Quick answer — County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue AuthorityLast refreshed 12 Feb 2025

At a glance

County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority has awarded £2.9m across 9 suppliers, with 14 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 55% · 6 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 10% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration55%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share10%
Pipeline · open now6
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority is a contracting authority, based in UKC14. Tracks 47 published notices and 36 awards on PublicSupply.

47
Notices published
36
Awards
9
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£119k
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£119k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

5

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

6

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified36 · £2.9m
works1 · £650k
goods3 · £170k
services7 · £150k

Instrument type

contract41 · £2.8m
call off6 · £1.1m
Source:Contracts Finder: 36Find a Tender: 11

Awarded contracts · 14 live

All contracts with a published award notice where County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Incident Command Suite Audio Visual System32321200£40kest.active
Incident Command Suite Audio Visual System32321200£40kest.active
Fire Service Legal Services (FSO Enforcement Support Services)79110000active
Provision of IT Managed Service72000000planned
CDDFRS Audio Visual Suite Refresh32321200planning
CDDFRS Audio Visual Suite Refresh32321200planning
Software Solution for Prevention and Protection72000000planning
Software Solution for Prevention and Protection72000000planning
CDDFRS Fuel Pump Servicing and Maintenance42122180£0active
Voluntary ex ante transparency notice - Provision of Firefighter Pension Administration and Pensioner Payroll ServicesContractor City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (as ad66523100£119k12 Feb 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
DC
2 contracts · 08 Aug16 Mar
£1.6m
55% of total
2
MS
1 contract · 31 Oct
£413k
14% of total
3
IA
£276k
9% of total
4
EN
1 contract · 17 Sept
£160k
5% of total
5
CC
£119k
4% of total
▼ 100%
6
TD
1 contract · 18 Mar
£116k
4% of total
7
AT
1 contract · SME · 19 Mar
£103k
3% of total
8
IP
1 contract · 24 Mar
£101k
3% of total
99
···
1 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£53k
2% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

IT services, software
6 contracts
£1.1m
30%
Construction works
12 contracts
£1.1m
28%
Sewage, waste, environment
3 contracts
£572k
15%
Health & social work
2 contracts
£329k
9%
Radio, TV, communications
6 contracts
£230k
6%
Office equipment, IT
4 contracts
£206k
5%
Education, training
2 contracts
£160k
4%
Financial, insurance
1 contract
£119k
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
Construction works
Sewage, waste, environment
Health & social work
Radio, TV, communications
Office equipment, IT
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.

Modifications · 1 in 90 d

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

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 1 notice tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

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.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

10%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
9
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 10% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKC14
Contact
Ashleigh Burnip
Email
procurement@ddfire.gov.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.

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