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| Title: | NFCC National Firefighter PPE - Lot 4 (Structural Firefighting PPE) |
| Notice type: | UK6: Contract award notice |
| Authority: | Kent Fire and Rescue Service |
| Nature of contract: | Supplies |
| Procedure: | Above threshold - Competitive flexible procedure |
| Short Description: | Further to the previous notice issued the Contracting has decided to apply a small standstill extension for Lot 4 only . The Standstill period will close at midnight on Friday 15 May 2026. Kent and Medway Towns Fire and Rescue Authority on behalf of NFCC, as the Contracting Authority, have now awarded the opportunity set out below for Lot 4 (Structural Firefighting PPE) , please note a voluntary 30 days standstill period now applies from starting from 9/04/2026 ending on 9/05/2026. Please note that this opportunity was seeking to establish a series of open Framework Agreements. Each successive open framework will be for specific products and/or services that will be awarded to successful suppliers, pursuant to which the Participating Authorities listed in Annex 1 of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire may award a Call-Off Agreement. This award Notice relates to 'Lot 4 (Structural Firefighting PPE)'. 'Lot 4 (Structural Firefighting PPE)' relates to the provision of Fire Structural PPE, as set out within the Specification and Requirement document for this Lot. It is has been awarded to the top 4 successful suppliers will each be awarded a Framework Agreement Participating Authorities will be able to enter into a Call-Off Agreement under the Framework Agreement following the call-off procedure. Asan open framework it is intended that it will have a maximum term of 8 years. It is anticipated that the successive frameworks will re-open as follows: in (i) March 2029 and (ii) between March 2032 and March 2033. These dates may be subject to change at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Anyone wishing to take part should look for further notices to be published around these times. |
| Published: | 08/05/2026 15:02 |
NFCC National Firefighter PPE - Lot 4 (Structural Firefighting PPE)
Contracting Authorities
- Contracting authority:
- Kent and Medway Towns Fire and Rescue Authority
- Public Procurement Organisation Number:
- PCTX-8834-ZQLL
- Address:
The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil
Maidstone
ME15 6XB
UK- Contact name:
- Miss Sarah Walsh
- Email:
- Sarah.Walsh@kent.fire-uk.org
- Telephone:
- 01622692121
- Website:
- www.kent.fire-uk.org
- Organisation type:
- REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
- Devolved regulations that apply:
- None
Procedure
- Procedure type:
Competitive flexible procedure- Dynamic market OCID:
- Not provided
- Competitive flexible procedure description:
- This procurement will start with a participation stage comprising of the completion of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire and the information required to be submitted to the Central Digital Platform by potential bidders. Those successful at the participation stage will progress to the tender stage and will be invited to submit a formal tender in response to the Invitation to Tender (ITT). The evaluation process for the tender stage will include wearer trials and site visits.
It is intended that up to 4 successful suppliers will each be awarded a Framework Agreement (subject to the Contracting Authority's discretion to increase the number of successful suppliers beyond 4). Participating Authorities will be able to enter into a Call-Off Agreement under the Framework Agreement following the call-off procedure.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to charge a levy to the successful suppliers as set out within the draft ITT.
Where there is more than 1 successful supplier, it is intended that each Framework Agreement will have a maximum term of 8 years. It is anticipated that the successive frameworks will re-open as follows: in (i) March 2029 and (ii) between March 2032 and March 2033. These dates may be subject to change at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. - Preliminary market engagement conducted:
- Not provided
- Dynamic market:
- No
- Tenders received:
- 7
- Tenders assessed:
- 0
- Tenders from SMEs:
- 0
- Tenders from VCSEs:
- 0
- Special regime:
None
Scope
- Title:
- NFCC National Firefighter PPE - Lot 4 (Structural Firefighting PPE)
- Reference number:
- C25038
- Main procurement category:
- SUPPLIES
- Description:
- Further to the previous notice issued the Contracting has decided to apply a small standstill extension for Lot 4 only . The Standstill period will close at midnight on Friday 15 May 2026.
Kent and Medway Towns Fire and Rescue Authority on behalf of NFCC, as the Contracting Authority, have now awarded the opportunity set out below for Lot 4 (Structural Firefighting PPE) , please note a voluntary 30 days standstill period now applies from starting from 9/04/2026 ending on 9/05/2026.
Please note that this opportunity was seeking to establish a series of open Framework Agreements. Each successive open framework will be for specific products and/or services that will be awarded to successful suppliers, pursuant to which the Participating Authorities listed in Annex 1 of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire may award a Call-Off Agreement.
This award Notice relates to 'Lot 4 (Structural Firefighting PPE)'.
'Lot 4 (Structural Firefighting PPE)' relates to the provision of Fire Structural PPE, as set out within the Specification and Requirement document for this Lot.
It is has been awarded to the top 4 successful suppliers will each be awarded a Framework Agreement Participating Authorities will be able to enter into a Call-Off Agreement under the Framework Agreement following the call-off procedure.
Asan open framework it is intended that it will have a maximum term of 8 years. It is anticipated that the successive frameworks will re-open as follows: in (i) March 2029 and (ii) between March 2032 and March 2033. These dates may be subject to change at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Anyone wishing to take part should look for further notices to be published around these times.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1034854352 - Total value (estimated):
GBP 95,224,902.82 including VAT
- Contract value:
- GBP 95,224,902.82 including VAT
Contract Details
Contract 1
- Title:
- NFCC National Firefighter PPE - Lot 4 Fire Structural PPE
- Reference number:
- Not provided
- Contract value:
- GBP 95,224,902.82 including VAT
- Below the relevant threshold:
- No
- Award decision date:
- 27/03/2026
- Earliest date the contract will be signed:
- 16/05/2026
- Contract dates (estimated):
- 17/05/2026 to 29/03/2034
- Main procurement category:
- SUPPLIES
- CPV classifications:
18100000 - Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories.
18110000 - Occupational clothing.
18113000 - Industrial clothing.
18224000 - Clothing made of coated or impregnated textile fabrics.
18400000 - Special clothing and accessories.
18410000 - Special clothing.
35000000 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment.
35110000 - Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment.
35111000 - Firefighting equipment.
35113400 - Protective and safety clothing.
35811100 - Fire-brigade uniforms.- Delivery regions:
UKE1 - East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
UKM9 - Southern Scotland
UKM8 - West Central Scotland
UKM7 - Eastern Scotland
UKL14 - South West Wales
UKC - NORTH EAST (ENGLAND)
UKD - NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
UKG - WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
UKF - EAST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
UKH - EAST OF ENGLAND
UKK - SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)
UKJ - SOUTH EAST (ENGLAND)
UKM - SCOTLAND
UKL - WALES
UKM5 - North Eastern Scotland
UKL2 - East Wales
UKL1 - West Wales and The Valleys
UKN0 - Northern Ireland- Assessment summaries sent:
- 06/04/2026
Supplier
- Supplier:
- Ballyclare Ltd
- Companies House:
- 07463998
- Address:
First Floor Unit C1 C2, Hercules Office Park, Bird Hall Lane
Stockport
SK3 0UX
UK- Email:
- alex.williams@ballyclaregroup.com
- Telephone:
- Not provided
- Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME):
- Yes
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE):
- No
- Supported employment provider:
- No
- Public service mutual:
- No
- Supplier:
- Eagle Technical Products Ltd
- Companies House:
- 04385015
- Address:
Leltex House, Longley Lane
Manchester
M22 4SY
UK- Email:
- jon.reeves@eagletechnicalproducts.com
- Telephone:
- Not provided
- Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME):
- Yes
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE):
- No
- Supported employment provider:
- No
- Public service mutual:
- No
- Supplier:
- FlamePro Global Ltd
- Companies House:
- 10848992
- Address:
Unit 2, Dianthus Business Park, Newport
Brough
HU15 2FT
UK- Email:
- jack.griffin@flame-pro.com
- Telephone:
- Not provided
- Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME):
- Yes
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE):
- No
- Supported employment provider:
- No
- Public service mutual:
- No
- Supplier:
- Sioen UK Ltd
- Companies House:
- PZML-9188-HYNH
- Address:
Altham Lane, Altham
Accrington
BB5 5YA
UK- Email:
- laura.biddick@sioen.com
- Telephone:
- Not provided
- Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME):
- Yes
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE):
- No
- Supported employment provider:
- No
- Public service mutual:
- No
Other organisations
Not provided
Related Notice
NFCC National Firefighter PPE - Lot 4 (Structural Firefighting PPE)
Contracting Authorities
- Contracting authority:
- Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority
- Public Procurement Organisation Number:
- PCTX-8834-ZQLL
- Address:
The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil
Maidstone
ME15 6XB
UK- Contact name:
- Miss Sarah Walsh
- Email:
- Sarah.Walsh@kent.fire-uk.org
- Telephone:
- 01622692121
- Website:
- www.kent.fire-uk.org
- Organisation type:
- REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
- Devolved regulations that apply:
- None
Procedure
- Procedure type:
Competitive flexible procedure- Dynamic market OCID:
- Not provided
- Competitive flexible procedure description:
- This procurement will start with a participation stage comprising of the completion of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire and the information required to be submitted to the Central Digital Platform by potential bidders. Those successful at the participation stage will progress to the tender stage and will be invited to submit a formal tender in response to the Invitation to Tender (ITT). The evaluation process for the tender stage will include wearer trials and site visits.
It is intended that up to 4 successful suppliers will each be awarded a Framework Agreement (subject to the Contracting Authority's discretion to increase the number of successful suppliers beyond 4). Participating Authorities will be able to enter into a Call-Off Agreement under the Framework Agreement following the call-off procedure.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to charge a levy to the successful suppliers as set out within the draft ITT.
Where there is more than 1 successful supplier, it is intended that each Framework Agreement will have a maximum term of 8 years. It is anticipated that the successive frameworks will re-open as follows: in (i) March 2029 and (ii) between March 2032 and March 2033. These dates may be subject to change at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. - Preliminary market engagement conducted:
- Not provided
- Dynamic market:
- No
- Special regime:
None
Scope
- Title:
- NFCC National Firefighter PPE - Lot 4 (Structural Firefighting PPE)
- Reference number:
- C25038
- Main procurement category:
- SUPPLIES
- Description:
- This is the Contract Details Notice for Lot 4 Structural Firefighting PPE on the NFCC National Firefighting PPE project
'Lot 4 (Structural Firefighting PPE)' relates to the provision of Fire Structural PPE, as set out within the Specification and Requirement document for this Lot.
It is has been awarded to the top 4 successful suppliers have signed their respective Framework Agreement Participating Authorities will be able to enter into a Call-Off Agreement under the Framework Agreement following the call-off procedure. Access to the documentation can be obtained via https://ccaps.bluelightcommercial.police.uk/login/index.php
As an open framework it is intended that it will have a maximum term of 8 years. It is anticipated that the successive frameworks will re-open as follows: in (i) July 2029 and (ii) between July 2032 and July 2033. These dates may be subject to change at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Anyone wishing to take part should look for further notices to be published around these times.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1057121035 - Total value (estimated):
GBP 95,224,902.82 including VAT
- Contract value:
- GBP 95,224,902.82 including VAT
Contract Details
Contract 1
- Title:
- NFCC National Firefighter PPE - Lot 4 Fire Structural PPE
- Reference number:
- Not provided
- Contract value:
- GBP 95,224,902.82 including VAT
- Below the relevant threshold:
- No
- Award decision date:
- 27/03/2026
- Earliest date the contract will be signed:
- 09/07/2026
- Contract dates (estimated):
- 10/07/2026 to 09/07/2034
- Main procurement category:
- SUPPLIES
- CPV classifications:
18100000 - Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories.
18110000 - Occupational clothing.
18113000 - Industrial clothing.
18224000 - Clothing made of coated or impregnated textile fabrics.
18400000 - Special clothing and accessories.
18410000 - Special clothing.
35000000 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment.
35110000 - Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment.
35111000 - Firefighting equipment.
35113400 - Protective and safety clothing.
35811100 - Fire-brigade uniforms.- Delivery regions:
UKG11 - Herefordshire, County of
UKD36 - Greater Manchester North West
UKE4 - West Yorkshire
UKG12 - Worcestershire
UKD37 - Greater Manchester North East
UKE3 - South Yorkshire
UKE2 - North Yorkshire
UKE1 - East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
UKK13 - Gloucestershire
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
UKJ3 - Hampshire and Isle of Wight
UKD71 - East Merseyside
UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
UKC11 - Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
UKF30 - Lincolnshire
UKC12 - South Teesside
UKD33 - Manchester
UKD34 - Greater Manchester South West
UKD4 - Lancashire
UKD47 - Chorley and West Lancashire
UKD3 - Greater Manchester
UKG23 - Stoke-on-Trent
UKM62 - Inverness & Nairn and Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey
UKD1 - Cumbria
UKH3 - Essex
UKH2 - Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
UKM65 - Orkney Islands
UKD7 - Merseyside
UKD6 - Cheshire
UKM6 - Highlands and Islands
UKM5 - North Eastern Scotland
UKD41 - Blackburn with Darwen
JE - Jersey
UKC21 - Northumberland
UKC22 - Tyneside
UKC23 - Sunderland
UKD44 - Lancaster and Wyre
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
UKF13 - South and West Derbyshire
UKF14 - Nottingham
UKJ12 - Milton Keynes
UKG3 - West Midlands
UKH14 - Suffolk
UKJ11 - Berkshire
UKG2 - Shropshire and Staffordshire
UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
UKL12 - Gwynedd
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
UKG1 - Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
UKL11 - Isle of Anglesey
UKG39 - Wolverhampton
UKH16 - North and West Norfolk
UKL14 - South West Wales
UKH17 - Breckland and South Norfolk
UKL13 - Conwy and Denbighshire
UKL16 - Gwent Valleys
UKL15 - Central Valleys
UKL18 - Swansea
UKH1 - East Anglia
UKL2 - East Wales
UKL1 - West Wales and The Valleys
UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
UKD11 - West Cumbria
UKD12 - East Cumbria
UKG31 - Birmingham
GG - Guernsey
UKJ21 - Brighton and Hove
UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
UKH23 - Hertfordshire
UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
UKF3 - Lincolnshire
UKL21 - Monmouthshire and Newport
UKH24 - Bedford
UKF2 - Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
UKF1 - Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
UKL23 - Flintshire and Wrexham
UKJ4 - Kent
UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
UKJ27 - West Sussex (South West)
UKL24 - Powys
UKC - NORTH EAST (ENGLAND)
UKE - YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER
UKD - NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
UKG - WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
UKF - EAST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
UKI - LONDON
UKH - EAST OF ENGLAND
UKK - SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)
UKJ - SOUTH EAST (ENGLAND)
UKM - SCOTLAND
UKL - WALES
UKK3 - Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
UKN - NORTHERN IRELAND
UKK2 - Dorset and Somerset
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Supplier
- Supplier:
- Ballyclare Ltd
- Companies House:
- 07463998
- Address:
First Floor Unit C1 C2, Hercules Office Park, Bird Hall Lane
Stockport
SK3 0UX
UK- Email:
- philip.tasker@ballyclaregroup.com
- Telephone:
- 0844 493 2808
- Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME):
- Yes
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE):
- No
- Supplier:
- Eagle Technical Products Ltd
- Companies House:
- 04385015
- Address:
Leltex House, Longley Lane
Manchester
M22 4SY
UK- Email:
- jon.reeves@eagletechnicalproducts.com
- Telephone:
- 01204 844 433
- Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME):
- Yes
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE):
- No
- Supplier:
- FlamePro Global Ltd
- Companies House:
- 10848992
- Address:
Unit 2, Dianthus Business Park, Newport
Brough
HU15 2FT
UK- Email:
- jack.griffin@flame-pro.com
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 1332 341030
- Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME):
- Yes
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE):
- No
- Supplier:
- Sioen UK Ltd
- Companies House:
- PZML-9188-HYNH
- Address:
Altham Lane, Altham
Accrington
BB5 5YA
UK- Email:
- laura.biddick@sioen.com
- Telephone:
- Not provided
- Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME):
- Yes
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE):
- No
- Key performance indicators:
- KPI name:
- KPI 1
- Description:
- Delivery on time in full
- Reporting frequency:
- number_of_months
- KPI name:
- KPI 2
- Description:
- Number despatch errors
- Reporting frequency:
- number_of_months
- KPI name:
- KPI 3
- Description:
- Service Support - First time call resolution
- Reporting frequency:
- number_of_months
- Associated documents:
Other organisations
Not provided