Official UK procurement notice
Supply, Testing and Maintenance of Garage Equipment
Authority: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (Police & fire)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe proposed contract will establish a Contract for the Supply, Testing and Maintenance of Garage Equipment across the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service’s (SFRS) four Asset Resource Centres located in Glasgow (Cambuslang), Dundee, Inverness, and Newbridge.
The purchase is essential to ensuring the safety, reliability and operational readiness of SFRS’s fleet of approximately 1,600 emergency and support vehicles, which include fire appliances, rapid response units, platforms, and specialist rescue vehicles. Maintaining these vehicles to legislative and manufacturer standards is mission critical for emergency response capability.
The requirement is highly critical, as improper maintenance or calibration of workshop equipment directly affects SFRS’s ability to service front line vehicles and therefore impacts emergency service delivery.
The Scottish Ambulance Service and Police Scotland will have the ability to utilise this contract, subject to their internal governance and approval processes.
- Recurrence: Prior to the expiry of the contract end date
CPV: Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment · Workshop equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service seeks to establish a multi-year contract for the…RenewalPublished value£361,486
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service seeks to establish a multi-year contract for the Supply, Testing and Maintenance of Garage Equipment used across its four Asset Resource Centres. Additional information: Scotland Excel is acting on behalf of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in the execution of this tender but will not be party to the contract or the management of the contract throughout its lifetime.
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 (10)
- Mobilisation and Asset Register Setup: 10
- Planned Maintenance & Calibration Delivery: 20
- Reactive Maintenance, Repairs & Parts Compliance: 15
- Supply, Delivery & Installation of New Equipment: 15
- Contract Management & Resourcing: 15
- Customer Service & Day-to-Day Support: 10
- Innovation: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- price: 40
- Sustainable Sourcing & Lifecycle Management: 5
Published award criteria (10)
- Mobilisation and Asset Register Setup: 10
- Sustainable Sourcing & Lifecycle Management: 5
- Planned Maintenance & Calibration Delivery: 20
- Reactive Maintenance, Repairs & Parts Compliance: 15
- Supply, Delivery & Installation of New Equipment: 15
- Contract Management & Resourcing: 15
- Customer Service & Day-to-Day Support: 10
- Innovation: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Price: 40
- Suitability
Bidders must confirm membership of the Garage Equipment Association (GEA) or an equivalent recognised industry body relevant to their country of establishment.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 140 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Prior to the expiry of the contract end date
- First published
- 5 Mar 2026, 13:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Aug 2026, 15:25 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Sept 2026 – …
- Authority reference
T3A-044-2627- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078209- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06630dFind a Tender
Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=840333. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 (SC Ref:840333) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=840333
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 17 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
30 Apr 2026 → 15 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Next notice expected176 days ago30 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Notice published66 days ago17 Aug 2026, 15:25 BST
- Submission deadline35 days ago17 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened35 days ago17 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Bids must remain valid untilin 85 days15 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Aug 2026- Published value published: £361,48617 Aug 2026, 15:25 BST
- Status changed to active17 Aug 2026, 15:25 BST
- Procurement method changed17 Aug 2026, 15:25 BST
- Deadline published: 17 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST17 Aug 2026, 15:25 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Scottish Ambulance ServiceContracting authority
- Scottish Police AuthorityContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria