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West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority

NATIONAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR SMOKE ALARMS FOR ALL UK FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38431200
Value£30.0m
Deadline27 Jan 2021
Published4 Dec 2020
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 4 Dec 2020ClosedCloses 27 Jan 2021
Contract value in context
£30.0mtotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£32.4m

This is a large award for Laboratory & Precision Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This multi-supplier Framework Agreement is for the supply of Smoke Alarms and Associated Products to include but not limited to stand alone smoke alarms, interlinked smoke alarms, vibrating pads and strobes for the hearing impaired, carbon monoxide and heat alarms and a customer support service.

The framework agreement is designed to meet the needs of UK Fire and Rescue Services 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 with the winning suppliers.

The Contract will be divided into the following work packages "Lots": Lot 1 Stand-alone Smoke Alarms, Heat Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Alarms Lot 2 Hearing Impaired (wireless) Smoke Alarms and associated products Lot 3 Smart Home technology which includes Smoke Alarms and associate products along with monitoring equipment or apps.

Tenderers may submit responses for one or more Lots.

However, to bid for Lot 3 Tenderers also must bid for Lot 2.

Tenderers may be included in the Framework Agreement for one, two or for all three Lots.

However, Lot 3 will only be awarded to Tenderers who are successful in Lot 2.

Bids for Lot 3 only will not be accepted.

This invitation to tender closes on the 27 January 2021 at 16:00

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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This multi-supplier Framework Agreement is for

This multi-supplier Framework Agreement is for the supply of Smoke Alarms and Associated Products to include but not limited to stand alone smoke alarms, interlinked smoke alarms, vibrating pads and strobes for the hearing impaired, carbon monoxide and heat alarms and a customer support service.

02

However, to bid for Lot 3 Tenderers

However, to bid for Lot 3 Tenderers also must bid for Lot 2.

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Stage
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