Public buyer
Kent Fire and Rescue Service Focus this account Pro
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See Pro Directly awarded
£309.3m
165 contracts
Median contract
£100k
typical award size
Active now
58
£175.5m direct value
Suppliers used
142
distinct suppliers
Expiring ≤ 9 months
10
£11.7m up for recompete
Biggest direct award
£134.4m
10 notices name multiple suppliers, with a combined published ceiling of £3.1bn . 8 explicitly mention a framework.
Awarded value by year — direct awards
▲ £164.6m awarded in the last 12 months, vs an average of £12.4m /year over the prior three.
Top suppliers By value By volume
HUNTER APPAREL SOLUTIONS LIMITED 6× £67,186,572.90 Decontex B.V 1× £67,186,572.90 EMERGENCY ONE (U.K.) LIMITED 2× £20,168,000 MORGAN SINDALL CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE LTD 2× £11,275,826 A.V.R. GROUP LIMITED 1× £2,935,200 WELLINGTONE LIMITED 1× £2,600,000 ASTRAL LIMITED 1× £2,000,000 DOUG'S MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED 1× £1,200,000 DLA PIPER UK LLP 2× £1,100,000 G M MONK LIMITED 1× £750,000
Route to market
Open competition 33% £44.7m Restricted or negotiated 6% £101.2m Bought through a framework 19% £17.2m Percentages are of notices, not value. 41 notices did not state a route.
Sectors
Security & defence equipment · 69 Clothing & footwear · 67 Construction work · 11 Transport equipment · 9 Other community services · 8 Business services · 8 Education & training · 7 Public administration & defence · 3
Recompete pipeline — their active contracts approaching end date 6 mo · 5 12 mo · 13 24 mo · 25
C23022 Conversion of 4 base vehicles £60,000 31 Oct 2026in ~1 mo C23016 Conversion of 2 Urban Search & Rescue Vehicles £75,000 26 Nov 2026in ~2 mo C20011 - Supply and Repair of Ladders £8,000,000 29 Jan 2027in ~4 mo The Supply and Removal of the Redundant Vehicles for Road Traffic Collision Training Incumbent: LING METALS LIMITED £118,000 31 Jan 2027in ~4 mo Veat Notice for the Supply and Removal of the Redundant Vehicles for Road Traffic Collision Training Incumbent: LING METALS LIMITED £177,000 31 Jan 2027in ~4 mo C22001 Education and Assessment Qualification Training Incumbent: RUNWAY APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED £159,000 28 May 2027in ~8 mo Marine Incident Command Training C23048 £40,000 16 Jun 2027in ~9 mo Provision of Water Risk Assessments Incumbent: SAFE WATER IO LIMITED £15,000 18 Jun 2027in ~9 mo Prescription Eye Wear Incumbent: SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED £72,000 25 Jun 2027in ~9 mo Multi Agency Incident Transfer Incumbent: A.V.R. GROUP LIMITED £2,935,200 28 Jun 2027in ~9 mo Workload Modelling System- Annual Subscription for Maintenance and Support Incumbent: CADCORP LIMITED - 31 Jul 2027in ~10 mo Appliance Graphics Incumbent: BLUELITE GRAPHICS LIMITED - 06 Aug 2027in ~10 mo Purchase of 3 Cleaning Vehicles Incumbent: HEATHROW TRUCK CENTRE LIMITED £69,485 05 Sept 2027in ~11 mo
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Built from published procurement notices (Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales), matched by buyer name. Values are award values as published, not payments.