How to win: Repairs and Maintenance for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service

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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service (HIWFRS) is seeking to engage the market and provide interested suppliers with early sight of its proposed approach to the procurement of a Repairs and Maintenance Framework for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. HIWFRS maintains a diverse operational estate that is essential to the delivery of frontline emergency response, prevention, protection and support services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The estate includes fire stations, headquarters and administrative buildings, training facilities, workshops, stores and other operational assets that require ongoing maintenance and repairs to ensure they remain safe, compliant, efficient and fit for purpose. To support the effective management and development of its estate, HIWFRS is seeking to establish a new four-year Repairs and Maintenance Framework Agreement. This will be a multi-lotted, multi-supplier framework designed to provide a compliant, flexible and efficient route for procuring a wide range of minor construction, maintenance, refurbishment and improvement works across the Service’s property portfolio. The scope of this procurement will focus on

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
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