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Small Airbags - Market Engagement tenders and contracts

South EastMaidstone

Official name on notices: Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority

Tenders published
11
About one every 33 days
Contracts awarded
25
To 26 different suppliers
Value awarded
£23.4m
7 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£450k
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 global6 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)74%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)4%
  • Direct award (no competition)22%
Based on 27 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
74%
Higher than 58% of other public bodies
Based on 27 procurements
Won by small firms
47%
Lower than 64% of other public bodies
Based on 49 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
4
Fewer than 64% of other public bodies
Based on 16 awards
Split into lots
9%
Lower than 67% of other public bodies
Based on 11 advertised tenders
Direct awards
22%
Higher than 51% of other public bodies
Based on 27 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most other public bodies
Based on 11 tenders

Compared with other other public bodies

Time to bid, 146 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–5 days1
5–10 days0
10–15 days1
15–20 days7
20–25 days12
25–30 days42
30–35 days56
35–40 days17
40–45 days8
45–50 days1
50–55 days0
55–60 days1
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 155 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids7
2–4 bids37
4–6 bids36
6–8 bids22
8–10 bids22
10–12 bids9
12–14 bids4
14–16 bids4
16–18 bids4
18–20 bids2
20+ bids8
Advertised openly, 320 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–10%36
10–20%34
20–30%25
30–40%14
40–50%18
50–60%23
60–70%28
70–80%17
80–90%29
90–100%96
Won by small firms, 303 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–10%6
10–20%14
20–30%25
30–40%27
40–50%44
50–60%49
60–70%45
70–80%39
80–90%29
90–100%25

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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 Small Airbags - Market Engagement end in the next 90 days.

2 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards