Tender

Purchase of 2 Personal Water Carrier's & 1 Trailer

  • Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-031573

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0546cb

Published 11 June 2025, 2:51pm



Scope

Reference

C25031

Description

Kent Fire and Rescue Service are seeking a Contractor to supply 2 personal water carriers (PWC) and 1 trailer for transporting the PWC's

The PWC's will be used to support water rescue incidents and will therefore require specific features to ensure optimum capability when responding. These will include a 170hp engine with a closed loop cooling system, debris free pump system and buoyancy collar for stability when towing casualties.

Total value (estimated)

  • £120,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 11 August 2025 to 10 August 2032
  • 7 years

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 34500000 - Ships and boats

Contract locations

  • UKJ4 - Kent

Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Submission

Enquiry deadline

9 July 2025, 11:59pm

Tender submission deadline

16 July 2025, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

Tenders may be submitted electronically

No


Award criteria

The award criteria is set at 50% price, 50% quality.

Tenderer's will be assessed against a number of pass/ fail criteria and quality questions which will be scored 0-5. Full details

of each question and scoring criteria is set out within the tender pack.

The lowest overall cost will be awarded full available marks for price and all subsequent bids will receive a proportion of the available marks based on the lowest overall submission.

Full details of the evaluation criteria can be found within the tender pack


Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - open competition


Contracting authority

Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCTX-8834-ZQLL

The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil

Maidstone

ME15 6XB

United Kingdom

Region: UKJ45 - Mid Kent

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government