Fire Alarm Support Contractor
Estimated value
£480k
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
21 May 2026
Description
Swindon Borough Council are looking to engage with an experienced contractor to complete testing on our complex fire alarm systems, including planned and reactive maintenance, repair as well as the installation and upgrading of fire alarm systems within Buildings owned, managed or used by Swindon Borough Council. The Contractor will support our in-house team, as well as emergency out of hours support for all fire alarm systems, this includes both conventional types and addressable systems located within all buildings owned and managed by Swindon Borough Council. The contract will be for a period of 2 Years with optional 1 year extension periods and is estimated to commence 1st October 2026. Estimated contract spend is between £300,000.00 - £320,000.00 ex vat across the initial 2 year term and £450,000.00 - £480,000.00 ex vat across the full 3 year term. Full details relating to the services are provided in the tender documents. To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com Tender clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal by 15th June 2026 15:00 hrs UK Local time. The Council’s responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically on the ProContract tender portal. Tender Responses are required to be submitted no later than 22nd June 2026, 15:00 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ Supplying the South West Portal, https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN816865 No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the tender documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the tender documents.
Scope
- Reference
- DN816865
- Total value
- £480,000 excluding VAT£576,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Sept 2026 to 30 Sept 2028Possible extension to 30 Sept 2029
Option to extend for 1 x 12 months
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 316252004531210051700000
- Contract locations
- Swindon, United Kingdom
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | — | price | 60.00% |
| Implementation | — | quality | 7.50% |
| Health and Safety | — | quality | 7.50% |
| Quality Assurance | — | quality | 7.50% |
| Problem Solving | — | quality | 7.50% |
| Social Value | — | quality | 10.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 15 Jun 2026, 2:00 pm
- Submission address
- In order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the Tender documents the Authority is providing the documents in the attachment area of the ProContract e-tender portal at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk In order to access amendable versions of the documents and to submit a response, Suppliers will need to register as a supplier with ProContract at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk then register an interest before obtaining access and download the word and excel format documents for completion and submission.
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Open procedure