The Provision of Servicing, Maintenance and Supply of Breathing Air Compressors

What the buyer is asking for

Cleveland Fire & Rescue Authority are conducting a Tender exercise on behalf of the participated services: Cleveland Fire & Rescue Authority, Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue Service, Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Service and Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS is administrated through TWFRS) for the provision of a Service, Maintenance and Supply of Breathing Air Compressors. The purpose of this Introduction and Tender package is to provide all interested parties with the opportunity to propose an accurately priced solution for the provision of Service, Maintenance and Supply of Breathing Air Compressors in accordance with the Specification of requirements, terms and conditions of contract.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 50%qualityQuality0 Unacceptable - No response is provided or the response is not relevant to the information requested in the question. 1 Poor - Response is poor. The response addresses very few elements of the... Hide full description requirement and contains insufficient/limited detail of explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled 2 Acceptable - The response provides information, on some or all of the elements required in the question, the information provided is relevant but is lacking in sufficient detail for some or all of the elements required. 3 Good - The response provides information on most of the elements required in the question the information provided is relevant and is in sufficient detail for most of the elements required. 4 Excellent - The response provides information on all of the elements required in the question, the information provided is relevant and is in sufficient detail for all of the elements required. The bidder has demonstrated a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full. 5 Added Value - The response provides information on all of the elements required in the question the information provided is relevant and is in sufficient detail for all of the elements required. The response also provides information on areas of added value* which is linked to the specified requirements.
• 40%pricePriceThe price aspect of this quotation will be evaluated in the following way: The lowest bona fide tender price covering the whole life cost of the contract agreement will receive the maximum weighting... Hide full description for price, the other bids/prices will then be scored on a pro-rata basis. **For clarification purposes, the whole life cost of a product, service or works shall cover costs borne by the Authority, or other users such as; • Costing relating to acquisition • Cost of use (energy consumption and other resources) • Maintenance costs • End of life costs, disposal, collection, recycling
• 10%qualitySocial ValueThis section will be evaluated on a weighted basis and will be scored in accordance with the evaluation matrix (0-5) and the social value response.

2 lots

You can usually bid for one lot without bidding for all of them.

• The Servicing and Maintenance of BA Compressors for Cleveland Fire Brigade, Durham and Darlington Fire & Rescue Service, Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Service and Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service.£210k

  The requirements under this contract are for the Contractor to carry out full servicing at specified intervals together with providing an emergency call out as detailed within these tender documents.

• The ad hoc supply of BA Compressors for Cleveland Fire Brigade and Durham & Darlington Fire and Rescue Service.

  For Cleveland Fire Authority, Durham & Darlington Fire and Rescue and Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Service there is an addition lot for the supply of BA Compressors on an ad hoc basis as well as the servicing and maintenance.

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published15 days ago

   22 Oct 2026, 16:26 BST
2. Clarification questions byin 14 days

   20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
3. Submission deadlinein 21 days

   27 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
4. Award decision expected byin 98 days

   12 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice22 Oct 2026, 16:26 BST100157-2026

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender