Suppliers named for Type 3 Acquisition Project

The Type 3 Appliance Acquisition Project has reached another milestone with the selection of the manufacturers to be on the panel to supply the next generation Type 3 appliances.

The project’s Working Group Chair Barry Fox says he is pleased to advise that negotiations are underway with Emergency One (based in Scotland) and Angloco (based in Yorkshire, England) to build two trial appliances each (Pump and PRT). Both suppliers intend to build on a Scania P360.

“The evaluation panel was very impressed by the calibre of these responses, their attention to detail and their alignment to our project’s principles of:

• building a modern appliance for a modern workforce
• using modern techniques and technology
• delivering a solution not just replacing a truck based on the feedback we received from nearly 1000 operational personnel from across the country on what they needed from a fire appliance

“Both these suppliers have been informed that they are through to the next stage and both are delighted with this.”

Barry says Scania New Zealand’s proposal also passed through this stage and they have been offered a position on the supplier panel.

“We will not be asking them to build an appliance at this time, however the structure of the panel allows the option of purchasing directly through them in the future, if the need arises. As stated in the RFP it is expected that the vast majority of orders will be placed with the supplier who gets the best score in Stage Four (user trials).

“The next steps of the process are to turn the suppliers’ proposals into a full specification, confirm all of the contractual terms, and agree the build schedule and milestones.

Here are pictures of appliances made by Emergency One and Angloco for reference only.

Angloco appliance

 EmergencyOne appliance