Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of 2 Driver Training Vehicles
Authority: Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority (Police & fire)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: South East (UKJ)
Awarded value£600,000published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Scania (Great Britain) Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPurchase of 2 driver training vehicles, including chassis, body box conversion and blue light installation.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Apr 2025, 12:16 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Apr 2025, 12:16 BST
- Authority reference
C25021- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013058- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fd42Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
This justification applies due to the rapid decline in performance of the current vehicles, which could not have been foreseen by the Contracting Authority. A direct award is required to minimise the impact on training and operational response capability.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 4 Apr 2025- Transparency notice published4 Apr 2025, 12:16 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected17 Apr 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £600,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scania (Great Britain) Limited22 Apr 2025 – 21 Apr 2026 | £600,000 inc. VAT | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SCANIA (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender