Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 10 Jul 2025, 16:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

RTC extrication equipment · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority (Police & fire)

Goods
Planned pipeline value£900,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 9 Aug 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 20 Feb 2031 · up to 20 Feb 2046 with extensions · starts 20 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service are seeking to purchase new cutting equipment to be carried by its frontline fire appliances. This equipment is required for extricating people and property from vehicles involved in RTCs (road traffic collisions).

CPV: Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment · Rescue and emergency equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrs
Contract period: 20 Feb 2026 – 20 Feb 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 20 Feb 2046 with extensions
Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
10 Jul 2025, 16:08 BST
Last source update
11 Jul 2025, 11:01 BST
Authority reference
PRN004491
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039178
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Firefighting, rescue and safety equipmentRescue and emergency equipment
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055d28 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

10 Jul 2025 → 20 Feb 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    10 Jul 2025, 16:08 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    9 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
  3. Market engagement
    9 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST

    Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) are undertaking a Pre-Market Engagement (PME) activity for the below requirement.

    The Pre-Market engagement document is available to download via the NFRS e-procurement portal In-Tend via the following link:

    in-tendhost.co.uk/notts-fire/aspx/Home ↗

    All correspondence and responses in relation to this PME should be made via the NFRS e-procurement portal.

    Suppliers are asked to provide written responses to questions in the pre-market engagement document in addition to supplying indicative pricing for their products. Suppliers are invited to demonstrate their products on NFRS premises during week commencing 04th August 2025.

  4. Contract starts249 days ago
    20 Feb 2026

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jul 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Jul 2025, 16:08 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Jul 2025, 11:01 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDCB-9254-WQCL Nottinghamshire Police and Fire and Rescue Service Joint Headquarters, Sherwood Lodge Dr, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG5 8PPContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure