Supplier Consultation - UK Fire and Rescue Vehicles (Pumping Appliances, Aerials and Special Vehicles).

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (on behalf of the Chief Fire
Officers Association (CFOA) National Procurement Group and Transport Officers
Group) is leading a procurement project to implement a framework agreement,
specifically for the United Kingdom Fire Sector, for Pumping Appliances, Aerial
Appliances and Special Vehicles.
The proposed high level scope of the framework agreement is (subject to change):
- Prime Contractors for new Pumping Appliances, Aerials and Special Vehicles (with flexibility to free issue the chassis to the Prime Contractor), to include installed equipment
- Conversion and refurbishment services of existing Pumping Appliances, Aerials and Special Vehicles
- After sales support (vehicle maintenance, damage repairs, parts, training etc.)
The vehicles that are captured within the scope are as follows (subject to change):
- Pumping Appliances:
o Light Pumping Appliances (GVW up to 7.5 tonnes)
o Medium Pumping Appliances (GVW 7.5 to 15 tonnes)
o Super Pumping Appliances (GVW over 15 tonnes)
- Aerial Appliances:
o Turntable Ladders
o Hydraulic Platforms
o Aerial Ladder Platforms (ALP)
o Combined Aerial and Rescue Pump (CARP)/ Combined Aerial Rescue Appliance (CARA)
- Special Vehicles:
o Specialist Rescue Vehicles/Units
o Off Road Vehicles
o Bulk Fluid Carriers
o Prime Movers
o National Resilience Vehicles
o Hose Layers
o Incident Support Vehicles
o General Purpose Vehicles e.g. Environment Protection Units, Incident Support Units, Driver Training Vehicles etc.
o Specialist Training Vehicles
The Contracting Authorities who will have access to the framework agreement will be confirmed within the Contract Notice. It is likely that it will be available to:
- All Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) within the United Kingdom - Please see attached link for a list of these FRS‘s: http://www.cfoa.org.uk/12072
- The Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-fire-risk-management-organisation
- The Home Office https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office
- Suppliers or Organisations who are the acting agent and responsible for/manage vehicle procurement on behalf of any of the above named organisations will also have access to the framework agreement.
The estimated value of the framework agreement will be provided in Contract Notice. It is estimated that the Contract Notice (call for competition) will be published in September/October 2016. The target date for the framework to go live is February 2017.
Further information is provided within the Supplier Consultation Questionnaire.

Lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes

Purpose of this Prior Information Notice:
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to invite suppliers to complete a Supplier Consultation Questionnaire. This pre-market engagement activity provides suppliers the opportunity to inform the development and ongoing management of the future framework agreement.
The Supplier Consultation Process:

The supplier consultation is being run via the Bluelight e-tendering portal (EU Supply). Suppliers are able to access the Supplier Consultation Questionnaire via the following link: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/supplier/publictenders?B=BLUELIGHT and by searching with the keywords ‘Fire and Rescue Vehicles’. The supplier consultation should then appear for you to be able to accept the invitation. Upon your acceptance, you will automatically have access to the questionnaire within the ‘Access Documents’ section. Please note that you have to be registered within the e-tendering portal and logged in to be able to accept the invitation. Suppliers are able to register (registration is free of charge) via the following link: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyRegistration/RegisterCompany?OID=4&B;=BLUELIGHT

Completed questionnaires should be submitted via the messaging area of the e-tendering portal by the deadline of 14:00 on Friday 15.4.2016.

The framework agreement will contain multiple lots, however, for the purpose of this Prior Information Notice (for the supplier consultation) there is a single lot.
All identified CPV codes have been captured within section II.5).