TenderlineUK
Procurement Intelligence
Official OCDS
Find a Tender
complete
Official procurement procedure

C25062 - Ashford Live Fire Servicing, Maintenance and Repairs

No classification published
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Kent Fire and Rescue Service: "C25062 - Ashford Live Fire Servicing, Maintenance and Repairs". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityKent Fire and Rescue ServiceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
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.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4.5Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Draeger Safety UK LtdTop vendor: 71.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Draeger Safety UK Ltd1 win£200,000
HG Mindworks Ltd1 win£80,846
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityKent Fire and Rescue Service
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published27 Jul 2026, 08:46 BST
Last source update27 Jul 2026, 08:46 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b69d
What is being bought
Kent Fire and Rescue Service have appointed Draeger Safety UK Ltd for the maintenance, servicing, and repair of the Specialist Smoke Capture and Filtration System installed at the Ashford Live Fire Training Building. The installed system is a bespoke, proprietary, non‐open‐protocol platform designed and manufactured exclusively by Draeger Safety UK Ltd. As a result, the ongoing servicing, maintenance, and technical support of the system needs to be delivered by Draeger Safety UK Ltd, who are the sole provider with the necessary proprietary knowledge, components, and certification to work on their system. Due to the unique and manufacturer specific nature of the system, no alternative supplier is able to provide the required services. The contract has therefore been awarded through a direct award in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 permitting award where competition is absent for technical reasons. This contract will be in place for the life of the system and for the purposes of this notice have a term of 20 years.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    27 Jul 2026, 08:46 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    30 Jun 2026, 08:27 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    17 Jun 2026, 10:02 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    17 Jun 2026, 10:02 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    17 Jun 2026, 10:02 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    27 Jul 2026, 08:46 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 10 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · £500,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Draeger Safety UK ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£500,000 · signed 10 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 12 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST — 11 Jul 2046, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Kent Fire and Rescue Service

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PCTX-8834-ZQLL
View buyer profile

  • Kent Fire and Rescue Service
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PCTX-8834-ZQLL
    The Godlands, Maidstone, UKJ45, ME15 6XB, GB
    alex.whelan@kent.fire-uk.org

  • Draeger Safety UK Ltd
    supplier

    GB-COH: 00777464
    Ullswater Close, Blyth Riverside Business Park, Blyth, Northumberland, UKC21, NE24 4RG, GB
    nqrs@draeger.com
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied

  • Not published

    tender
    conflictOfInterest
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleKent Fire and Rescue Service required a Specialist Smoke Capture and Filtration System for the Ashford Live Fire Training Building. The supplier Draeger Safety UK Ltd were appointed to design and install the required system capable of meeting the specific operational and safety requirements. The installed system is bespoke and not an open protocol platform. As a result, the ongoing servicing, maintenance, and technical support of the system needs to be delivered by Draeger Safety UK Ltd, who are the sole provider with the necessary proprietary knowledge, components, and certification to work on their system. Due to the unique, niche, and manufacturer specific nature of the system, no alternative supplier is able to maintain or service the system. For this reason, a direct award to Draeger Safety UK Ltd is required to ensure continuity, safety compliance, and system integrity.