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Official procurement procedure
Battery Powered HRE - Market Engagement
Firefighting equipment
Firefighting
rescue and safety equipment
Location not published
Published value
£95,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Kent Fire and Rescue Service: "Battery Powered HRE - Market Engagement". Published status: planning. Published value: £95,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Kent Fire and Rescue Service | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planning No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £95,000 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Kent Fire and Rescue Service. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
4.5Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Draeger Safety UK LtdTop vendor: 71.2% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 27 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
| Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| Draeger Safety UK Ltd | 1 win | £200,000 |
| HG Mindworks Ltd | 1 win | £80,846 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityKent Fire and Rescue Service | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanning | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published4 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT | Last source update4 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationFirefighting equipment, Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05d98b | ||
What is being bought
Kent Fire and Rescue Service are looking to engage with suppliers of Battery Powered HRE.
Suppliers should express their interest via the Delta portal by Friday 28th November 2025 where they will be invited to attend a Kent Fire and Rescue site either at Maidstone or Rochester to participate in market engagement at a Kent Fire and Rescue site either in Rochester or Maidstone. It should be noted that it is not guaranteed that the Authority will issue a tender following the market engagement. Currently the Authority are unable to provide information on contract value or timings.
Where Kent Fire and Rescue have other market engagement notices which are also of interest to a supplier these will be coordinated to be on the same date.
Currently the Authority have availability on the following dates:
13th November 2025
27th November 2025
28th November 2025
10th December 2025
11th December 2025
The Authority will endeavour to accommodate suppliers at a mutually convenient time.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Firefighting%2C-rescue-and-safety-equipment./RSXRWUG7TU
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/RSXRWUG7TU
What changed
From the official release history
- tender value changed
4 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT - Status changed to planning
4 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT - Official notice release published
4 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT - Buyer information updated
4 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplanningPublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Pipeline notice
4 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT - Procedure published
4 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT - engagement
28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT · scheduledKent Fire and Rescue Service are looking to engage with suppliers of Battery Powered HRE Equipment. Suppliers should express their interest via the Delta portal by Friday 28th November 2025 where they will be invited to attend a Kent Fire and Rescue site either at Maidstone or Rochester for a market engagement session. Where Kent Fire and Rescue have other market engagement notices which are also of interest to a supplier these will be coordinated to be on the same date.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PCTX-8834-ZQLLDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 4 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleNot published |