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Alerter System Support and Maintenance

Kent & Medway Town Fire Authority · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 23:01.

Opportunity overview

This is a below-threshold direct award for an ongoing support and maintenance contract which will be required until such time as the current alerting system is replaced. This relates to the Control Programme, CAD Replacement project which is currently in implementation. In addition, there is a cost for Annual Inspection of System, Aerial,Feeder and Battery Back-up (48 sites) plus estimated expenditure of up to £10k for new FAS as and when required to replace EOL hardware in this interim period whilst the new solution implementation is underway.

Awarded to

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Smye-Rumsby Ltd

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Published award value
£139.1k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Location
Dover, UKJ44, CT17 9AP, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

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
C20046
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Repeat services for ongoing maintenance and support of alerter system which will be replaced as part of new CAD solution implementation (Est. Jan 2028)

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Kent & Medway Town Fire Authority
Id
GB-PPON-PCTX-8834-ZQLL

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PCTX-8834-ZQLL

Address

Street Address
Service Headquarters, The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil
Locality
Maidstone
Postal Code
ME15 6XB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ45

Contact

Name
Amanda Avron-Cotton
Telephone
01622 692 121

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Smye-Rumsby Ltd
Id
GB-FTS-180080

Address

Street Address
123/125 Snargate St
Locality
Dover
Postal Code
CT17 9AP
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ44

Contact

Name
Amanda Avron-Cotton
Telephone
01622 692121

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
Has Options
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
50334400
Description
Communications system maintenance services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ4
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
167,000
Amount
139,108
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-180080
Name
Smye-Rumsby Ltd

Contract period

Starts
1 Jan 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Dec 2028, 23:59

Options

Description
Replacement of any EOL hardware components to keep the solution working whilst the replacement is implemented (est. Jan 2028)

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
034365-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
15 Apr 2026, 16:00
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
15 Apr 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Maidstone · UKJ45 · ME15 6XB · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 034365-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·