Who won: C25062 - Ashford Live Fire Servicing, Maintenance and Repairs

About this contract

Kent Fire and Rescue Service have appointed Draeger Safety UK Ltd for the maintenance, servicing, and repair of the Specialist Smoke Capture and Filtration System installed at the Ashford Live Fire Training Building. The installed system is a bespoke, proprietary, non‐open‐protocol platform designed and manufactured exclusively by Draeger Safety UK Ltd. As a result, the ongoing servicing, maintenance, and technical support of the system needs to be delivered by Draeger Safety UK Ltd, who are the sole provider with the necessary proprietary knowledge, components, and certification to work on their system. Due to the unique and manufacturer specific nature of the system, no alternative supplier is able to provide the required services. The contract has therefore been awarded through a direct award in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 permitting award where competition is absent for technical reasons. This contract will be in place for the life of the system and for the purposes of this notice have a term of 20 years.

Who won contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Kent Fire and Rescue Service scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓Lead with evidenced capability and social value — for public sector work these usually outweigh price.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar public sector contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓This one's been awarded — but Kent Fire and Rescue Service retenders on a cycle. Get matched the day the next one lands and start your draft early.

BidWriter drafts your responses from your company profile, scores them against the marking scheme, and tracks your whole pipeline. Free to start — no card needed.

Related resources