Buyer profile · Local or regional public body

Small Airbags - Market Engagement tenders and contracts

South EastMaidstone

Official name on notices: Kent Fire and Rescue Service

Tenders published
11
About one every 33 days
Contracts awarded
23
To 25 different suppliers
Value awarded
£23.5m
8 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£271k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
10 coming up

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

Small Airbags - Market Engagement has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Skills for Justice - Market Engagement

    South EastTraining

    UpcomingSmall contract

    £10kestimated
  2. C26042 - Smoke Machines - Pre-Market Engagement Notice

    South EastFire safety

    UpcomingSmall contract

    £130kestimated
  3. C25020 Electrical Reactive Repair and Installation Works

    South EastConstruction, Electrical

    UpcomingSmall contract

    £500kestimated
  4. Subsurface Casualty Location and Retrieval - Market Engagement

    South EastArchitecture and engineering

    UpcomingSmall contract

    £50kestimated
  5. Small Airbags - Market Engagement

    South EastFire safety

    UpcomingSmall contract

    £74kestimated
  6. Battery Powered HRE - Market Engagement

    South EastFire safety

    UpcomingSmall contract

    £95kestimated
  7. Battery Powered HRE - Market Engagement

    South EastFire safety

    UpcomingSmall contract

    £95kestimated
  8. Battery Powered HRE - Market Engagement

    South EastFire safety

    UpcomingSmall contract

    £95kestimated
  9. Battery Powered HRE - Market Engagement

    South EastFire safety

    UpcomingSmall contract

    £95kestimated
  10. Battery Powered HRE - Market Engagement

    South EastFire safety

    UpcomingSmall contract

    £95kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 6 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.

  1. Flamepro globalSME6 contracts
  2. Ballyclare Ltd5 contracts
  3. Bristol Uniforms LtdSME3 contracts
  4. HG Mindworks LtdSME2 contracts
  5. Rosenbauer UK LimitedSME2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)77%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)4%
  • Direct award (no competition)19%
Based on 26 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Small Airbags - Market Engagement has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
35 days
Longer than 77% of other public bodies
Based on 11 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
77%
Higher than 57% of other public bodies
Based on 26 procurements
Won by small firms
62%
Higher than 55% of other public bodies
Based on 47 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
4
Fewer than 62% of other public bodies
Based on 15 awards
Split into lots
9%
Lower than 64% of other public bodies
Based on 11 advertised tenders
Direct awards
19%
Lower than 51% of other public bodies
Based on 26 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most other public bodies
Based on 11 tenders

Compared with other other public bodies

Time to bid, 145 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–5 days1
5–10 days0
10–15 days1
15–20 days4
20–25 days12
25–30 days48
30–35 days51
35–40 days16
40–45 days8
45–50 days2
50–55 days1
55–60 days0
60+ days1
Bids per contract, 156 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids6
2–4 bids39
4–6 bids38
6–8 bids19
8–10 bids23
10–12 bids9
12–14 bids3
14–16 bids5
16–18 bids3
18–20 bids2
20+ bids9
Advertised openly, 311 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–10%24
10–20%27
20–30%20
30–40%18
40–50%14
50–60%35
60–70%25
70–80%16
80–90%29
90–100%103
Won by small firms, 286 other public bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%9
10–20%10
20–30%22
30–40%26
40–50%34
50–60%50
60–70%43
70–80%35
80–90%28
90–100%29

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Contracts ending in the next 90 days

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No contracts we hold from Small Airbags - Market Engagement end in the next 90 days.

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