Published date: 4 December 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 15 January 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Roller-type shutters - 44115310

  • Gates - 44221300

  • Repair and maintenance services - 50000000

    • Repair and maintenance services of building installations - 50700000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£0 to £220,000

Procurement reference

20171204111916-34952

Published date

4 December 2017

Closing date

15 January 2018

Contract start date

16 January 2018

Contract end date

17 January 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority is seeking a company to supply electrical and mechanical services, expertise and parts as required to provide an effective planned preventative maintenance programme of all appliance bay doors, roller shutters, gates and barriers for 41 West Midlands Fire Service sites across the West Midlands Area broken into three lots:

Lot 1 - Black Country
Lot 2 - Birmingham
Lot 3 - Coventry & Solihull

Companies wishing to tender may bid for any combination or all lots.

This Programme will include four annual inspection/maintenance visits (February/May/August/November) together with the provision of a 365, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week emergency callout service to cover plant or service breakdown. The successful contractor must ensure that he can adequately cover the West Midlands area and that call outs can be dealt with within 2 hours of receipt of a P1 (Priority 1) call for emergency repairs.

The company must be experienced in this field and able to demonstrate its professional and technical competence in providing a regular service.

Companies wishing to tender for this contract must have or be willing to obtain £5m public liability and employer's liability cover and a minimum turnover of £440,000 per annum (for all 3 lots) or separately turnover for lot 1 would be £150,000, lot 2, £170,000 and lot 3, £120,000. In addition they should ideally be members of the Door Hardware Federation, or equivalent or be willing to obtain similar accreditation if successful. Full details can be found at Schedule 2 of the documentation.

The award of the contract is expected to be mid-February 2018 with a contract start date of 1st May 2018. The contract shall be for two years with an option to extend for two further years.

For full details (see schedule 2 - specification

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About the buyer

Contact name

Tina Daniels

Address

99 Vauxhall Road, Nechells
Birmingham
B7 4HW
ENG

Telephone

+44 1213806177

Email

tina.daniels@wmfs.net

Website

www.wmfs.net