Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Top-five suppliers hold 63% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Kent Fire and Rescue Service buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
45793490668098317542Recent contracts
Latest Kent Fire and Rescue Service contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Purchase of Ladder Truck
HTC Van Centre Limited · 2025-07-14
Supply, Maintenance and Repair of Fire Alarms, Emergency Lighting and Sprinkler, Fire Damper & Suppression Systems
Sureserve Compliance Fire Limited · 2025-04-13
Veat Notice for the Supply and Removal of the Redundant Vehicles for Road Traffic Collision Training
Ling Metals Limited · 2025-01-20
£177K
The Supply and Removal of the Redundant Vehicles for Road Traffic Collision Training
Ling Metal Limited · 2025-01-15
£118K
Asset Valuation
Cluttons LLP · 2025-01-08
Interim & Contingency Workforce Recruitment
Accounts in Demand t/a Finegreen · 2024-11-29
C24116 E Learning Platform
LinkedIn Ireland unlimited Company · 2024-11-01
£45K
Engineer Inspection Service Travel insurance
Zurich Insurance Company Ltd · 2024-10-24
£78K
Drainage Services
Metro Rod Ltd · 2024-10-17
Interim & Contingency Workforce Recruitment
Allen Lane Limited · 2024-10-16
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C26042 - Smoke Machines
Deadline: 2026-09-11
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, Kent Fire and Rescue Service typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
The Supply and Removal of the Redundant Vehicles for Road Traffic Collision Training
Expires: 2027-01-31
£118K
Veat Notice for the Supply and Removal of the Redundant Vehicles for Road Traffic Collision Training
Expires: 2027-01-31
£177K
Provision of Water Risk Assessments
Expires: 2027-06-18
Prescription Eye Wear
Expires: 2027-06-25
Multi Agency Incident Transfer
Expires: 2027-06-28
£2.9M
Purchase of 3 Cleaning Vehicles
Expires: 2027-09-05
Market analysis
Bidding into Kent Fire and Rescue Service — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
47%
Awards to SMEs
63%
Top-5 supplier share
48%
Framework call-offs
1
Awards to social enterprises
Around 47% of Kent Fire and Rescue Service’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 1 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 48%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Kent Fire and Rescue Service
How much does Kent Fire and Rescue Service spend on procurement?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service awarded 29 contracts totalling £1.4M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 24 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £135K.
Who are Kent Fire and Rescue Service's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Kent Fire and Rescue Service by total award value are K Lamb Associates Ltd, Ling Metals Limited, Emergency One UK Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 63% of contract value.
What does Kent Fire and Rescue Service buy from suppliers?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service's procurement is concentrated in construction work, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
Source portals
- · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
- · Contracts Finder
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