Testing and Maintenance of Garage Equipment

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is preparing to retender its Testing & Maintenance of Garage Equipment used across its workshop estate.

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is being issued to engage with the market and gather insights from potential suppliers. The aim is to inform the development of the upcoming tender documentation and ensure the specification accurately reflects current capabilities, industry standards, technological developments, and best practice in the servicing and maintenance of garage workshop equipment.

SFRS is particularly interested in understanding supplier capability across the following areas:

• Ability to maintain, calibrate, test and repair a broad range of garage and workshop equipment
• Geographic service coverage across all SFRS workshops, including Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness and Newbridge
• Availability of service engineers accredited by the Garage Equipment Association (GEA) or equivalent
• Use of digital tools for reporting, asset management, maintenance scheduling, and document control
• Approaches to delivering both planned and reactive maintenance, including typical response times
• Supply chain resilience, including availability of OEM or OEM equivalent parts
• Capacity to supply and install new equipment on an ad hoc basis
• Business continuity planning, risk management, and contingency arrangements
• Contract management processes, KPI monitoring, and data/reporting capability
• Ability to support collaborative call off by other eligible public bodies (e.g., Scottish Ambulance Service and Police Scotland) where this is operationally beneficial and within scope of the Framework