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Published 14 Nov 2025, 14:34 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Incident Command System · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Cleveland Fire Authority (Police & fire)

GoodsBelow thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrs 5 moends 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cleveland Fire Brigade are currently soft market testing with a view to undertaking a procurement exercise for an Incident Command System.

Any Incident Command System proposed should include the following functionality:

  • The command system should have a way of recording decisions. Whether that be written, verbally or video recording, this is a key requirement moving forward.
  • It should contain the ability to be updated in real time and ensure data is not lost if connection is lost.
  • Tall buildings management is vital; this will be required to share occupancy and resident status for all flats within a building to be shared amongst all users. This should be user friendly and easily populated with status updates such as fire survival guidance given, resident evacuated etc.
  • System must be able to be accessed by multiple users and devices at once.
  • An ability to record the command structure of an incident would be required.
  • An ability to record or upload ARA and ERA documents.
  • The option to pass info/instant message would be useful.
  • All interactions with the incident must be timestamped and auditable.
  • Ideally the system would be compatible to a number of devices, i.e. mobile phone, tablet, and laptop/desktop.
  • The potential to link into other information feeds and systems, such as local authority CCTV (if available), drone footage etc.
  • A mapping tool that allows for things like overheads, maps, cordons, overlays etc to be displayed and use. This would incorporate things like hydrants maps etc.
  • The ability to record personal accountability on the incident ground, including fire and non-fire personnel.
  • Ability to pick up staffing from CFB rostering systems
  • Ability to track fire appliances on a live map (linked to CFB mobilising system)

CPV: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs 5 moSME
Contract period: 1 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs 5 mo) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
Delivery: North EastEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Cleveland Fire Authority buys Security, fire-fighting, police (CPV 35), and who usually turns up

Cleveland Fire Authority’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Security, fire-fighting, police (CPV 35) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerCleveland Fire Authority · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 of 10 known-size awards · market: division 35 · North East England, n=29
40%59%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in North East England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 7 of 12 known-location awards · market: division 35 · North East England, n=51
58%18%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in North East England.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 35 · North East England, n=7
—87 days

Half of these awards were announced within 87 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 8 of 19 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 35 · North East England, n=56
42%55%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer2 lots with bid counts · all categories · too few to chart
The market6 lots with bid counts · division 35 · North East England
17% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid17%
Market: 1 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
2–333%
Market: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
4–633%
Market: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
7+17%
Market: 1 of 6 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo estimate-and-award pairs published
The market62 lots with estimate and award · division 35 · UK-wide
47% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate47%
Market: 29 of 62 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%39%
Market: 24 of 62 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate15%
Market: 9 of 62 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #141 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 145 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet22% single-bid risk
Past bids on 145 similar lots
1 bid22%
32 of 145 similar past lots received 1 bid (22%).
2–334%
49 of 145 similar past lots received 2–3 (34%).
4–628%
41 of 145 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+16%
23 of 145 similar past lots received 7+ (16%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
14 Nov 2025, 14:34 GMT
Last source update
14 Nov 2025, 14:34 GMT
Authority reference
SP215 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-074041
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipmentSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e19f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

14 Nov 2025 → 1 Nov 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published340 days ago
    14 Nov 2025, 14:34 GMT
  2. Market engagement318 days ago
    5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Cleveland Fire Brigade would like to understand more about those suppliers that have knowledge and experience of delivering this type of requirement and in particular those organisations that can share successful implementation of incident command systems with other emergency services organisations.

    The Brigade is therefore inviting any organisation that may be interested in this possible procurement opportunity to a 'Market engagement' event which will be held at the address below on a date to be agreed during January 2026.

    Cleveland Fire Brigade

    Training & Administration Hub

    Queens Meadow Business Park

    Hartlepool

    TS25 5TH

    On expressing their interest, suppliers will be allocated up to 2 hours with the Project team to discuss this potential procurement opportunity as well as demonstrate their incident command solution.

    Interested parties should email [email protected] The closing date to express your interest in attending is 12pm on 5th December 2025.

    The event is a pre procurement engagement only, seeking to understand supplier capability. This does not commit Cleveland Fire Brigade to any future procurement exercise.

  3. Today
    20 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 12 days
    1 Nov 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 Nov 2025, 14:34 GMT
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cleveland Fire Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 07583911 · GB-PPON: PGXP-5439-PLWX Training And Administration Hub, Hartlepool, North East, TS25 5THContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure