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NFCC National Firefighter PPE

Buyer: Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority →

BuyerKent and Medway Towns Fire Authority
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£3,263,193,883
Published25 Jun 2025

What is being bought

On 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 - https://forms.office.com/e/jKtAy10fYY To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=961514773

Delivery location

UKG, GB · UKF, GB · UKH, GB · UKK, GB · UKJ, GB · UKC, GB · UKD, GB

Categories

Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories 18100000Occupational clothing 18110000Waterproof clothing 18221000Clothing made of coated or impregnated textile fabrics 18224000Special clothing and accessories 18400000Special clothing 18410000Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment 35000000Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment 35110000Firefighting equipment 35111000Protective and safety clothing 35113400Fire-brigade uniforms 35811100Laundry-collection services 98311000Laundry-management services 98311100

Lot details

Lot C25038

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2029

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
C25038Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories, Occupational clothing, Waterproof clothing, Clothing made of coated or impregnated textile fabrics, Special clothing and accessories, Special clothing, Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment, Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment, Firefighting equipment, Protective and safety clothing, Fire-brigade uniforms, Laundry-collection services, Laundry-management servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 18. The category anchor is Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories (18100000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 188917 median · 53.5 average (390 of 891 with a bid count)4.2 average (409 of 891 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKG266 median · 18.5 average (15 of 26 with a bid count)2.6 average (15 of 26 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)6Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
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 - https://forms.office.com/e/jKtAy10fYYengagement10 Jul 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0548ea
Latest release ID034899-2025
Latest release timestampWed Jun 25 2025 07:39:37 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£3,263,193,883
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
25 Jun 2025planningUpdate034899-2025
14 Jun 2025planning032432-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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14 Jun 2025 · 032432-2025 · planning
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      "scheme": "UKPGA"
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    "description": "On 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. \nLot 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) \nThe following are purchase only Lots\nLot 2 - Fire Structural, Wildland/Technical Rescue Helmets \nLot 3 - Particulate Fire Hood\nLot 4 - Fire Structural Tunic and Trouser \nLot 5 - Fire Structural and Rescue Gloves \nLot 6 - Fire Structural and Rescue boots \nLot 7 - Lightweight PPE (dual standard of Wildand Fire and Technical Rescue, tunic meeting class 2 and class 3 and trousers) \nLot 8 - Associated Services for Aqueous laundry ( including,repairs, service and maintenance) \nLot 0 - Specialist Decontamination ( including,repairs, service and maintenance) \nFor Lots 1, 2,3 ,5, 7, 8 and 9 up to 3 suppliers may be successful be awarded onto these frameworks\nFor Lot(s) 4 and 7 up to 4 successful suppliers may be awarded onto these frameworks\nThere are 3 key stages \nParticipation stage including Procurement Specific Questionnaire and CDP information\nTender Stage including ITT based on technical,quality and price criteria in addition to wearer trials and site visits being undertaken. \nOver 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 previous Premlinary Market Engagment Notice for this session can be found on find a tender Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-019707 . \nAny one wishing to take part in this session should complete the booking form found on this link - https://forms.office.com/e/jKtAy10fYY\nTo view this notice, please click here: \nhttps://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=958932228",
    "communication": {
      "futureNoticeDate": "2025-07-11T23:59:59+01:00"
    },
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    "mainProcurementCategory": "goods",
    "additionalProcurementCategories": [
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  "parties": [
    {
      "id": "GB-PPON-PCTX-8834-ZQLL",
      "name": "Kent and Medway Towns Fire and Rescue Authority",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
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      "address": {
        "region": "UKJ45",
        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Maidstone",
        "postalCode": "ME15 6XB",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil"
      },
      "details": {
        "classifications": [
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            "id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment",
            "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
            "description": "Public authority - sub-central government"
          }
        ]
      },
      "identifier": {
        "id": "PCTX-8834-ZQLL",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "name": "Miss Sarah Walsh",
        "email": "Sarah.Walsh@kent.fire-uk.org",
        "telephone": "01622692121"
      }
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
    "documents": [
      {
        "id": "032432-2025",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032432-2025",
        "format": "text/html",
        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
        "datePublished": "2025-06-14T10:05:04+01:00"
      }
    ],
    "milestones": [
      {
        "id": "engagement",
        "type": "engagement",
        "status": "met",
        "dateMet": "2025-06-10T00:00:00+01:00",
        "description": "The formal market engagement sessions end of 3rd 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 - https://forms.office.com/e/jKtAy10fYY"
      }
    ]
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  "initiationType": "tender"
}