Fire-brigade and rescue services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 75250000·Services · class·in Administration, defence and social security services
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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.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 40 lots from 22 competitions run by 21 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 7 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 33 from older notices (bids received, middle 10).
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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 65 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Newest open tenders
3 of 12 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Depot Fire Break & Void Detection Surveys | Thameslink Southern Great Northern Limited (TSGN) | 27 Nov 2026 | 31d | £540,000 |
| Survey & Maintenance of Fire Dampers at The University of Huddersfield | University of Huddersfield | 29 Oct 2026 | 2d | £100,000 |
| For the provision of Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Services to the Joint Service Parachute Centre Weston on the Green (JSPCW) | Ministry of Defence | 30 Oct 2026 | 3d | £443,599 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
75251110 Fire-prevention services112 notices · 62%75250000 Fire-brigade and rescue services13 notices · 7%75251100 Firefighting services11 notices · 6%75252000 Rescue services8 notices · 4%75251000 Fire-brigade services6 notices · 3%- Justice services 78 · 12m
- Provision of services to the community 78 · 12m
- Administrative services of agencies 77 · 12m
- Public security, law and order services 52 · 12m
- Administration services 40 · 12m
- Foreign affairs and other services 36 · 12m
- General public services 31 · 12m
- Benefit services 30 · 12m
- Supporting services for the government 13 · 12m
- Defence services 7 · 12m
- All of Administration, defence and social security services →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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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
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities29%(48 notices)
48 of 168 notices are Local authorities (29%).Central government28%(47 notices)
47 of 168 notices are Central government (28%).Other public bodies21%(36 notices)
36 of 168 notices are Other public bodies (21%).Police, fire & emergency6%(10 notices)
10 of 168 notices are Police, fire & emergency (6%).Housing associations5%(9 notices)
9 of 168 notices are Housing associations (5%).Not classified11%(18 notices)
18 of 168 notices are Not classified (11%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | Central government | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Greater Manchester Combined Authority | Local authorities | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Maritime and Coastguard Agency | Central government | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Central Bedfordshire Council | Local authorities | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| LHC Procurement Group | Other public bodies | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | Central government | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) | Central government | 3 | 0 | 0 |
129 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
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.
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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 126 of 180 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| South East England | — | 60% | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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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
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract89%(161 notices)
161 of 180 notices are Contract (89%).Framework10%(18 notices)
18 of 180 notices are Framework (10%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(1 notice)
1 of 180 notices is Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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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.
Open50%(90 notices)
90 of 180 notices are Open (50%).Route not published14%(26 notices)
26 of 180 notices are Route not published (14%).Limited / restricted14%(26 notices)
26 of 180 notices are Limited / restricted (14%).Direct award13%(23 notices)
23 of 180 notices are Direct award (13%).Selective8%(15 notices)
15 of 180 notices are Selective (8%).
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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 threshold68%(23 notices)
23 of 34 notices are Above threshold (68%).Below threshold32%(11 notices)
11 of 34 notices are Below threshold (32%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (84) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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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.
1 bid8%(3)
3 of 40 lots fall in 1 bid (8%).2–310%(4)
4 of 40 lots fall in 2–3 (10%).4–618%(7)
7 of 40 lots fall in 4–6 (18%).7 or more65%(26)
26 of 40 lots fall in 7 or more (65%).
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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.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 40 lots from 22 competitions run by 21 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 7 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 33 from older notices (bids received, middle 10).
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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.
38 of 80 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 4 more give no procedure and are left out.
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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.
92 SME bids out of 118, on 16 lots where the buyer published the split.
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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.
248 of 285 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
4 of 84 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 21 lots from 6 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
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.
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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 · 382 awards to 197 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 15% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Securitas Security Services (UK) Limited | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Pennington Choices Limited | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| RIDGE AND PARTNERS LLP | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| PartB Group Ltd | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ventro Ltd | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| STORM TEMPEST LIMITED | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| FIRNTEC LTD | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| ADT Fire & Security | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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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 · 63 of 180 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in fire-brigade and rescue services
12 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Survey & Maintenance of Fire Dampers at The University of Huddersfield | University of Huddersfield | 29 Oct 2026 | 2d | £100,000 |
| For the provision of Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Services to the Joint Service Parachute Centre Weston on the Green (JSPCW) | Ministry of Defence | 30 Oct 2026 | 3d | £443,599 |
| FRA Remedial 2026-2029 | LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST | 23 Nov 2026 | 27d | £6,750,000 |
| Depot Fire Break & Void Detection Surveys | Thameslink Southern Great Northern Limited (TSGN) | 27 Nov 2026 | 31d | £540,000 |
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 7525. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 26 Oct 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.