C25062 - Ashford Live Fire Servicing, Maintenance and Repairs
Kent Fire and Rescue Service
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Procurement
- 50413200 Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment
- 50530000 Repair and maintenance services of machinery
- 50532000 Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment
- 50700000 Repair and maintenance services of building installations
What happened
Kent Fire and Rescue Service awarded this contract to Draeger Safety UK Ltd worth £500,000 on 10 Jul 2026. The contract runs until 11 Jul 2046.
Description
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.
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