Awarded contract

Water Rescue Equipment and Services

Details

Supplier(s)
Safequip Ltd
Value
£525,000
Duration
3 years
Topic
Rescue and emergency equipment
Published
16 November 2023

Tender description

His Majestys Coastguard (HMCG) through the Coastguard Rescue Service (CRS) provides Search and Rescue (SAR) capabilities operating within the littoral area of the coast and certain designated inland waterways in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. All Coastguard Rescue Teams are provided with training and equipment to deliver SAR operations; Casualty care (First aid, casualty packaging, evacuation, rescue Stretchers), Search, Water Safety and Rescue including Flooding to support Civil Contingencies. The awarded contract will enable HMCG to purchase water safety/rescue and associated equipment in line with the business plan to maintain a professional, high quality response capability to life-saving emergencies in our search and rescue region. The requirement was procured by the form of Direct Award via KCS Procurement Services - Emergency Response, Rescue Equipment and Associated Services framework (reference - Y23046).

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date13 November 2023
  2. Completed: Award published16 November 2023
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date1 November 2026in 1 month

About the buyer

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is an executive agency of the Department for Transport, and buys as a central government agency for maritime and coastal search and rescue. Procurement follows the Department for Transport's process, using the Jaggaer portal for tender documents and bids. Smaller opportunities are advertised on Contracts Finder, with larger ones moving to Find a Tender. Crown Commercial Service frameworks are used where they fit the agency's needs. Specialist maritime technical and scientific services are sourced through dedicated frameworks instead. The Procurement Team sits within Commercial and Programmes at the agency's Southampton headquarters.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Maritime and Coastguard Agency's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 35112000 · Rescue and emergency equipment

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