DRAEGER ADDITIONAL REPAIRS

Description

As part of Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service's (NIFRS) operational fire fighters duties, they have to enter operational incidents wearing Breathing Apparatus (BA). This system allows the firefighter to breathe clean air which enables them to carry out rescues or to fight fires in burning or smoke filled buildings. Each BA set has a cylinder that contains clean air; the cylinder only has a limited amount of clean air so fire fighters are restricted on the length of time they can operate effectively in this environment before they have to exit the building and change the cylinder. This contract will enable vital repairs to be undertaken on this Apparatus. Lot 1: NIFRS currently have 680 BA sets in service and they are on all firefighting appliances province wide. The System is manufactured by a company called Draeger Safety UK Ltd and they are the only people authorised to carry out any servicing or repairs and only Draeger parts can be used on this piece of equipment, therefore they are the sole supplier for the Service and Repair of the equipment. Currently the service and repair is conducted utilising a total care contract with Draeger Safety UK Ltd. BA sets that fail due to non-fair wear and tear reasons still require repair and those repairs are outside of the total care contract. For example if a buckle or airline get caught or damaged while the firefighter is carrying out their duties this would be classed as none fair wear and tear and outside the contract parameters.