Transcript Firebuy – Relationships with Regions within the National

Information Day
Firebuy Website:
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Agenda
Background and Overview
Products
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Vehicles
Equipment
Training
Communications
Respiratory protection
Water rescue
New dimensions
Fire Protection
Insurance
PPE and clothing
Services
The Numbers
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Background and Overview
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Background
Audit Commission reports critical of FRS
procurement
Cap Gemini appointed by (then) ODPM
Recommended a step change through
central focus
National Procurement Strategy
Firebuy launched April 2006
Established as an NDPB and a Company
Limited by Guarantee
Firebuy Website:
www.firebuy.gov.uk
Organisation
CEO
Terry Brewer
Fire Vehicles and Emergency
Response Equipment
Commercial Director
Procurement Delivery
Commercial Director
Technical Director
Compliance
Manager
Administration
Assistant
Firebuy Website:
www.firebuy.gov.uk
Contracts Project
Manager
Long Term Contracts
Acting Commercial Director
Acting LTCM
Contract
Manager
ICP Contract
Support Manager
Head of
Corporate
Services
PA to the
CEO/Corporate
Services
Manager
Procurement
Delivery Manager
Framework
Manager
LTCM
Stakeholder
Relationship
Manager
Framework
Manager
LTCM Contract
Management
Analyst
Procurement
Information Officer
Technical
Advisor
Corporate
Services
Assistant
Marketing and
Communications
Manager
Marketing and
Communications
Assistant
Technical
Services
Technical
Services
Officer
Technical
Services
Officer
ENPROTEX
Project
Co-ordinator
Management
Accountant
Updated 20/04/2010
Background
• No Mandate
• Frameworks
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• Fire service specific procurements
• No management fee has been charged to date on certain
contracts
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All fire authorities in England purchase from Firebuy
MOD, Welsh and Northern Ireland fire services buy fairly
extensively; Scotland – very little
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Other public sector users
Firebuy Website:
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Frameworks
Firebuy Website:
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Vehicles
Pumping appliances
• 4 year framework 2007- 11
• 584 pumps ordered to date
• Turnover: nearly £114m
• Cashable efficiencies £1.6m,
discounts £339K, VCA testing
£572K = total savings £2.5m
• MOD taking delivery of 11
pumps
• Sellafield purchasing 2 pumps
• Work has commenced on
replacement framework
Firebuy Website:
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Vehicles
Aerial appliances
• 4 year framework awarded June 08
• Turnover:- £14m, savings £153K
• 15 FRAs procuring from framework
• 29 aerial appliances ordered to date
• Framework includes:
Aerial Ladder Platforms (ALPs)
Turntable ladders (TLs)
Combined Aerial Rescue Pumps
(CARPS) – formal launch of H&W
and Cambridgeshire CARA at
Emergency Services Show (24th
November)
Firebuy Website:
www.firebuy.gov.uk
Vehicles
Specials
Currently managing £5m of orders
under legacy contract
Pan Government Contract
Firebuy lead supported by OGC.
Awarded April 2010
• Three Stage Framework(Chassis/Cabs –
Bodywork/Fitments –
Conversion/Finishes)
Several FRAs ordering vehicles
London Borough has placed order
Firebuy Website:
www.firebuy.gov.uk
Total No of FRS’s utilising Frameworks:Strathclyde
(As of May 2010)
 Pumps
= 40
 Aerials
= 16
 Specials
= 13
 ERE
= 46
Tayside
Tyne & Wear
FRAMEWORKS USED
Cleveland
Northern Ireland
Northern
Ireland
PUMPS
AERIALS
SPECIALS
Humberside
Merseyside
North Wales
ERE
Lincolnshire
Mid &
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Mid & West
Others utilising Frameworks:-
 MoD - Pumps
London & Lincolnshire
Totally Managed
Service - Framework
Procurement N/A
West
Wales
London
South Wales
 Sellafield FRS – Pumps
 Northern Ireland – ERE
 North Wales - Pumps
 Mid & West Wales – ERE
Strathclyde - ERE
IoW
 South Wales - Aerials
MAP - Oct 2010
Firebuy Website:
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Equipment
Hose:
Suction/delivery hose
Nozzles, ground monitors
Pumps
Road Traffic Collision Equipment:
Hydraulic equip, air inflated units
Electrical Generation Equipment:
Generators, hand held power tools
(including battery operated)
Lighting and lighting stands
Firebuy Website:
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Equipment
Working at Height Equipment
Ladders, access platforms
Positive Pressure Ventilation
Thermal image cameras incl ‘snake
eyes’
Firebuy Website:
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Equipment
Foam
Includes:
•multiple suppliers
•multiple products
•environmentally friendlier and
training foams
Available to the MOD, CAA and
Airport Operators etc
Firebuy Website:
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Training
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Training dummies
Wide range: Water rescue,
Bariatric, Multi trauma
Smoke generators
Various outputs for different
training scenarios
Temporary provision for large
scale exercises including set up
assistance
Firebuy Website:
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Communications
Hand held radios
Renewed contract - 8 suppliers on
framework
Wide choice of options including:
Analogue, Digital, BARIE
Intrinsically safe, Submersible,
Base stations, servicing and
maintenance
Firebuy Website:
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Respiratory Protection
Breathing apparatus
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Framework agreement available
Main manufacturers on framework
Very good prices obtained – est.
savings of £60K per FRA
‘Pen’ pictures of kit on web site
All FRAs with RPE needs procuring
through framework
Telemetry
• Telemetry also available
• Trials information on web site
Firebuy Website:
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Respiratory Protection
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Compressors
Range of models available –
– Fixed
– Portable
– Servicing and maintenance
options
– Upgrade options
Gas/chemical protection
Expanded contract available
Reusable and limited life gas tight
suits
Training suits
Powered respirator suits
Firebuy Website:
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Water Rescue
Taken forward with CFOA, DEFRA,
MCA, etc: includes
Personal protective equipment (PPE) and
clothing
Water rescue craft
Equipment (e.g. mud/ice rescue, pumps)
Training courses – e.g. swift water
rescue, boat operator, flood management
Lifejackets
Onshore and offshore lifejackets
Buoyancy aids
Flotation devices
Firebuy Website:
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New Dimensions
Major Incident equipment
• Contract for asset
replacement and refresh
equipment
• Covers:
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USAR modules 1 to 5
equipment
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Mass decontamination kit
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Enhanced Command Support
equipment
Firebuy Website:
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Fire protection
Smoke Alarms
• 1.7 million smoke alarms in
2009/10 through framework
• Products: Optical, Ionisation
Hard wired
• Deaf and hard of hearing
• Innovation; Thermoptek alarm
combining optical and ionisation
Carbon Monoxide Detectors
• Range of CO Detectors also
available
Firebuy Website:
www.firebuy.gov.uk
Fire protection
Fire Extinguishers
• Large range of all extinguisher types
• Servicing and maintenance
• Protective cabinets, stands and
signage
• Hose reels, blankets and escape
ladders
• Wide range of fire safety/fire
warden, assessment and
extinguisher courses available
• Work commenced on fire
suppressions systems
Firebuy Website:
www.firebuy.gov.uk
PPE and Clothing
Integrated Clothing Project
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Meets all clothing needs of
Firefighters, PPE, station wear,
corporate clothing, fitness wear
Equalities and diversity integral
part of project from beginning
Lincoln FRS kit being rolled out
MOD have signed for FMS
Norfolk buying PPE now, station
wear later, Gloucester signed
Others (e.g. H&W, Staffs,
Warks) close to signing
Firebuy Website:
www.firebuy.gov.uk
Current work
Project Title
Insurance Framework
Procurement
Description
New framework to provide
insurance services to both central
and local government
Progress to date
OJEU notice drafted to be advertised
November 2010
Contract start date
1 June 2011
Re-tender of
Self-contained Breathing
Apparatus Framework
Fire Safety Systems
Re-tender the existing framework
which ends on 31 March 2011.
1 April 2011
New framework to provide fire
safety systems installation and
servicing to both central and local
government
Development of OJEU in progress to be
advertised
1 November 2010
Service specification development with
the Fire Industry Association nearing
completion. OJEU to be advertised
January 2011.
Fire Risk Assessments
New framework to provide fire
safety risk assessment services to
both central and local
government
Awaiting Fire Industry competency
framework completion to link to the
service specification. OJEU to be
advertised January 2011.
TBA
Pumping Appliances
Re-tender the existing framework
which ends on 31 March 2011
December 2010
Emergency Response Equipment
Framework
Re-tender the existing framework
which ends on 31 March 2012
Tender returns being evaluated. The
contract will be awarded in December
2010.
Project scoping study underway.
Aerial Appliances
Framework
Re-tender the existing framework
which ends in June 2012
Project scoping study underway.
June 2012
Firebuy Website:
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TBA
1 April 2012
Services and the numbers
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Services
We assist fire services by:
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Putting in place
framework/contract
arrangements
Assisting to complete minicompetitions
Assist with any problems
experienced in
delivery/after service
We can also:
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Provide project management
Firebuy Website:
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Website
Designed to be:
• customer focused
• easy to navigate
• provide information for
Firebuy's customers and key
stakeholders
• But … cannot order directly
from website.
Firebuy Website:
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The Numbers
Turnover through frameworks
By sector:
2008/09
2009/10
English fire brigades
£61m
£57m
£118m
Other UK brigades
£2m
£5m
£7m
Other public sector
£2m
£6m
£8m
Totals
£65m
£68m
Firebuy Website:
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Total
£133m
The Numbers
Framework Expenditure v Income
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Expenditure
£172k
£899k
£988k
£1,070k
£946k
Income
£49k
£122k
£258k
£610k
£717k
Firebuy Website:
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