UK-Maidstone: Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Contracting authority
- Contracting authority:
- Kent Fire and Rescue Service
- Public Procurement Organisation Number:
- PCTX-8834-ZQLL
- Address:
The Godlands
Maidstone
ME15 6XB
UK- Contact name:
- Not provided
- Email:
- alex.whelan@kent.fire-uk.org
- Telephone:
- Not provided
- Website:
- Not provided
- Organisation type:
- REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
- Devolved regulations that apply:
- None
Procedure
- Procedure type:
Direct award- Tenders received:
- 0
- Tenders assessed:
- 0
- Tenders from SMEs:
- 0
- Tenders from VCSEs:
- 0
Scope
- Title:
- C25062 - Ashford Live Fire Servicing, Maintenance and Repairs
- Reference number:
- C25062
- Description:
- Kent Fire and Rescue Service required a Specialist Smoke Capture and Filtration System for the Ashford Live Fire Training Building. The supplier Draeger Safety UK Ltd were appointed to design and install the required system capable of meeting the specific operational and safety requirements.
The installed system is bespoke and not an open protocol platform. As a result, the ongoing servicing, maintenance, and technical support of the system needs to be delivered by Draeger Safety UK Ltd, who are the sole provider with the necessary proprietary knowledge, components, and certification to work on their system.
Due to the unique, niche, and manufacturer specific nature of the system, no alternative supplier is able to maintain or service the system. For this reason, a direct award to Draeger Safety UK Ltd is required to ensure continuity, safety compliance, and system integrity.
This contract will be in place for the life of the system and for the purposes of this notice have a term of 20 years.
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Participation
- Suitable for SMEs:
- No
- Suitable for VCSEs:
- No
Lots
- Description:
- Not provided
- Main procurement category:
- SERVICES
- Above threshold:
- Yes
- Suitable for SMEs:
- No
- Suitable for VCSEs:
- No
- Contract dates (estimated):
- 09/07/2026 to 08/07/2046
- CPV classifications:
50413200 - Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment.
50530000 - Repair and maintenance services of machinery.
50532000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment.
50700000 - Repair and maintenance services of building installations.- Contract can be extended:
- No
- Delivery regions:
Not provided
Suppliers
Lot 1
- Title:
- Ashford Live Fire Servicing, Maintenance and Repairs
- Supplier:
- Draeger Safety UK Ltd
- Companies House:
- 00777464
- Address:
Ullswater Close, Blyth Riverside Business Park, Blyth
Northumberland
NE24 4RG
UK- Email:
- nqrs@draeger.com
- Telephone:
- Not provided
- Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME):
- No
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE):
- No
- Supported employment provider:
- No
- Public service mutual:
- No
Documents
- Associated tender documents:
Not provided- Technical specifications:
Not provided
Contract Terms
- Contract terms:
- Not provided
- A conflicts assessment has been prepared and revised:
- Yes
Direct Award Justification
- Allowed by statutory instrument:
- No
- Direct award justifications:
Single supplier - intellectual property
Single supplier - technical- Justification description:
- Kent Fire and Rescue Service required a Specialist Smoke Capture and Filtration System for the Ashford Live Fire Training Building. The supplier Draeger Safety UK Ltd were appointed to design and install the required system capable of meeting the specific operational and safety requirements.
The installed system is bespoke and not an open protocol platform. As a result, the ongoing servicing, maintenance, and technical support of the system needs to be delivered by Draeger Safety UK Ltd, who are the sole provider with the necessary proprietary knowledge, components, and certification to work on their system.
Due to the unique, niche, and manufacturer specific nature of the system, no alternative supplier is able to maintain or service the system. For this reason, a direct award to Draeger Safety UK Ltd is required to ensure continuity, safety compliance, and system integrity.
- Special regime:
None
Other organisations
Not provided