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Published 16 Jul 2025, 19:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Purchase of Fire Appliances

Official notice

Authority: Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority (Police & fire)

GoodsAbove threshold
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: South East (UKJ4)
Planned pipeline value£7,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Mar 2029 · up to 1 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 2 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Kent Fire and Rescue are engaging with the market to share draft specifications for two types of fire appliances. The Authority are seeking feedback to help inform a future procurement process.

Further information and the draft specification can be found at www.delta-esourcing.com ↗

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Maidst… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/S3TNHR4US2 ↗

CPV: Emergency vehicles · Motor vehicles · Rescue vehicles

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 2 Mar 2026 – 1 Mar 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 1 Mar 2031 with extensions
Delivery: South East
Extensions: Extension options published
34100000 Motor vehicles34114100 Emergency vehicles34114110 Rescue vehicles

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
16 Jul 2025, 19:05 BST
Last source update
16 Jul 2025, 19:05 BST
Authority reference
C24120
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-040668
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Emergency vehiclesMotor vehiclesRescue vehicles
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0560ac Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

16 Jul 2025 → 2 Mar 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    16 Jul 2025, 19:05 BST
  2. Market engagement
    15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    Suppliers are asked to provide feedback on the draft specifications and project timescales. This feedback will inform the future procurement process

  3. Tender notice expected391 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts240 days ago
    2 Mar 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Jul 2025, 19:05 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCTX-8834-ZQLL The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil, Maidstone, South East, ME15 6XBContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure