Official UK procurement notice
NFCC National Firefighter PPE
Authority: Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOn behalf of the National Fire Chief Council (NFCC) Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority acting as the Contracting Authority is seeking to establish an Open Framework using the Competitive Flexible Procedure for the provision of Firefighter and lightweight (Wildland Fire and Technical Rescue) PPE, using a series of successive frameworks for specific goods and services.
Lot 1 - Managed Service through a lease arrangement ( either full head to toe ensemble or partial items to be taken as dictated by the purchasing authorities)
The following are purchase only Lots
Lot 2 - Fire Structural, Wildland/Technical Rescue Helmets
Lot 3 - Particulate Fire Hood
Lot 4 - Fire Structural Tunic and Trouser
Lot 5 - Fire Structural and Rescue Gloves
Lot 6 - Fire Structural and Rescue boots
Lot 7 - Lightweight PPE (dual standard of Wildand Fire and Technical Rescue, tunic meeting class 2 and class 3 and trousers)
Lot 8 - Associated Services for Aqueous laundry ( including,repairs, service and maintenance)
Lot 0 - Specialist Decontamination ( including,repairs, service and maintenance)
For Lots 1, 2,3 ,5, 7, 8 and 9 up to 3 suppliers may be successful be awarded onto these frameworks
For Lot(s) 4 and 7 up to 4 successful suppliers may be awarded onto these frameworks
There are 3 key stages
Participation stage including Procurement Specific Questionnaire and CDP information
Tender Stage including ITT based on technical,quality and price criteria in addition to wearer trials and site visits being undertaken.
Over the course of the last 7 months there has been 6 Market Engagement Session being carried out and the last one is due to take place virtually on 3rd July has now been postponed and will take place on the 7th July, previous Preliminary Market Engagement Notice for this session can be found on find a tender Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-019707 .
Any one wishing to take part in this session should complete the booking form found on this link - forms.office.com/e/jKtAy10fYY ↗
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CPV: Clothing made of coated or impregnated textile fabrics · Fire-brigade uniforms · Firefighting equipment · Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment · Laundry-collection services · Laundry-management services · Occupational clothing · Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories · Protective and safety clothing · Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment · Special clothing · Special clothing and accessories · +1 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs from 1 Apr 2026
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
- “NFCC National Firefighter PPE” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Jun 2025, 10:05 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Jun 2025, 08:39 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034899- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0548eaFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
14 Jun 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published14 Jun 2025, 10:05 BST
- Latest notice published25 Jun 2025, 08:39 BST
- Market engagement10 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
The formal market engagement sessions end of 7th July 2025 after which the Participation Stage will commence on 11th July 2025. Therefore if you feel that you are interested in this opportunity please complete the booking link to the final market engagement session - forms.office.com/e/jKtAy10fYY ↗
- Tender notice expected11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts208 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Jun 2025, 10:05 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published25 Jun 2025, 08:39 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender