Request for Tender for 4 Pre-Used Class B Appliances Carlow County Council NDFEM 2026

Carlow County Council

This Tender applies to 4 No Pre- Used Class B Appliances where speed of response is of paramount importance. The vehicle will be required to respond to emergency situations; therefore, the vehicle must be provided with suitable safeguards to permit immediate running under load, at high revolutions within the extremes of temperatures found in Ireland. Carlow Fire and Rescue Service will only accept Class B Appliances that meets in full the requirements of this specification. Vehicles that deviate from this specification but can be shown to have equivalent performance and are suitable for its proposed purpose may be considered. The final decision on the suitability of such vehicle’s rests with the A/Chief Fire Officer. The successful tenderer shall provide all necessary tests to demonstrate compliance with the specification to the satisfaction of Carlow Fire and Rescue Service’s A/Chief Fire Officer. Where a tenderer proposes the use of equipment as equivalent to specified branded equipment, they shall satisfy the A/Chief Fire Officer that such equipment is in fact equivalent in all material respects. The A/Chief Fire Officer shall be regarded as the final Authority for the correct interpretation of this specification and for the determination of suitability of any equipment that is offered in the tender as equivalent to brand named equipment.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-03-12. The procurement was published on 2026-02-04.

Who?

• Carlow County Council

What?

• Fire-brigade and rescue services › Fire-brigade services
• Miscellaneous spare parts › Firefighting vehicle ladders
• Pumps for liquids › Pumps for firefighting
• Vehicles for the emergency services › Firefighting vehicles › Fire engines

Where?

• Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
• Eastern and Midland › Dublin
• Southern › South-East

Procurement history

Date	Document
2026-02-04	Contract notice

Contract notice (2026-02-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Request for Tender for 4 Pre-Used Class B Appliances Carlow County Council NDFEM 2026
Short description:
“This Tender applies to 4 No Pre- Used Class B Appliances where speed of response is of paramount importance. The vehicle will be required to respond to...”
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Fire engines 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 240 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 240 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“This Tender applies to 4 No Pre- Used Class B Appliances where speed of response is of paramount importance. The vehicle will be required to respond to...”
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Fire engines 📦
Additional products/services: Firefighting vehicles 📦
Firefighting vehicle ladders 📦
Pumps for firefighting 📦
Fire-brigade services 📦
Fire-brigade and rescue services 📦
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: South-East 🏙️
Duration: 36 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Firefighting vehicles 📦
Firefighting vehicle ladders 📦
Pumps for firefighting 📦
Fire-brigade services 📦
Fire-brigade and rescue services 📦

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-03-12 14:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-03-12 14:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7448518
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 180
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-03-12 14:30:00 📅
Place:
“https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7448518”
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-02-26 14:00:00 📅
The CVD legal basis to establish which category of procurement procedure applies: Vehicle purchase, lease or rent
The procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive – CVD) ✅

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Carlow County Council
National registration number: 00250066U
Postal address: Athy Road
Postal code: R93E7R7
Postal town: Carlow
Region: South-East 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: etenders@carlowcoco.ie 📧
Phone: +353 599170300 📞
URL: https://www.carlow.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.carlow.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7448518 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7448518 🌏
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2026/S 025-083196 (2026-02-04)

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