UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Hire of Portakabins During the period Thursday 02 - Monday 06th June 2022 a domestic water pipe within the internal ceiling area of the Training Centre Lecture Block, Whitley Wood Fire Station bust and created an internal flooding event. Which required the provision of temporary premises

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service requires a supplier to remove the emergency staircase from the first floor kitchen at Newbury Fire Station which has become defective. The staircase has deteriorated to beyond repair and requires to be replaced. The selected supplier will will remove and replace the old staircase. The Authority used three quotes process, awarding to lowest price.

The Authority sought quotes for the provision of a solution that will provide Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (RBFA) with a framework of suitable suppliers for print services. Currently the authority spends approximately £15,000 per year on print and related services. This is a call off contract and no commitment to purchasing items.

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service required Mask Washing Machine for Breathing Apparatus (BA) equipment. 3 quote process, awarded on lowest price.

Amendment Three - Variation Extend the contract for the final year allowed under the terms of the contract. 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024. No additional charge In addition add the following services: 1 x Cadcorp Risk Modeller Annual Subscription - £4,350 1 x Cadcorp Risk Modeller Pro Rata Subscription (01/08/23 to 31/03/24) - £3,050 1 x Cadcorp Risk Modeller Online Training (1 day, 3 delegates) - £1,200 Remove the Ordnance Survey Highways average speed data module - Did not provide information required

Temporary PROVISION OF Hire of One (01) Male & Female Portakabin Units

Provision of Operational Fire Fighter Apprenticeship Program awarded via the Direct Award Option on the YPO Framework 833 for Apprenticeships and Associated Training.

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service has a need for ad-hoc furniture at various fire stations as well as for people to work from home. 3 quotes process, awarded on lowest price.

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Services uses the Smart Assessor E-Portfolio System to manage learner progress through their development period. Upon completion of the Development and Assessment Pathway, learners (operational and control staff) move from the development status to competent status and at that point are awarded the associated increase in pay.

This is a direct award due to the failure of the National Uniform Framework as the contract was no longer viable. Call off Contract was terminated. Due to the failure direct award was for events that could not of reasonably foreseen. Re-tender of the requirement in 2023.

Oxfordshire County Council has conducted a collaborative procurement exercise in conjunction with Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service and Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Service Authorities have a business requirement to re-tender the contract for the servicing and maintenance of BA Compressors. As part of this exercise, the decision was taken to Lot the tender exercise to incorporate the option to purchase new compressors should the need ever arise - as having a contract in place for this would mean that a compliant purchasing route would already be set up, thus generating efficiencies. The Lots for this contract are as follows: • Lot 1 - Servicing and Maintenance • Lot 2 - Option to Purchase The contracts are both to start on 25th January 2023, for a period of three years, with one optional extension period of two years (a total of 5 years). The uptake of the optional extension periods will be at the discretion of Oxfordshire County Council, Royal Berkshire Fire Authority and Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority. Revolution Air Services Ltd have been successful in the procurement exercise and are the winning bidder, for both Lot 1 and Lot 2. Please note - The estimated contract values are: Oxfordshire - £51,250 Berkshire - £63,750 Buckinghamshire - £57,500 The value published on this notice is reflective of Berkshire's estimates whole life value. The total combined whole life value for all three authorities is £172,500

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (RBFA) have provided an employee assistance programme (EAP) for many years. The EAP is an integral part of the comprehensive wellbeing provision within RBFA alongside the Occupational Health service, sickness absence management, discretionary private healthcare, internal trauma support team, mental health first aiders, wellbeing training for staff and managers and health promotion activities. The core EAP provision should provide employees with confidential access to in the moment support via a number of routes / media, short term structured counselling delivered in person or remotely, health and wellbeing information and signposting to additional support. From time to time there is the need for additional services; this will be in the form of a call off and not a commitment to the service, such as counselling sessions above the set number of sessions agreed within the contract and / or critical incident debriefing that would be more suitably provided externally than by using RBFA's internal systems. This is a call off contract for core services and additional services that may be required. It should be noted that the total value estimated may not be required during the duration of the contract lifetime and pricing submissions should reflect this.

The Authority is seeking Tender for the purchase:- • De-polluted scrap vehicles required for training purposes • Delivery and collection of the scrap vehicles • A de-pollution service for scrap vehicles donated to the authority

Grounds maintenance and related services for all RBFRA locations.

The Authority is seeking tenders for Provision of Incident command simulation software and associated facilitator training and related services.

The Authority currently uses Modern.Gov software for the purpose of creating electronic document packs, publication of committee reports, creating document library and co-ordinating meetings. The Modern.Gov software solution assist in creating, amending and collating large documents with the ability to make changes to final agenda packs and publish them to the internal and external stakeholder in an agile and dynamic working condition.

This is a hardware solution with an external aerial that will boost all network signals and re-transmit them inside the building. Our Location at Newsham court has poor in building coverage partly due to the shape and construction of the building. This can be rectified by the installation of a Mobile phone network signal Booster. This was run as three quote process, price only evaluation awarded to the lowest value.

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (RBFA) requires job evaluation training which evaluates all Green Book positions in a recognised and structured way. This evaluation process determines the nature of the position and remuneration package for each individual Green Book employee.

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations Explanation: A VEAT notice F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice, Notice reference: 2022/S 000-034702 was, Published: 7 December 2022, 5:09pm which relates to the replacement SAN H interface within the SSS Public Safety Ltd, Integrated Command and Control System (ICCS). This contract is essential to the effective operational performance and delivery of RBFA's key operations. Airwave currently use a SAN H interface to connect to a SSS Public Safety Ltd ("SSS" hereafter) ICCS, The SANH is at end of life which creates a significant risk to maintaining the service. The replacement hardware for the SAN H is called DCS which is supplied by Airwave at no additional cost, however to maintain the connection between the new DCS and remainder of the communications and mobilising system, a Home Office accredited interface between the new DCS and the ICCS is required to be purchased. SSS (as our ICCS supplier) are the only economic operator which has the required technical approval and accreditation to connect to the Thames Valley Fire control ICCS to Airwave via the DCS. A failure of the connection could result in the Fire Service being unable to mobilise appropriate resources during emergency incidents and expose the public to unacceptable risks. It is considered that due to these exceptional circumstances, the contract can be awarded to SSS Public Safety Limited under regulation 32 (2)(b)(ii) Public Contract Regulations 2015 using the negotiated procedure without prior publication as competition is absent for technical reasons.