NATIONAL GAS MONITOR AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPEMENT FRAMEWORK

Description

West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority are undertaking a procurement exercise to establish a framework agreement for Gas Monitors and associated equipment. The Contract will be divided into the following work packages “Lots”: Lot 1: Gas monitors and Associated Equipment Lot 2: Managed Service Lot 3: Replacement parts Lot 4: Photo Ionisations Detector (PID) Establishing a national framework agreement will mean that all Blue Light Sectors (Fire Service, Police Service and Ambulance Service) in England; Scotland; Wales; Northern Ireland; the States of Jersey; Guernsey and Isle of Man; have one route to market for the purchase Gas Monitors. The Authority is proposing to enter a Framework Agreement for a maximum period of 4 years with the successful Tenderers. Lot 1: Gas monitors and Associated Equipment This lot is for the purchase of Gas monitors and Associated Equipment. Gas monitoring is essential to the safety of Firefighters, how to detect, identify and monitor harmful substances is key to determine the levels of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and risk to Firefighters and the public. These users frequently operate in a range of hostile environments, which place requirements on devices for ruggedisation and usability which are not encountered for consumer devices. Lot 2: Managed Service Lot 2 is for the supply of the gas monitors and associated equipment as part of a managed services, the items included in this lot will remain the property of the supplier for the lifetime of the contract and will be return to the supplier once the contract expires. Lot 3: Replacement parts Over the period since the previous framework, end users have purchased at various times and therefore may seek to maintain the existing fleet of gas monitors with appropriate servicing and spare parts. Lot 4: Photo Ionisations Detector (PID) The purchase of Photo Ionisations Detector (PID) and equipment. Monitoring for Volatile Organic Compounds is essential to the safety of Hazardous Materials Responders, Fire Investigation, and other Specialist and None Specialist Responders. These users frequently operate in a range of hostile environments, which place requirements on devices for ruggedisation and usability which are not encountered for consumer devices.