Fired-uP: FIRE services Develop innovative Procurement

The project focuses on innovation as a way of improving the environmental performance of fire service fleets. The headline objective of the Fired-uP project is to play a significant role in overcoming the current barriers that exist to innovation within the European public procurement arena in the field of fire service fleets.

The project will:

• Examine the key environmental impacts of fire service vehicles and their relationship to operational requirements.
• Identify successful approaches to market consultation for innovative procurement.
• Identify approaches to manage contractual risk, for both supply and service contracts.
• Develop common performance-based specifications.
• Undertake innovative procurement to meet operational needs in London and Ghent.
• Improve awareness within the European fire service community of the environmental impacts of vehicles and how to procure a more innovative vehicle.

More detailed information is available on http://www.fired-up.eu.