Published date: 5 December 2023

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 5 December 2023

Contract summary

Industry

  • Audio-visual equipment - 32321200

  • Vehicles for the emergency services - 34144200

  • Vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers - 34200000

    • Vehicle-fleet management services - 50111100

Location of contract

PO19 1RG

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

CF-0006300D24000000HFzAEAW

Published date

5 December 2023

Approach to market date

5 December 2023

Contract start date

1 January 2025

Contract end date

31 January 2025

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This is not a call for competition

The requirement
The purpose of this early market engagement is to introduce to prospective suppliers the scope, need, vehicle and IT requirements of a proposed procurement of 5 new Incident Command Vehicles across four Fire and Rescue Services (known as 4F). They are:
i. East Sussex Fire Authority
ii. Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority
iii. Surrey Fire and Rescue Service (Surrey County Council)
iv. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (West Sussex County Council)

The draft requirements are described further in the market sounding exercise document attached below.

Timescales
The West Sussex County Council (on behalf of the 4F) intends to publish the tender for these vehicles in mid 2024 with the award and contracting process to be completed later the same calendar year.

Market sounding exercise
The Council is publishing a market sounding exercise alongside this Notice to gain some insight into market capability and capacity.

Responses to these questions will help to finalise the specification and service requirements. You are kindly asked to review and respond no later than 12:00 on 26 January 2024.

Completed documents can be uploaded on the Council's e-sourcing portal https://atamis-7669.my.site.com/s/Welcome. The project ref is C17588.

Once logged in, the project can be found under 'Find Opportunities' from the main home page. Once you have registered an interest, the project and documents can be viewed in full under 'My Proposals and Quotes'.

Please note a draft Vehicle and IT specification is also included on the portal for further context.

More information

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

James Skilling

Address

West Street
Chichester
PO19 1RG
GB

Email

james.skilling@westsussex.gov.uk