Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of 2 Personal Water Carrier's & 1 Trailer
Authority: Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionKent 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.
CPV: Ships and boats
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£120,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lot awarding rule: 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 terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Jun 2025, 14:51 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Jun 2025, 14:51 BST
- Authority reference
C25031- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031573- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0546cbFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Timeline
11 Jun 2025 → 11 Aug 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published11 Jun 2025, 14:51 BST
- Clarification questions by9 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline16 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts11 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published11 Jun 2025, 14:51 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender