Buyer profile · Police and fire
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 5
- About one every 73 days
- Contracts awarded
- 6
- To 12 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £6.98m
- 27 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £74k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 1 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has no tenders open right now.
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 4 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)67%
- Direct award (no competition)33%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 30 days
- Shorter than 58% of police and fire services
- Based on 5 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 67%
- Higher than 80% of police and fire services
- Based on 9 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 75%
- Higher than 79% of police and fire services
- Based on 12 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 2
- Fewer than 83% of police and fire services
- Based on 5 awards
- Split into lots
- 40%
- Higher than 75% of police and fire services
- Based on 5 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 33%
- Higher than 51% of police and fire services
- Based on 9 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most police and fire services
- Based on 5 tenders
Compared with other police and fire services
This buyer: 30 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 0 |
| 25–30 days | 8 |
| 30–35 days | 11 |
| 35–40 days | 1 |
| 40–45 days | 0 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 2
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 0 |
| 2–4 bids | 3 |
| 4–6 bids | 4 |
| 6–8 bids | 2 |
| 8–10 bids | 3 |
| 10–12 bids | 0 |
| 12–14 bids | 0 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 0 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
This buyer: 67%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 9 |
| 10–20% | 9 |
| 20–30% | 3 |
| 30–40% | 6 |
| 40–50% | 2 |
| 50–60% | 5 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 1 |
| 80–90% | 4 |
| 90–100% | 4 |
This buyer: 75%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 1 |
| 10–20% | 1 |
| 20–30% | 4 |
| 30–40% | 4 |
| 40–50% | 4 |
| 50–60% | 8 |
| 60–70% | 9 |
| 70–80% | 8 |
| 80–90% | 4 |
| 90–100% | 1 |
Each column is a group of police and fire services with similar figures. The coloured column holds Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
No contracts we hold from Scottish Fire and Rescue Service end in the next 90 days.
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post Incident Support | People Asset Management Limited | — | 20 Jul 2026 |
| Provision of Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) Scientific Advisory Services, HAZMAT / Detection, Identification and Monitoring (DIM) Training | Glasgow Scientific Services, Tactical Hazmat Ltd. | — | 10 Jul 2026 |
| Provision of Scrap Vehicles | A McKelvie, Dougall Metals, Barry Devlin Services and 3 more | — | 27 May 2026 |
| Provision of Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) | Databarracks Ltd | — | 8 Apr 2026 |
| Provision of Scrap Vehicles | HRL Scrap & Waste Solutions Ltd, S & I Thomson | — | 16 Mar 2026 |
| Provision of Rosenbauer Overhaul Programme | Rosenbauer UK Limited | — | 9 Jan 2026 |
| Provision of ProCAD Support | Motorola Solutions UK Ltd | — | 10 Dec 2025 |
| CivTech Challenge 10.2 - How can technology identify and measure firefighter exposure to contaminants across a wide range of incidents? | University of Central Lancashire | — | 28 Oct 2025 |
| Provision of Post Incident Support Services | Rivers Centre for Traumatic Stress | — | 4 Feb 2022 |