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Published 27 Nov 2025, 16:26 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Supply, Installation and Maintenance of 2 Fire Behaviour Training Containers for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service

Official notice

Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)

GoodsBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£100,000≈ £10k / year · £120,000 inc. VAT34.2% above final estimate
Submissions closed 12 Mar 2026
Next notice expected 12 Jan 2026
Contract term 10 yrsends 30 Apr 2036 · up to 1 May 2039 with extensions · starts 1 May 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Suffolk 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 published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 10 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£100,000
Contract period: 1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2036 (10 yrs) · up to 1 May 2039 with extensionsValue: £100,000 exc. VAT · £120,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: East of EnglandEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: There will be an option to extend the contract for up to a further 36 months

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: 65%Price: 30%Social value: 5%
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
What this means for your bid
  • 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)
Firefighting equipment installation workFirefighting, rescue and safety equipmentSimulatorsStorage containersStructural steel erection workStructural steel erection work for structuresTraining facilities
Delivery area
East of England (UKH14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ea80 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowed
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
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 Nov 2025 → 4 Jun 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Planning notice published329 days ago
    27 Nov 2025, 16:26 GMT
  2. Market engagement308 days ago
    18 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.

    [email protected]

    You are also advised to ensure you are registered on the Central Digital Platform, or your supplier information record is up to date.

    Suppliers: How to register your organisation and first administrator on Find a Tender in three easy steps

    shorturl.at/kigPg ↗

    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

  3. Next notice expected283 days ago
    12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Tender notice published267 days ago
    28 Jan 2026, 17:27 GMT
  5. Clarification questions by237 days ago
    27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Submission deadline224 days ago
    12 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
  7. Contract starts175 days ago
    1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
  8. Latest notice published140 days ago
    4 Jun 2026, 15:14 BST

Notice history

12 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Nov 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    27 Nov 2025, 16:26 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Dec 2025, 09:34 GMT
    UK2
  3. Tender notice published
    28 Jan 2026, 17:27 GMT
    UK4
  4. Status changed to active
    28 Jan 2026, 17:27 GMT
  5. Procurement method changed
    28 Jan 2026, 17:27 GMT
  6. Deadline published: 27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
    28 Jan 2026, 17:27 GMT
  7. Tender notice published
    16 Feb 2026, 13:01 GMT
    UK4
  8. Deadline moved to 12 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
    16 Feb 2026, 13:01 GMT
    +13 days · was 27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
  9. Contract award notice published
    26 May 2026, 16:37 BST
    UK6
  10. Status changed to complete
    26 May 2026, 16:37 BST
  11. Procurement termination notice published
    4 Jun 2026, 15:14 BST
    UK12
  12. Contract signature expected
    5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
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
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £134,1961 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 87 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
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. VAT26 May 2026Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
8final-stage tenders70—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Suffolk County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHVH-1657-HHMV Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, East of England, IP1 2BXContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Crofton Engineering LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00521342 Cambridge Road,, Cambridge, East of England, CB21 4NNContact email

Official documents & specifications (7)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure