Portable Firefighting Equipment
Awarded to Fire Safety Direct Ltd
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service(buyer)
- Published
- Published 15 May 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 13 June 2025
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Overview
Contracting authority
1 live opportunity · 7 awarded contracts
Llantrisant, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PQMW-9436-MMYZ
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Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Goods
- Estimated value
- £50,000
- Procedure
- Below threshold - open competition
- Rules
- Procurement Act 2023
- Contract type
- Framework agreement
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 15 May 2025
- Questions by
- 6 June 2025
- Deadline
- Closed
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £50,000
- Award date
- 7 August 2025
- Contract period
- 7 August 2025 → 7 August 2028
- Contract length
- 3 years
- Could run to
- 31 August 2029
- Fire Safety Direct Ltd
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About the winner
Fire Safety Direct Ltd
- Based in
- Swansea
- Public contracts won
- 2
- Across UK and EU notices
1 other contract from South Wales Fire and Rescue Service since 2019.
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Competition and scoring
How bids were scored
Price 40% · Quality 60%
- Total Cost of Basket of Goods (including any cost of change)40%
- Lead Times25%
- Communication30%
- Environmental Sustainability - Resource Efficiency1%
- Environmental Sustainability - Operational Emissions1%
- Environmental Sustainability - Supply Chain1%
- Environmental Sustainability - Environmental Accreditation1%
- Environmental Sustainability - Waste1%
Price and cost criteria in black, quality in blue.
Market context
Typical award in Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
£169,568
Median of 1,397 awards in the last 24 months
This award is 71% below the median.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service in the last 12 months
2
contracts awarded, worth £1,996,000 in total
Recent awards in Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
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Notice history
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Contract
4 December 2025
Contract Notice
15 May 2025
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