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Fire Safety Products and Associated Services

Breathing apparatus for firefighting
Burglar and fire alarms
CO2 fire-extinguishing equipment installation work
+27 more
Location not published
Published value
£200,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Kent County Council trading as Procurement Services: "Fire Safety Products and Associated Services". Published status: planning. Published value: £200,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityKent County Council trading as Procurement ServicesScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£200,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Kent County Council trading as Procurement Services
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Kent County Council trading as Procurement Services. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
17.2Bids / Report
15.4% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
First City Nursing Services LimitedTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 41 active published awards; 13 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
First City Nursing Services Limited1 win£110,000,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityKent County Council trading as Procurement Services
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published9 Mar 2026, 14:16 GMT
Last source update9 Mar 2026, 14:16 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationBreathing apparatus for firefighting, Burglar and fire alarms, CO2 fire-extinguishing equipment installation work, Fire blankets, Fire doors, Fire escape equipment, Fire extinguishers, Fire ladders, Fire suppression foam or similar compounds, Fire suppression hand tools, Fire suppression system, Fire-alarm system installation work, Fire-alarm systems, Fire-detection systems, Fire-extinguisher agents, Fire-extinguisher charges, Fire-extinguisher powder, Fire-extinguishers installation work, Fire-prevention installation works, Fire-protection devices, Firefighting equipment, Firefighting equipment installation work, Firefighting materials, Fireproofing work, Installation of safety equipment, Installation services of fire protection equipment, Miscellaneous fire-protection equipment, Portable fire-extinguishers, Protective and safety clothing, Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06657a
What is being bought
Procurement Services are looking to create a local and national framework for the provision or Fire Safety Products and Associated Services. This questionnaire is designed to understand supplier experiences, challenges, and expectations regarding Fire Safety Products within the Public Sector. This is a Pre Market Engagement notice and not a call for competition. Scope and LOT structure is still to be determined. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-West-Malling:-Fire-extinguisher-powder./6VMV9882WG To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6VMV9882WG
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £200,000,000
    9 Mar 2026, 14:16 GMT
  2. Status changed to planning
    9 Mar 2026, 14:16 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    9 Mar 2026, 14:16 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    9 Mar 2026, 14:16 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    9 Mar 2026, 14:16 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    9 Mar 2026, 14:16 GMT
  3. engagement
    31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Procurement Services are looking to create a local and national framework for the provision of Fire Safety Products and Associated Services. This questionnaire is designed to understand supplier experiences, challenges and expectations regarding Fire Safety Products and Associated Services frameworks. Your responses will help us design a framework that meets the needs of suppliers and customers to improve the procurement and delivery experiences for Fire Safety Products and Associated Services across all areas within the public sector. Scope and Lot structure is still to be determined, but the aim to design a framework for the provision of Fire Safety Products and Associated Services required within the public sector. This is a Pre Market Engagement notice and not a call for competition. Please complete questionnaire on link in this notice, we are also open to teams meetings please contact us within the time frame to discuss. https://shorturl.at/pFLFd
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Kent County Council trading as Procurement Services

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PYCX-4938-CCHM
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  • Kent County Council trading as Procurement Services
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PYCX-4938-CCHM
    1 Abbey Wood Road, West Malling, UKJ46, ME19 4YT, GB
    alison.ponter@csltd.org.uk
    01622 942283
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published