Published date: 2 November 2020

Last edited date: 4 November 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 September 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

Location of contract

EX3 0NW

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

Corporate Website

Published date

2 November 2020

Closing date

1 September 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

12 October 2020

Contract end date

11 October 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service is the largest non-metropolitan fire and rescue service in the UK. We provide fire and rescue services for the counties of Devon and Somerset and the 1.7 million people who live here.

Our work focuses on three main areas: prevention, protection and response. We have a statutory duty to make provision to respond to fires and road traffic collisions (RTCs) and promote fire safety.

Preventing fire and other incidents is an important part of our work. We aim to support and educate communities to take steps to protect themselves.

We employ almost 2,000 staff, of which 1,509 are operational (wholetime and on-call firefighters), 36 control staff and 309 are support staff.

We work every day with our communities and partners to prevent emergencies, to make people safer in their homes, their places of work and where they visit. However, emergencies do happen and when they do we will respond as quickly as possible in order to help people and save lives.

We have just launched the Service's first communications and engagement strategy. A key focus for our strategy is building and improving our communications with our audience through digital channels. We want to create a new digital home for the Service which is user-focused and transactional rather than informational.

Our current website and intranet were built in 2012 and have had very little development since and uses an outdated content management system that is no longer fit for purpose. Our intranet is currently restricted to our internal network and this is a major barrier for many of our on-call staff accessing key information online. The initial focus for this project will be to replace our external website, but we will also be looking to explore developing and securely extending a new intranet beyond our internal network to enhance our staff's access to information.

View our current site at: www.dsfire.gov.uk

Award information

Awarded date

12 October 2020

Contract start date

12 October 2020

Contract end date

11 October 2024

Total value of contract

£44,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

BIG BLUE DOOR LIMITED

Address

60 Queen Elizabeth Street
LONDON
SE1 2PZ
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 07958927

Value of contract

£44,000

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Pete Aighton

Address

Service HQ
The Knowle, Clyst St. George
EXETER
EX30NW
England

Telephone

01392872396

Email

paighton@dsfire.gov.uk