PRN - 004096 - Fleet Maintenance Contract

The Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service is amongst the largest County Fire Services in the country servicing a population of just over one million and covering an area of 834 square miles. There is an establishment of approximately 1000 uniformed and non-uniformed staff, with a total of 24 operational fire stations of which 11 are staffed by wholetime/regular firefighters. The remaining 13 stations are staffed by retained firefighters.

NFRS provides a 24/7/365 service. Its personnel, vehicles and equipment must be available at short notice to respond to incidents. It is a statutory duty of NFRS to ensure that this equipment is efficient, effective and available at all times and maintained in accordance with statutory requirements. It is imperative that downtime is kept to an absolute minimum.

NFRS are looking to put in place refreshed arrangements for the provision of Fleet & Equipment Maintenance Arrangements, commencing 1st April 2019 for an initial 5 year period with the option to extend for a maximum 5 years.

This Agreement will be split into 3 lots as detailed below:

Lot 1 - Maintenance of Light Vehicles Lot 2 - Maintenance of Heavy Fleet including Fire Appliances and Associated Equipment Lot 3 - Combined pricing option for Lot 1 and 2.

Bidders may tender for a single lot or the combined lots. The lots will not be sub-divided with multiple suppliers.

Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No