Two Fire-Service Crew Transport Vehicles

Summary

The City of Rheine is procuring two crew transport vehicles for its fire and rescue service, including the specified vehicle fittings and emergency systems. The vehicles must be delivered within 60 weeks of contract award. The offer must meet the technical specification: among other things, each vehicle must seat eight people, have a diesel engine of at least 120 kW, a permitted gross weight above 3,100 kg and below 3,500 kg, and a payload of at least 900 kg. Required equipment includes blue emergency lights and a siren, installation of communications and navigation equipment, a reversing camera, an accident data recorder, fittings for specialist equipment, markings and user instruction at handover. The contracting authority will procure and provide the firefighting equipment for installation. The price must include delivery, registration and pre-delivery inspection, as well as the build-up meeting and technical acceptance costs. Price accounts for 40% of the evaluation, technical features and conditions for 40%, and the comparative inspection for 20%. The bidder must identify addresses of comparable vehicles available for inspection within 150 km of Rheine. Offers must be submitted electronically with the price and data sheet fully completed; the documents do not specify precise suitability thresholds such as minimum turnover or a required number of previous contracts.