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# First Light · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/first-light-GB-FTS-156319). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** First Light is a SME public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 1 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** First Light
- **Organisation Scale:** SME
- **Companies House number:** not matched to Companies House
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-FTS-156319` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Total Published Awards:** 1
- **Primary Sector:** UK Public Sector Procurement


- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/first-light-GB-FTS-156319

## Winning Pricing & Discount Benchmarks
- **Median Award Pricing:** 13% above published budget estimate (median of 1 comparable winning awards)

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £4.0m (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £4.0m


## Buyer Geography
- **Regions of its buyers:** [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west)

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-police-and-crime-commissioner-for-gloucestershire-GB-FTS-184985):** 1 procedures

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-police-and-crime-commissioner-for-gloucestershire-GB-FTS-184985):** £4.0m · [Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-sexual-violence-advisor-isva-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04d48f)

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 0

## Competitive Supplier Intelligence
> **Full Win-Loss & Award Analysis:** Complete historical contract timelines, pricing movement benchmarks, buyer relationship networks, and competitor analysis are available on Tenderline:
> [View complete First Light public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/first-light-GB-FTS-156319#contract-history)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official award notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/first-light-GB-FTS-156319
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt