Official UK procurement notice
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of 2 Fire Behaviour Training Containers for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service
Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSuffolk County Council is awarding a contract for the provision of Supply, Installation and Maintenance of 2 Fire Behaviour Training Containers for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service.
The advertised value here is £134196 inclusive of VAT.
The VAT included is 20% Standard Rate however in some circumstances VAT may be exempt or chargeable at a different rate.
CPV: Firefighting equipment installation work · Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment · Simulators · Storage containers · Structural steel erection work · Structural steel erection work for structures · Training facilities
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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 award criteria (3)
- Price: Further details are available within the tender documentation
- Quality: Further details are available within the tender documentation
- Social Value: Further details are available within the tender documentation
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- 27 Nov 2025, 16:26 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Jun 2026, 15:14 BST
- Authority reference
OT01-25- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-007776- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ea80Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
27 Nov 2025 → 4 Jun 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published329 days ago27 Nov 2025, 16:26 GMT
- Market engagement308 days ago18 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Suffolk County Council propose to hold informal sessions with interested parties who may be able to provide Fire Behaviour Training Containers via Microsoft Teams on 15, 17 or 18th December 2025.
Each session will last approximately 30 mins in which Suffolk County Council will briefly set out our requirements, then invite each supplier to respond and pose any questions they might have about the contract or the procurement.
Note that the consultation may be recorded or notes taken to ensure that the resulting tender pack provides information such that all bidders have the same information and no potential bidder unable to make the dates is disadvantaged.
Suffolk County Council would like to explore the following topic
- Any innovation with recent fire behaviour unit builds
Interested Parties should contact Mandy Brown by 5pm on 11th December 2025 to allow timeslots to be arranged.
You are also advised to ensure you are registered on the Central Digital Platform, or your supplier information record is up to date.
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This notice is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise.
Participation is no indication of a commitment to partake in any future tendering process, nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who participate.
Please also note that this notice is not intended as a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the tender notice is published.
All future tender documents will be available on Suffolk County Council E- tendering portal: www.suffolksourcing.uk ↗
We look forward to your participation and contributions.
Suffolk County Council has joined the government's Devolution Priority Programme (DPP), a fast-track programme towards devolution and local government reorganisation.
Under the DPP it is proposed that:
a) a Mayoral Combined County Authority (MCCA) for Norfolk and Suffolk is established, with strategic powers and headed by an elected mayor ("Devolution").
b) the existing two-tier council structure in Suffolk is abolished and replaced with one or more unitary councils covering the current geographical boundary of Suffolk ("LGR").
It is possible that both, one or neither of these changes will happen. These changes are declared as known risks as we do not yet know the implications of Devolution and/or LGR.
As a result of LGR and Devolution, contract modifications may be necessary to novate, transfer or disaggregate the contract from the one you entered into to one or more successor authorities or the MCAA. Impacts could include changes to geographical boundaries, significant increases and/or decreases in the goods and/or services required due to the change in size/scope of any successor authority or the MCAA. This may also change the scope of the contract
- Next notice expected283 days ago12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published267 days ago28 Jan 2026, 17:27 GMT
- Clarification questions by237 days ago27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline224 days ago12 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts175 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published140 days ago4 Jun 2026, 15:14 BST
Notice history
12 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Nov 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Nov 2025, 16:26 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Dec 2025, 09:34 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published28 Jan 2026, 17:27 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active28 Jan 2026, 17:27 GMT
- Procurement method changed28 Jan 2026, 17:27 GMT
- Deadline published: 27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT28 Jan 2026, 17:27 GMT
- Tender notice published16 Feb 2026, 13:01 GMTUK4
- Deadline moved to 12 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT16 Feb 2026, 13:01 GMT+13 days · was 27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract award notice published26 May 2026, 16:37 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 May 2026, 16:37 BST
- Procurement termination notice published4 Jun 2026, 15:14 BSTUK12
- Contract signature expected5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (2)
Additional CPV codes added to advert
Deadline for tender clarifications has been moved until 27/02/2026. Deadline for submission of tender documents has been moved until 12/03/2026 at 12:00 (Noon)
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-01: 1 release · 28 Jan 2026
- 2025-12: 1 release · 4 Dec 2025
- 2025-11: 1 release · 27 Nov 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crofton Engineering Limited1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2036 · up to 1 Jul 2039Extensions: There will be an option to extend the contract for up to a further 36 months. | £134,196 inc. VAT | 26 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Crofton Engineering Limited
- Signed
- date not published
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 30 Apr 2036
- Status
- cancelled (3 Jun 2026)
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8final-stage tenders | 7 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Crofton Engineering LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender