Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-08-02
Buyer: Department of Finance
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 35111000: Fire-fighting equipment | 50413200
Estimated value: 1000000 GBP

Technical requirements: The Department of Finance is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to establish contractual arrangements for the provision, installation, maintenance, recharging, testing and environmental disposal of first aid fire fighting equipment and maintenance and testing of a small number of fire hydrants for its current clients, within the curtilage of their sites.
The Department of Finance (DoF) Property Services Division (hereafter referred to as PSD) is responsible for building maintenance and fire safety services to the Northern Ireland Civil Service and wider public sector. Building maintenance and fire safety branch currently provides fire safety services to a wider range of properties across Northern Ireland on behalf of Government Departments, their Agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies and Centre of Procurement Expertise (COPEs). The pre market engagement is being used to inform a procurement process to establish contractual arrangements for the provision, installation, maintenance, recharging, testing and environmental disposal of first aid fire fighting equipment and maintenance and testing of a small number of fire hydrants within the curtilage of their sites. This prior information notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the fire fighting equipment market. The Department of Finance intends to hold market engagement sessions with industry experts and suppliers interested in potentially tendering for these services. If you are interested in participating in the market engagement please access and complete the questionnaire via etendersNI.co.uk Following receipt of questionnaires the authority intends to hold market engagement sessions during late August early September 2018. Participation in any of the market engagement events is not a pre-requisite to participating in the procurement. It is anticipated that the procurement will be provide a Pan Government Collaborative Arrangement for use by bodies within the central government, security, education and utilities sectors. It is anticipated that the services to be covered by any procurement will be subdivided into lots the full lotting structure of this procurement will be determined following the market engagement. The authority wishes to carryout market engagement to test the purposed scope, structure and services for the arrangement and to shape the optimal solution to achieve the commercial aims of this procurement. The estimate value over the course of the arrangement may range from one to 3 000 000 GBP. The authority is considering that the successful tenderer may be required to be a member of BAFE (British Approvals for Fire Equipment) (SP101) scheme or equivalent UKAS accredited certification scheme. The authority’s current arrangements are due to expire in October 2018. The authority’s intention is to award a contract(s) for services to commence March 2019. The authority will establish an interim arrangement to provide continued maintenance services until the start of the new contracts.


Award value: 1000000