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Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority tenders and contracts

North EastTyne and Wear,Website

Tenders published
10
About one every 37 days
Contracts awarded
20
To 21 different suppliers
Value awarded
£2.52m
23 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£56k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
2 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority has no tenders open right now.

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 5 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).

  1. 1 contract
  2. 1 contract
  3. 1 contract
  4. 1 contract
  5. Red One LtdSME£212k
    1 contract
  6. 1 contract
  7. 1 contract
  8. 1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)50%
  • Direct award (no competition)50%
Based on 26 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
35 days
Longer than 93% of police and fire services
Based on 10 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
50%
Higher than 67% of police and fire services
Based on 26 procurements
Won by small firms
57%
Higher than 51% of police and fire services
Based on 21 winning suppliers
Split into lots
20%
About the same as most police and fire services
Based on 10 advertised tenders
Direct awards
50%
Higher than 63% of police and fire services
Based on 26 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most police and fire services
Based on 10 tenders

Compared with other police and fire services

Time to bid, 28 police and fire services
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days0
20–25 days0
25–30 days11
30–35 days14
35–40 days3
40–45 days0
45–50 days0
50–55 days0
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Advertised openly, 58 police and fire services
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%13
10–20%10
20–30%7
30–40%5
40–50%3
50–60%7
60–70%3
70–80%2
80–90%4
90–100%4
Won by small firms, 54 police and fire services
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%1
10–20%1
20–30%3
30–40%7
40–50%7
50–60%11
60–70%13
70–80%7
80–90%4
90–100%0

Each column is a group of police and fire services with similar figures. The coloured column holds Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority.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.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Volvo Vehicle PartsVolvo Group UK Ltd£79k25 Nov 2026
Installation of Automatic Gates at Stations Sunderland Central and South ShieldsSecurity and Fire Experts Limited£51k30 Nov 2026

3 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards