Hard Facilities Management Fire Equipment Procurement Exercise

REPORT TO; Assistant Director, Property, Procurement and Commercial

DECISION DATE: 20^th August 2024

SUPPORTING ANNEX; This report includes a supporting Annex which contains exempt information as described in paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION

To undertake a procurement exercise to establish a new contract for Hard Facilities Management Fire Equipment: Inspection and Supply for North Yorkshire Council. 

BACKGROUND TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION

The Hard Facilities Management Fire Equipment: Inspection and Supply contracts established by the former County Council are due to expire on the 31^st March 2025.  The new contract will also include provision to provide all relevant servicing and maintenance for additional Council properties as other contract arrangements expire. 

A decision will be made to undertake a procurement exercise to establish a new contract for these contracts.  The procurement will commence later this year with a view to having new contracts in place for the 1^st April 2025.  It is proposed that the contracts will be for a duration of three years with options to extend for a further two – two-year periods (resulting in a maximum contract period of seven years). 

LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE COMPLIANCE

The procurement exercise will be undertaken by the Council’s Procurement and Contract Management Service.

This is a key decision.  The proposal to procure was entered on the forward plan in December 2023.

RECOMMENDATION

That the procurement exercise to establish a new contract for Hard Facilities Fire Equipment: Inspection and Supply be approved.

Hard Facilities Management Procurement – Fire Equipment

Katherine Edge, Senior Property Officer

11^th August 2024