Emergency and security equipment: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 35100000Supplies · classin Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

Open now2open for bids now · see them in the search
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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.

Notices, last 12 months87 contracting authorities · 21 in the catalogue
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical contract value£6,384middle value of 22 contract awards, net · not frameworks
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What a contract here is usually worth.

Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.

Based on 22 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.

Published values, not actual spend.

Last 36 months.

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.

Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.

Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.

  • Education & universities24%(5 notices)
    5 of 21 notices are Education & universities (24%).
  • Local authorities24%(5 notices)
    5 of 21 notices are Local authorities (24%).
  • Police, fire & emergency19%(4 notices)
    4 of 21 notices are Police, fire & emergency (19%).
  • Central government14%(3 notices)
    3 of 21 notices are Central government (14%).
  • Not classified19%(4 notices)
    4 of 21 notices are Not classified (19%).
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Defra Network eTendering Portalnot classified200
Department for TransportCentral government200
Luminate Education GroupEducation & universities220
The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for NorthamptonshirePolice, fire & emergency210
Business Services Organisationnot classified100
Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) / Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC)Police, fire & emergency100
Department for Business & TradeCentral government100
Dudley Metropolitan Borough CouncilLocal authorities100
Hartlepool College of Further EducationEducation & universities110
Kent County CouncilLocal authorities100

17 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.

Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.

Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 13 of 21 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
East Midlands5 · 38%———
West Midlands4 · 31%———
South East England2 · 15%———
Greater London2 · 15%———
North East England2 · 15%———
North West England2 · 15%———
East of England1 · 8%———
Yorkshire and the Humber1 · 8%———
South West England1 · 8%———
Northern Ireland1 · 8%———

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract86%(18 notices)
    18 of 21 notices are Contract (86%).
  • Framework14%(3 notices)
    3 of 21 notices are Framework (14%).
Procedure route
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Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

  • Open57%(12 notices)
    12 of 21 notices are Open (57%).
  • Direct award24%(5 notices)
    5 of 21 notices are Direct award (24%).
  • Limited / restricted10%(2 notices)
    2 of 21 notices are Limited / restricted (10%).
  • Selective5%(1 notices)
    1 of 21 notices are Selective (5%).
  • Route not published5%(1 notices)
    1 of 21 notices are Route not published (5%).
Threshold
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.

Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.

  • Above threshold50%(3 notices)
    3 of 6 notices are Above threshold (50%).
  • Below threshold50%(3 notices)
    3 of 6 notices are Below threshold (50%).
Typical tender window
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How long bidders get to respond.

Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.

All notices we hold, not just recent ones.

30 daysrobust · n=7middle value, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (13) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=16
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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

  • 1 bid0%(0)
    0 of 16 lots fall in 1 bid (0%).
  • 2–36%(1)
    1 of 16 lots fall in 2–3 (6%).
  • 4–694%(15)
    15 of 16 lots fall in 4–6 (94%).
  • 7 or more0%(0)
    0 of 16 lots fall in 7 or more (0%).
Contract value, net
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The usual range of contract values here.

The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.

Published values, not actual spend.

p25 £1,298middle value £6,384p75 £38,750
interquartile range of 22 awards · p90 £186,727
Competed
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.

Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.

8 of 13 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months.

Last 36 months.

62%robust · n=13
Bids from SMEs
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.

SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.

19 SME bids out of 76, on 16 lots where the buyer published the split.

Last 36 months.

25%robust · n=76
Awards won by SMEs
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.

Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.

18 of 18 awards where the winner declared its size.

Last 36 months.

100%robust · n=18

Who wins
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Which suppliers win the most here.

Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.

Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 26 awards to 15 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 73% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit
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Where bids for this work are submitted.

Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 10 of 21 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract2 notices · 20%
eTendersNI1 notices · 10%
JAGGAER / BravoSolution1 notices · 10%
myTenders1 notices · 10%
About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 3510. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 2 Sept 2026.
  • Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
  • Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.