Quick answer — Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue AuthorityLast refreshed 30 Mar 2026

At a glance

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority has awarded £18.9m across 43 suppliers, with 29 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 14% · 12 open notices now · 8 awards in last 90 d (£4.6m) · SME share 21% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration14%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share21%
Pipeline · open now12
Awards · 90 d8

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority is a contracting authority, based in UKK15. Tracks 119 published notices and 111 awards on PublicSupply.

119
Notices published
111
Awards
43
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£4.8m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£200k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£3m£4m£5mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

12

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

8

£4.6m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified100 · £12.3m
services11 · £1.9m
goods7 · £1.8m
works1 · £878k

Instrument type

contract118 · £16.8m
call off1 · £0
Source:Contracts Finder: 93Find a Tender: 26

Awarded contracts · 29 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
2026 - Financial Management Information System48442000planning
Inspection and Testing of Roof Lines, Anchor, Abseiling, Flagpoles and Fixed Ladders 2026complete
2026 Eyecare VouchersASE Corporate Eyecare Ltd£32kest.active
Supply of Bulk FuelCertas Energy UK Ltdactive
Waste Collection ServicesBiffa Waste Services Limited£396kest.30 Mar 2026pending
Waste Collection ServicesBiffa Waste Services Limited£396kest.30 Mar 2026pending
Gas and Oil Heating & Hot Water Systems - Legislative Preventative and Optional Reactive MaintenanceWhitehead Building Services£181k30 Mar 2026pending
Gas and Oil Heating & Hot Water Systems - Legislative Preventative and Optional Reactive MaintenanceWhitehead Building Services£120kest.30 Mar 2026pending
Inspection and Testing of Roof Lines, Anchor, Abseiling, Flagpoles and Fixed Ladders 202650000000active
Gas SupplyCorona Energy Limited65000000active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
GE
7 contracts · SME · 26 Jun22 Aug
£2.7mest.
14% of total
2
CF
£1.4m
8% of total
3
GC
2 contracts · SME · 03 Jun09 Mar
£1.3mest.
7% of total
New
4
BD
4 contracts · 14 May10 Mar
£1.3m
7% of total
5
RB
1 contract · SME · 09 Mar
£878kest.
5% of total
New
6
BC
1 contract · SME · 09 Mar
£878kest.
5% of total
New
7
SR
1 contract · SME · 09 Mar
£878kest.
5% of total
New
8
BW
2 contracts · 30 Mar
£792kest.
4% of total
New
943
···
35 other suppliers
long tail · 4 SMEs
£6.4m
34% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
29 contracts
£5.2m
27%
Other
13 contracts
£5.0m
26%
Transport equipment, vehicles
11 contracts
£2.9m
15%
Software packages, IT
9 contracts
£2.0m
10%
Sewage, waste, environment
4 contracts
£1.4m
7%
Repair & maintenance
14 contracts
£1.3m
7%
Education, training
12 contracts
£803k
4%
Radio, TV, communications
3 contracts
£769k
4%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Other
0
5
Transport equipment, vehicles
Software packages, IT
Sewage, waste, environment
Repair & maintenance
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 · 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.

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue 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.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

21%
SME supplier share
target 33%
12
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
43
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 21% 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
UKK15
Email
DWProcurement@dwfire.org.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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