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Capability Assets' Managed Service

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority · Police and fire

In brief

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority has announced plans to buy transport and vehicle and fleet work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £160,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 10 years, up to 20 years with extensions, starting 1 October 2028.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for transport contracts in this region (from 178 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority (The Authority) as Lead Authority for National Resilience, seeks to identify a Prime Contractor to provide a Capability Assets' Managed Service. The requirements are for the maintenance, repair and servicing of the National Resilience fleet of vehicles and associated equipment. The core requirements of this contract are to provide routine and unplanned maintenance, repair and servicing throughout the life of the contract. The Authority deems that Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) provisions may apply to this contract.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 042009-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 049946-2026

Last time this was bought

ICT Managed Services

Awarded
17 February 2026
Value
Not stated, or split across lots
Bids
1

Matched on Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

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From notice 042009-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 7 May 2026, last updated 27 May 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.