value
- £107,000
- Status
- active
Home Security Equipment
- Signed
- 22 Mar 2021
- Value
- £107,000
- Status
- active
Moveable Personal Protection Systems
- Signed
- 22 Mar 2021
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Status
- active
Rubber Mats
- Signed
- 22 Mar 2021
- Value
- £72,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Fire Retardant Bedding | 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
| 2 · Clothing | 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
| 3 · Home Security Equipment | 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
| 5 · Moveable Personal Protection Systems | 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 6 · Rubber Mats | 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- West Midlands Fire and Rescue AuthorityReview bodyReview contact point
Framework contractors & participating bidders
7 commercial parties on the notice- Able 2 Wear LtdFramework contractor
- Blockabox LimitedFramework contractor
- Gailarde LtdFramework contractor
- Solon Security LimitedFramework contractor
- Surefire Services LimitedFramework contractor
- Thomas Kneale & Co LtdFramework contractor
- Thomas Kneale & co LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.