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Purchase of Additional Fire Behaviour Training Instructors (FBTI) Hooded Tunic and Leggings and Structural Level 2 PPE for the Breathing Apparatus (BA) Trainers

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Location not published
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Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority: "Purchase of Additional Fire Behaviour Training Instructors (FBTI) Hooded Tunic and Leggings and Structural Level 2 PPE for the Breathing Apparatus (BA) Trainers". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityWest Midlands Fire and Rescue AuthorityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority
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Published history for West Midlands Fire and Rescue 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
8Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
MIDLAND COUNTIES HEATING SERVICES LIMITEDTop vendor: 64.5% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 53 active published awards; 3 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
MIDLAND COUNTIES HEATING SERVICES LIMITED1 win£308,743
ARGUS FIRE PROTECTION COMPANY LIMITED1 win£170,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityWest Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published17 Apr 2026, 15:05 BST
Last source update17 Apr 2026, 15:05 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066df9
What is being bought
Award of a three year contract to include the purchase of the following PPE for Fire Behaviour Training Instructors 12 sets of FBTI hooded tunic and leggings 36 sets of Level 2 Personal Protective Equipment as supplied on our current managed service contract This contract will include laundry, repair and replacement of the PPE along with the laundry and purchase of the FBTI hooded tunic and leggings for station based instructors.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    17 Apr 2026, 15:05 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    18 Mar 2026, 15:41 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    18 Mar 2026, 15:33 GMT
  4. Official notice release published
    18 Mar 2026, 15:33 GMT
  5. Buyer information updated
    18 Mar 2026, 15:33 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Apr 2026, 15:05 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 15 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST · £217,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Bristol Uniforms LTD
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Purchase of Additional Fire Behaviour Training Instructors (FBTI) Hooded Tunic and Leggings and Structural Level 2 PPE for the Breathing Apparatus (BA) Trainers
£217,000 · signed 15 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 15 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST — 14 Apr 2029, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PPTP-2948-MYQP
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  • West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PPTP-2948-MYQP
    Fire Service Headquarters, 99 Vauxhall Road, Birmingham, UKG31, B7 4HW, GB
    procurement@wmfs.net

  • BRISTOL UNIFORMS LIMITED
    supplier

    GB-COH: 00708126 · GB-PPON: PDXX-4619-ZXTN
    Unit 9 Beeches Industrial Estate, Yate, UKK12, BS37 5QT, GB
    bristol-tenders@msasafety.com
Documents (1)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleYes, this meets schedule 5, paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act. 'The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract (a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.' And meets schedule 5, paragraph 7 of the Procurement Act. (a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance. MSA Bristol Uniforms are the current supplier of FBTI PPE, which consists of a hooded tunic and leggings. Currently each BA trainer has three sets but following a regional health and Safety audit during Autumn 2024 significant risks were identified, such as a lack of sufficient PPE, which is contributing to an unsuitable storage and cleaning regime. Pre -market engagement was undertaken in January - April 2025 with other PPE suppliers as well as MSA Bristol Uniforms to understand what other kit was available on the market for the trainers and if a managed service of the PPE would be feasible. Following discussions, it became apparent suppliers were unable to offer this option as it would be prohibitively expensive due to the need for the supplier to re-coup their costs over a very short contract period. Other suppliers do not currently offer a hooded tunic, which would be required by the trainers to provide additional thermal protection when in the fire house and specifically the L blocked based at Oldbury Training Centre. The trainers did undertake tests in the fire house with particulate flash hoods and standard structural fire kit but these tests showed that the hooded tunic was also required. To provide additional resilience for FBTI PPE additional sets of Level 2 structural PPE will be ordered for the trainers as well. This PPE is also already supplied under a fully managed service contract with MSA Bristol Uniforms. The contract will incorporate the laundry and repair of the PPE over the next three years, which will also be undertaken by MSA Bristol Uniforms.