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LFRS 146- Pooled Personal Protective Equipment Management System

Lancashire Fire and Rescue · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 21:12.

Opportunity overview

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) wishes to invite suppliers to obtain information regarding your company and the services you provide. This information is requested as part of a market engagement exercise in order to seek the market’s views on the supply and delivery of proposed new solutions to manage our services’ pooled PPE. We would like to also use this exercise to gauge the level of interest in any eventual procurement activity. Currently the Authority manages c18,000 garments at over 40 stations within the Lancashire and South Cumbria area. To do this the Authority utilises low frequency tags that are stitched into each garment (such as a tunic), scanners are then used to scan the tags within the garments to update their status and location. The information from the scanners then feeds into a database and that database is then used to facilitate the management of the services pooled PPE

Classification

  • CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
LFRS 146
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Jun 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2030, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2033, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72000000
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
This opportunity can be accessed via The Chest the website address detail below https://www.the-chest.org.uk/SupplierSupport.html All documents relevant to this can be downloaded on our e-tendering system. Date of issue of RFI document 13/03/2026 Deadline for clarifications 14/04/2026 Deadline for return of completed RFI submissions 23/04/2026 Completed questionnaires should be received no later than 23/04/2026 12:00 noon and should be returned to LFRS using the ‘The Chest North West Procurement Portal’. Please note that LFRS reserves the right to amend the above timetable. All requests for clarifications should be submitted as soon as possible using the “Messaging” facility on the ‘The Chest North West Procurement Portal’. If you experience any technical difficulties when accessing the portal please contact the Helpdesk (not LFRS) by emailing ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com .
Due
23 Apr 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
022905-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
13 Mar 2026, 11:53
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Lancashire Fire and Rescue
Id
GB-PPON-PZVM-4529-PRCY

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZVM-4529-PRCY

Address

Street Address
Garstang Road
Locality
Preston
Postal Code
PR2 3LH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD45

Contact

Name
Rachel Taylor
Telephone
+44 1772866863

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Preston · UKD45 · PR2 3LH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 022905-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·