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The Supply and Disposal of Firefighting Foam

Buyer: Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority →

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BuyerEssex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority
StatusClosed
Deadline5 Jun 2025
Value£220,000
Published6 May 2025

What is being bought

Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority is conducting a procurement for the supply and disposal of firefighting foam, using the Open Procedure, in accordance with the requirements of the Procurement Act 2023. The contract will be divided into two lots: Lot 1: The Supply of Firefighting Foam Lot 2: The Disposal of Firefighting Foam The objective of this tender process is to appoint either one or two contractors for the supply and/or disposal of firefighting foam. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Rivenhall:-Fire-suppression-foam-or-similar-compounds./4UXUTR4D7X To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/4UXUTR4D7X

Delivery location

UKH3, GB · UKH3, GB

Categories

Fire suppression foam or similar compounds 35111520

Lot details

Supply of Firefighting Foam

Based on current risk within Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, the anticipated amount of foam required is 18,000 litres. The foam should be delivered in 1000 litre intermediate bulk containers (IBC) and top up stock will be required for each IBC used.

Statusactive
Value£170,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Nov 2025 to 2 Nov 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — Long criteria description (50%)
Quality — Long criteria description (50%)

Disposal of Firefighting Foam

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is seeking to tender the disposal of its current 13,000 litre stock of AFFF firefighting foam.

Statusactive
Value£50,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — Long criteria description (50%)
Quality — Long criteria description (50%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Fire suppression foam or similar compoundsNot published
2Fire suppression foam or similar compoundsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 35. The category anchor is Fire suppression foam or similar compounds (35111520); 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 351,1864 median · 41.4 average (338 of 1,186 with a bid count)3.8 average (368 of 1,186 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKH366 median · 5.8 average (5 of 6 with a bid count)1.3 average (4 of 6 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1049 median · 8 average (4 of 104 with a bid count)1.5 average (4 of 104 with named award suppliers)Not 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 agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA, CPTPP
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

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-050d80
Latest release ID019247-2025
Latest release timestampTue May 06 2025 18:05:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019247-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-06-05T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-05-23T13:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2025-09-22T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailshttps://www.delta-esourcing.com/
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£220,000
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
6 May 2025tender019247-2025

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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