Fire-brigade and rescue services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 75250000Services · classin Administration, defence and social security services

Codes and neighbouring classes

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

Open tenders in fire-brigade and rescue services

8 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Who buys

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
  • Other public bodies 29% (86 notices)
  • Local authorities 23% (69 notices)
  • Central government 19% (56 notices)
  • Housing associations 8% (23 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 7% (22 notices)
  • Not classified 14% (41 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
MID AND WEST WALES FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICEPolice, fire & emergency600
Karbon HomesOther public bodies520
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustCentral government540
Peabody TrustOther public bodies500
Fusion21 Members ConsortiumOther public bodies400
Golding HomesOther public bodies400
Housing 21Other public bodies410
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Central government400
Procurement for HousingOther public bodies400
Southampton City CouncilLocal authorities400

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 237 of 313 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
South East England71 · 30%277%
Greater London57 · 24%
East of England46 · 19%
Scotland39 · 16%
Yorkshire and the Humber38 · 16%
North West England36 · 15%
West Midlands36 · 15%
East Midlands35 · 15%
South West England31 · 13%
Wales (Cymru)30 · 13%
North East England29 · 12%
Northern Ireland7 · 3%

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

How it is bought

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

Commercial tool
  • Contract 68% (212 notices)
  • Framework 28% (88 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 4% (13 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 65% (202 notices)
  • Route not published 16% (49 notices)
  • Selective 14% (45 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 5% (17 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 71% (49 notices)
  • Below threshold 29% (20 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=88median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (119) · 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=34
  • 1 bid 18% (6)
  • 2–3 21% (7)
  • 4–6 18% (6)
  • 7 or more 44% (15)
Contract value, net
p25 £147,615median £290,000p75 £962,500
interquartile range of 56 awards · p90 £2,714,773
Typical bids per lot6robust · n=34middle half 2–11
Competed92%robust · n=119open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs78%robust · n=188of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs71%robust · n=49single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally63%robust · n=35winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned8%robust · n=119cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot7robust · n=2768 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 1,051 awards to 531 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 18% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 120 of 313 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

In-tend Electronic Procurement24 notices · 20% · 1 open
Atamis Health Family Portal15 notices · 13% · 1 open
EU-Supply Complete Tender Management15 notices · 13% · 1 open
Proactis / ProContract14 notices · 12% · 1 open
myTenders9 notices · 8%
Delta eSourcing7 notices · 6% · 1 open

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 7525. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 17 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 7525. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.