Official UK procurement notice
Mobile Data Solutions and Associated Services
Authority: NI Fire and Rescue Service (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNIFRS currently have Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs) installed on-board frontline fire appliances. These are ruggedised computer terminals with touchscreen capabilities used by NIFRS to provide information to enhance Firefighter safety and deliver real-time GPS location, incorporating status updates in terms of appliance availability. They have become an integral part of how information supports operational decision making on the incident ground.
MDTs are a vital piece of equipment to access risk critical information associated with site specific surveys carried out by NIFRS personnel. They are linked to the NIFRS Regional Control Centre (RCC) via the PSNI 'Barracuda' secure radio network and updated whilst on-station via the secure Wi-Fi network.
Mobile data software is currently used by Firefighters on board fire appliances and by RCC personnel to deliver Firefighter safety critical information and situational awareness to support decision making and more effective communication.
The solution is integrated with various other NIFRS systems which include Fire & Rescue Service databases and Risk Critical Information. Using the MDTs, precise and relevant situational intelligence is available to operational personnel at the touch of a button via a range of intelligence databases on route to incident and at the incident ground.
NIFRS are seeking to replace their Mobile Data Solution to include an update on all hardware, software, support and maintenance components for up to approximately 160-310 terminals.
NIFRS hope to approach the market with a formal PME questionnaire by March 2026, please note this will not be used to pre qualify the market. It will used to help formulate the specification and business case. If your orgasantion would be interested in taking part in a PME please email Dawn Bradley on [email protected] by 5pm 20th Feb 2026.
CPV: Radio services · Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment · Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment · Software package and information systems
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Market period
- 5 yrs · up to 7 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Mobile Data Solutions and Associated Services” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NI Fire and Rescue Service buys Radio services (CPV 9221), and who usually turns up
NI Fire and Rescue Service has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Radio services (CPV 9221) →
How the contest usually goes
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Across this market, small firms won 52% of awards with a known supplier size.
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 27% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 75 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 16% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid13%
2–317%
4–623%
7+48%
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Lot #1CPV 92Published estimate£2.0m
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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 48 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid13%
2–317%
4–623%
7+48%
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Where the award price may land.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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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.
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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
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Feb 2026, 18:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Feb 2026, 18:16 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-011582- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064bb6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
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Timeline
9 Feb 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published258 days ago9 Feb 2026, 18:16 GMT
- Market engagement247 days ago20 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Expression of Interest
Formal PME due to take place in March 2026
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 157 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Feb 2026, 18:16 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
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- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender