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Published 2 Oct 2026, 10:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Wildland PPE — UK public procurement notice

Authority: BlueLight Commercial Limited (Public body)

Goods
Sectors: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£3,200,000≈ £800k / year · £3,840,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsstarts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Pre-market engagement to inform the development of a National Wildland PPE Framework for Fire and Rescue Services.

CPV: Protective and safety clothing

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 4 yrs
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2031 (4 yrs)
35113400 Protective and safety clothing

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
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
2 Oct 2026, 10:21 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2026, 10:21 BST
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Protective and safety clothing
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f55

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedjust passed
    2 Oct 2026, 10:21 BST
  2. Market engagementin 29 days
    30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTPre-market engagement to inform the development of a National Wildland PPE Framework for Fire and Rescue Services.
  3. Contract startsin 181 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Oct 2026, 10:21 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

BlueLight Commercial Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 12517649 · GB-PPON: PHNR-1637-NVGV Lower Ground 5-8 The Sanctuary, London, London, SW1P 3JS

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure