Cheshire Fire Authority: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
ONS register: Fire-and-rescue-authority·Police & fire·North West England·Winsford, Cheshire
Official UK PPONPXBC-3252-DZQJ
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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 much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
29 awarded tenders, 26 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
48 Software package and information systems7 procedures · 24%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet5 procedures · 17%80 Education and training services3 procedures · 10%32 Radio, television, communication2 procedures · 7%34 Transport equipment and products1 procedures · 3%35 Security, fire-fighting, police1 procedures · 3%50 Repair and maintenance services1 procedures · 3%71 Architectural, construction, engineering1 procedures · 3%How they buyi
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.
Last 24 months · 29 notices · commercial tool and route 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.
Contract100%(29 notices)
29 of 29 notices are Contract (100%).
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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.
Direct award41%(12 notices)
12 of 29 notices are Direct award (41%).Limited / restricted41%(12 notices)
12 of 29 notices are Limited / restricted (41%).Open10%(3 notices)
3 of 29 notices are Open (10%).Selective3%(1 notices)
1 of 29 notices are Selective (3%).Route not published3%(1 notices)
1 of 29 notices are Route not published (3%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 2 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Small sample.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 29 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
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.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Capita Business Services Ltd | 2 | 6.9% | 2 | 2 | 26 Jan 2026 |
| PIRANHA AUDIO VISUAL LIMITED | 2 | 6.9% | 2 | 2 | 27 Aug 2025 |
| ANYWHERE SIM LIMITED | 2 | 6.9% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Emergency One (UK) Limited | 2 | 6.9% | 1 | 2 | — |
| Rosenbauer UK Limited | 1 | 3.4% | 1 | 2 | 24 Sept 2025 |
| BOC Ltd | 1 | 3.4% | 1 | 1 | — |
| SLICED BREAD ANIMATION LIMITED | 1 | 3.4% | 1 | 1 | 17 Nov 2025 |
| GRANT FUNDING SKILLS LIMITED | 1 | 3.4% | 1 | 1 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 21% of 29 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 26 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Breathing Apparatus and Associated Items | INTERSPIRO LIMITED | — | — | £1,300,000 † |
| Incident Command System Software | Motorola Solutions UK Ltd | — | — | £1,110,000 † |
| Chemical Hazard Database | Ricardo AEA Ltd | — | — | £235,000 † |
| Maintenance Service for Interactive Features Lighting and Scenery | PIRANHA AUDIO VISUAL LIMITED | 27 Aug 2025 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £147,615 ≈ £49k/yr |
| Wide Area Network Services CPA/SPU/2762 | Capita Business Services Ltd | — | 3 mo | £88,310 |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
Published end dates only · 18 of 28 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| The Provision of Strategic Estates Consultancy Services 2025 CPA/SPU/2704F | 31ten Consulting | 23 Oct 2026 | £53,388 |
| VMDS Mobile Gateway and AIUS | AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMITED | 31 Oct 2026 | £160,055 |
| Ten Year Service on the two Aerial Ladder Platforms | Rosenbauer UK Limited | 31 Dec 2026 | £264,000 |
| Ten Year Service on the two Aerial Ladder Platforms | Rosenbauer UK Limited | 31 Dec 2026 | £264,000 |
| Funding Alert Bid Writer | GRANT FUNDING SKILLS LIMITED | 17 May 2027 | £40,500 |
| Provision of the Station End PSTN Upgrade | Telent Technology Services Limited | 6 Aug 2027 | £211,818 |
| Availability, Payroll and Rota Management System | Gartan Technologies | 30 Sept 2027 | £176,766 |
| Network Services | ANYWHERE SIM LIMITED | 1 Oct 2027 | £69,200 |
| Principal Designer Services (CDM) for the works to modernise Warrington and Ellesmere Port Fire Stations - CPA/SPU/2877F | IDENTITY CONSULT LIMITED | 31 Dec 2027 | £23,750 |
| Printing of Safe and Well Booklets | Johnson's Printers | 6 Apr 2028 | £57,600 |
Recent procedures
Latest 32 of 32 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Network Services | Awarded / complete | 8 Oct 2026 | — |
| Medical Oxygen Cylinders | Awarded / complete | 28 Aug 2026 | — |
| GIS and Modelling Software Package CPA/SPU/2852FIndustry specific software package | Awarded / complete | 27 Aug 2026 | — |
| Provision of the Station End PSTN Upgrade | Awarded / complete | 7 Aug 2026 | — |
| Provision of an End-User Support IT Managed Service and Transformation Partner | Awarded / complete | 6 Aug 2026 | — |
| E Learning Package | Awarded / complete | 3 Aug 2026 | — |
| Principal Designer Services (CDM) for the works to modernise Warrington and Ellesmere Port Fire Stations - CPA/SPU/2877F | Awarded / complete | 29 Jul 2026 | — |
| HRIS and Bureau PayrollSoftware package and information systems | Planning | 6 Jul 2026 | — |
| Angles Software | Awarded / complete | 3 Jul 2026 | — |
| Super Pumping AppliancesEmergency vehicles | Awarded / complete | 29 Jun 2026 | — |
| Funding Alert Bid Writer | Awarded / complete | 26 May 2026 | — |
| Printing of Safe and Well Booklets | Awarded / complete | 5 May 2026 | — |
| Gazetteer Software Annual SubscriptionsSoftware package and information systems | Awarded / complete | 1 Apr 2026 | — |
| Breathing Apparatus and Associated ItemsBreathing apparatus for firefighting | Awarded / complete | 27 Mar 2026 | — |
| Applicant Tracking SystemIT services: consulting | Awarded / complete | 24 Mar 2026 | — |
| Incident Command System SoftwareCommunication and multimedia software package | Awarded / complete | 18 Mar 2026 | — |
| MetaLearning Premium Plus - CPA/SPU/2787F | Awarded / complete | 16 Mar 2026 | — |
| Wide Area Network Services CPA/SPU/2762 | Awarded / complete | 27 Jan 2026 | — |
| Wide Area Network Services CPA/SPU/2762 | Awarded / complete | 26 Jan 2026 | — |
| Availability, Payroll and Rota Management System | Awarded / complete | 15 Jan 2026 | — |
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.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 18 of 28 published contracts state an end date; those feed “Contracts ending”.
- 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.