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Fire Alarm Upgrades to 14 Supported & Sheltered Housing Schemes

Swindon Borough Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Swindon Borough Council

Buyer Address: Swindon Borough Council, Civic Offices, Euclid Street, Swindon, UKK14, SN1 2JH, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Ms Jodie Wakefield

Contact Email: JWakefield@swindon.gov.uk

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
2200000.0 GBP
Gross: 2640000.0 GBP
Published
07 Nov 2025, 12:20
Deadline
03 Dec 2025, 15:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
works
CPV
45312100 - Fire-alarm system installation work
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

The appointment of a contractor for Fire Alarm Upgrades to 14 Supported & Sheltered Housing Schemes Project Description Swindon Borough Council (SBC), wishes to submit to tender the requirements for the provision of a fire systems contractor who will be responsible for the end-to-end process of ensuring that fire alarm systems are correctly installed, configured, and operational in accordance with the requirements of this specification, industry standards and regulatory requirements to 14 supported and residential Housing schemes SBC have previously commissioned a specialist consultant to design fire alarm systems for SBC sheltered and supported housing schemes to meet L1 and LD1 grade A requirements. These designs have now been taken up-to concept/spatial design stage (RIBA 3) identifying the component locations, wiring loops for the alarm systems and performance parameters. We now seek to appoint a specialist contractor to carry on from the consultants RIBA 3 (developed design) stage, from RIBA stage 4 Technical design through, the supply/manufacture, installation, handover and use of a compliant operational fire alarm system (RIBA stages 4-7). This design shall incorporate the grading requirements of the fire alarm system, as well as remote monitoring and testing abilities identified within the Initial concept design. The contract will be for a period of 18 months with no extension periods and is estimated to commence 30th March 2026. Estimated contract spend is between £2,000,000 - £2,200,000 Ex Vat across the initial 18 month term. Full details relating to the services are provided in the tender documents. To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com Tender clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal by 26th November 2025 15:00 hrs UK Local time. The Council’s responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically on the ProContract tender portal. Tender Responses are required to be submitted no later than 3rd December 2025, 15:00 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ Supplying the South West Portal, https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN792814 No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the tender documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the tender documents.

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072005-2025

Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

Lots

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Value: GBP 2,200,000.00

Lot 1 Value (Gross): GBP 2,640,000.00

Lot 1 Contract Start: 2026-03-30T00:00:00+01:00

Lot 1 Contract End: 2027-09-30T23:59:59+01:00

Documents

Document Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

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