PS.
PublicSupply
Quick answer — Cheshire Fire AuthorityLast refreshed 28 Apr 2026

At a glance

Cheshire Fire Authority has awarded £14.5m across 42 suppliers, with 53 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 28% · 5 open notices now · 3 awards in last 90 d (£736k) · SME share 20% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration28%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share20%
Pipeline · open now5
Awards · 90 d3
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Cheshire Fire Authority is a contracting authority, based in UKD63. Tracks 70 published notices and 64 awards on PublicSupply.

70
Notices published
64
Awards
42
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£3.0m
12 m spend
£4.6m
Prior 12 m
-34%
YoY change
£147k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Cheshire Fire Authority — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£3m£5mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

5

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

3

£736k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified54 · £10.4m
services10 · £4.5m
goods6 · £0

Instrument type

contract70 · £14.9m
Source:Find a Tender: 35Contracts Finder: 35

Awarded contracts · 53 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Cheshire Fire Authority is the contracting authority.

downloadExport CSV
TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Printing of Safe and Well BookletsJohnson's Printers——active
Design Services for Ellesmere Port Fire Station Modernisation Project under Scape/Perfect Circle - CPA/SPU/2854F - AWARDPerfect Circle JV Limited71000000£323k28 Apr 2026active
Gazetteer Software Annual SubscriptionsIdox Software Ltd——active
Breathing Apparatus and Associated ItemsInterspiro Ltd35111100——active
Applicant Tracking SystemTalos 360 Ltd——active
Incident Command System SoftwareMotorola Solutions UK Ltd48500000——active
MetaLearning Premium Plus - CPA/SPU/2787Fmetacompliance——active
Servicing and Maintenance of Lifts - AWARDConcept Elevators (UK) Ltd50750000£30k10 Mar 2026active
Design Services for Warrington Fire Station Modernisation Project under Scape/Perfect Circle - CPA/SPU/2696F - AWARDPerfect Circle JV Limited71000000£383k10 Mar 2026active
Cheshire Fire Headquarters Refurbishment Works under NWCH Small Works Framework - CPA/SPU/2742F - AWARDSchofield and Sons Ltd45453100£261k05 Mar 2026active
Showing 1–10 of 67
…

Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
ID
Insight Direct (UK) Ltd.
1 contract · 19 Mar
£4.0m
28% of total
▼ 100%
2
EU
Elis UK Ltd
1 contract
£4.0mest.
28% of total
—
3
CS
Churchill Services
1 contract · 08 Feb
£1.2m
8% of total
—
4
VM
Virgin Media Business Limited
1 contract · 19 Jun
£913k
6% of total
New
5
EO
Emergency One (UK) Ltd
4 contracts · 04 Jul – 15 Sept
£840k
6% of total
—
6
PC
Perfect Circle JV Limited
2 contracts · 10 Mar – 28 Apr
£706k
5% of total
New
7
BG
Bell Group Ltd
1 contract · 19 Jan
£500k
3% of total
New
8
SA
Schofield and Sons Ltd
3 contracts · 29 Jul – 05 Mar
£425k
3% of total
New
9–42
···
34 other suppliers
long tail · 8 SMEs
£1.9m
13% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

IT services, software
5 contracts
£5.0m
37%
Other community services
1 contract
£4.0m
29%
Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£1.2m
9%
Construction works
4 contracts
£925k
7%
Transport equipment, vehicles
7 contracts
£904k
7%
Architecture, engineering
4 contracts
£706k
5%
Software packages, IT
5 contracts
£500k
4%
Other
23 contracts
£438k
3%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
IT services, software
0
Other community services
Sewage, waste, environment
Construction works
0
1
0
Transport equipment, vehicles
Architecture, engineering
0
0
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Notify me

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Cheshire Fire Authority has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

Notify me

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

20%
SME supplier share
target 33%
12
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
42
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 20% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

Upgrade to Pro

Compare against the peer group

£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.

Start 14-day Pro trial

News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

Free with account

Sign in to read news mentions

Article previews are free with an account — the underlying data is gated to satisfy publisher agreements.

Sign in

Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD63
Contact
Barbara Beardsley
Email
barbara.beardsley@cheshire.police.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

Notify me

Resources

No verified links for Cheshire Fire Authority yet. Know one? Suggest it below.

Share this profile

Citation for journalists & researchers available via API.