Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of Operational Contingency Crews (OCC)
Authority: London Fire Commissioner (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe LFC has a need to secure contractual arrangements with a contractor for emergency fire cover in the event of such exceptional circumstances including those described below to enable it to discharge its core operational functions without the need to request military support.
This Agreement will enable the LFC to put in place arrangements to allow the LFC to discharge its duties in the following (but not limited to) exceptional emergency circumstances:
Natural Disaster; Terrorist event; Pandemic; Industrial action; or any other similar events.
CPV: Fire-brigade and rescue services · Fire-brigade services · Firefighting services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The LFC requires the provision of an Operational Contingency Crew Service (“OCC…
The LFC requires the provision of an Operational Contingency Crew Service (“OCC Service”) sufficient to maintain the availability of up to twenty-seven Appliances within 35 days of notification (or the same number of crew spread over thirty-two appliances if requested by LFC).
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Jul 2022, 17:11 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Aug 2022, 12:57 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Aug 2022 – …
- Authority reference
7040- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-022796- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034e94Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 16 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
16 Aug 2022 → 11 May 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline16 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened16 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published17 Aug 2022, 12:57 BST
- Bids must remain valid until11 May 2023, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
Duration of contract originally listed at 72 months (6 years). This should have been entered as 72 months with a possible extension of up to 36 months, so a total of 108 months possible duration
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.