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GMCA1832 Supply of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) and Associated Equipment and Services

Breathing apparatus for firefighting
North West (UKD3)
Published value
£3,600,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Greater Manchester Combined Authority: "GMCA1832 Supply of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) and Associated Equipment and Services". Published status: planned. Published value: £3,600,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityGreater Manchester Combined AuthorityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£3,600,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Greater Manchester Combined Authority
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Greater Manchester Combined Authority. 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
4.8Bids / Report
15.4% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
NEWGROUND CICTop vendor: 80.5% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 276 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
NEWGROUND CIC1 win£2,100,000
CASTILIAN 1 LTD1 win£245,438
ONEFILE LTD2 wins£190,000
CITY & GUILDS LIMITED1 win£34,000
ENDGRAIN CNC LIMITED1 win£28,739
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityGreater Manchester Combined Authority
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published21 Aug 2026, 12:28 BST
Last source update21 Aug 2026, 12:28 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationBreathing apparatus for firefighting
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06962e
What is being bought
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is required by law to ensure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worn by operational fire fighters is fit for purpose, to enable them to perform their duties, and maintained to an appropriate standard in line with the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2022 (PPE Regulations) (as amended from time to time). As such, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), on behalf of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), seeks to procure a modern, interoperable Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) solution, including: • Breathing apparatus sets • Telemetry-based Entry Control Boards (ECB) • Associated ancillary and support equipment
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    21 Aug 2026, 12:28 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    21 Aug 2026, 12:28 BST
  3. Published value updated to £3,600,000
    11 May 2026, 17:03 BST
  4. Status changed to planned
    11 May 2026, 17:03 BST
  5. Official notice release published
    11 May 2026, 17:03 BST
  6. Buyer information updated
    11 May 2026, 17:03 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    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
    21 Aug 2026, 12:28 BST
  2. Procedure published
    21 Aug 2026, 12:28 BST
  3. engagement
    11 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    GMCA and GMFRS will be conducting a market engagement event in relation to GMCA 1832, the procurement of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus, including associated equipment and services. Market engagement will take place on the working days between Monday 28th September to Friday 9th October (inclusive). Individual sessions will be held, for individual interested parties (Suppliers), over the course of two days each, within the time frame outlined above. Suppliers are required to formally express their interest via the advert for this project within the Chest e-procurement portal (https://www.the-chest.org.uk/). The deadline for formally expressing interest is 12pm 11th September 2026. Agendas will be provided to each Supplier individually following a confirmed expression of interest via the messaging function within the Chest e-procurement portal. The detailed agenda will be shared with Suppliers who have formally expressed an interest via the messaging service, after the expression of interest window closes - containing further details in line with the following overview: Location: GMFRS Bury Training and Safety Centre Time: (2 days) 10am-4pm Agenda items to include: Introductions, Project Overview, GMFRS Team Presentations, Supplier Presentations including Practical Presentations and Demonstrations. All correspondence must be sent via the Chest e-procurement portal.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PXBN-3793-LCTQ
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Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published