Procurement Policy Note (PPN) updates
Action Note 03/23 February 2023 Policy Note PPN 03/23 – updated standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) effective from 1st April 2023. This Procurement Policy Note (PPN) updates the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and accompanying statutory guidance. The amendments are based on feedback from buyers and suppliers to improve the supplier selection process and reflect changes to the … Continued
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Part 2 Consultation on draft regulations to implement the Procurement Bill Consultation description This is a consultation on the secondary legislation required to implement the new public procurement regime established by the Procurement Bill. This is a technical consultation, split into two parts. This second part of the consultation focuses on the transparency provisions and notices … Continued
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Today’s meetings started with a visit to a nearby textile manufacturing facility; a really interesting visit to see the complex process in producing protective fabrics such as those used in our firefighting PPE. Today’s working groups were WG 4 Hazmat, WG 5 Rescue and a WG 2 item specific to the ISO 11999 ensemble standard. … Continued
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Day 3 of the ISO meetings on Firefighters PPE focused entirely on ISO 11999-3. This standard is for firefighters PPE for structural firefighting and continues the work on this document that began at the last meeting in Japan. Prior to Japan over 250 comments (60 pages) were received on the draft document and only a … Continued
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Part 1 of the consultation closed at 11:45pm on 28 July 2023 View part 2 of the consultation Part 1 Consultation on draft regulations to implement the Procurement Bill We are pleased to advise that the public consultation on the secondary legislation required to implement the new public procurement regime established by the Procurement Bill has now … Continued
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Today’s meetings have discussed three specific areas wildland firefighting, compatibility of PPE and selection, use, care, and maintenance (SUCaM). The discussions within the wildland meeting focused on the need to revise the current wildland clothing standard EN ISO 15384, this document falls under the Vienna Agreement arrangements whereby CEN and ISO work in collaboration to … Continued
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Today see’s the start of the next round of ISO TC94 SC14 ‘Firefighters PPE’ Committee meeting being attended by our National PPE Technical Advisor Brett Egan-Briers. The meetings follow on from the previous meeting in Japan and last all week with a packed agenda of firefighters PPE standards to be discussed. The following standards are … Continued
Read more about ISO Meeting – Greenville, USA Day 1NFCC National Procurement Hub – Systel update
15th March – update Following a collective meeting on Thursday 9th March with FRS senior users and Systel, we can confirm that Systel have committed to ongoing regular communications with both the NFCC and UK Systel users to ensure consistent and up to date messaging is conveyed to the sector. The meetings will be scheduled to … Continued
Read more about NFCC National Procurement Hub – Systel updateBlog 4 ISO Committee Japan
Today was the final day of the ISO Firefighters PPE meetings. The agenda covered discussions surrounding Part 1 of the ISO 11999 series of documents which have been the main topic of discussion throughout this week’s meetings. Part 1 ‘General’ is an introductory document to the following parts in the series and contains some general … Continued
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Day 3 of the ISO meetings has thankfully been less intense; focusing on the helmet and footwear parts of the ISO 11999 series of standards. Certainly, significantly less comments than previous days and more focused on editorial changes as opposed technical detail. Main focus of discussions for the helmet standard revolved around ease of cleaning, … Continued
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