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West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority

POWERED WATER CRAFTS

Transport EquipmentCPV 34000000 34500000 34520000
Value£100k
Awarded15 Aug 2022
Published18 Jul 2022
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£100ktotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£2.9m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Transport Equipment band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority (the Authority) currently uses a range of watercraft from different suppliers which are now due for replacement.

The current fleet ranges from 3.6m rotary moulded hulls to 5m Inflatable Rescue Boats.

These are propelled by various outboards such as; Mariner 30/40hp, 2 stroke, 4 stroke, and Evinrude ETEC 30hp.

The Authority is looking to consolidate this fleet providing a standardised approach requiring two boat sizes, one not less than 4m (X4)and one no more than 5 metres (X1) in length.

These shall be powered by the most appropriately sized engine for performance set out in DEFRA.

The tender is for boats, outboard motors and trailers to be supplied as a complete package and 5 years of support and provision of spares.

Download all documents from e-tendering portal for details of how to bid for this requirement. https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=50465&B=BLUELIGHT

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

These shall be powered by the most

These shall be powered by the most appropriately sized engine for performance set out in DEFRA.

02

The tender is for boats, outboard motors

The tender is for boats, outboard motors and trailers to be supplied as a complete package and 5 years of support and provision of spares.

03

Download all documents from e-tendering portal

Download all documents from e-tendering portal for details of how to bid for this requirement. https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=50465&B=BLUELIGHT.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
5919fbdc-b894-4c6e-b21b-f96191faf858
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
20220718120307-34952
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