New Mobilisation/ Planning/ Alerting Rota System

Tender description

Mid & West Wales Fire and Rescue Service (MAWWFRS) makes up almost two-thirds of the landmass of Wales, covering a predominantly rural area of 4,500 square miles, comprising 56 stations and employing 1,351 staff. It is the third largest geographical Service in the United Kingdom, behind the Scottish and Northern Ireland Fire Services. We are an On Call (OC) Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) with some circa 650 OC members supported by a number of Flexi-day crewed and 224 Whole-time stations. MAWWFRS are now looking to undertake market intelligence around mobilisation, planning, rota and alerting systems and are now inviting expressions of interest to present to MAWWFRS on 11th October 2024. Our current system is Rappel. Lot 1: Mid & West Wales Fire and Rescue Service (MAWWFRS) makes up almost two-thirds of the landmass of Wales, covering a predominantly rural area of 4,500 square miles, comprising 56 stations and employing 1,351 staff. It is the third largest geographical Service in the United Kingdom, behind the Scottish and Northern Ireland Fire Services. We are an On Call (OC) Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) with some circa 650 OC members supported by a number of Flexi-day crewed and 224 Whole-time stations. MAWWFRS are now looking to undertake market intelligence around mobilisation, planning, rota and alerting systems and are now inviting expressions of interest to present to MAWWFRS on 11th October 2024. Our current system is Rappel. We are interested in hearing from suppliers whose products include:- Simple to use end user interfaces that accommodate the needs of all Service personnel Established interfaces with Command and Control (C&C) systems (MAWWFRS currently use Vision 5) The ability to integrate different duty systems, including the ability to provide planning and rostering of Flexible Duty System Officers Intelligent mobilisation of resources, that have the ability to drill down to a granular level, such as skill sets and can be either through traditional pager devices and/or mobile phone technology The ability to run reports to assist with the management of the different duty systems with MAWWFRS Support to maximise On Call availability The contract will be for a 4 year period with an option to extend for a further 6 years at 2 year intervals. Indicative timetable for the tender (Please note that these dates are only indicative and are subject to change): 20/01/25 - Advertise tender on sell2wales 14/02/25 - Clarification period ends at 17:00 21/02/25 - Tender Deadline at 12:00 10/03/25 - Contract award notice sent out 21/03/25 - Contract award 01/04/25 - Contract start date