Quick answer — Hereford and Worcester Fire AuthorityLast refreshed 25 Jul 2025

At a glance

Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority has awarded £3.3m across 13 suppliers, with 15 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 91% · 5 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 15% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration91%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share15%
Pipeline · open now5
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority is a contracting authority, based in UKG12. Tracks 18 published notices and 13 awards on PublicSupply.

18
Notices published
13
Awards
13
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£307k
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£307k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Hereford and Worcester Fire 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

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

5

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

goods9 · £3.6m
Unspecified3 · £307k
services6 · £295k

Instrument type

contract18 · £4.2m
Source:Find a Tender: 18

Awarded contracts · 15 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Water CarrierWhale Tankers Limitedactive
Telephone and PSTN ReplacementBritish Telecommunications plcactive
Occupational Health Support Services85100000£95kest.active
Office SuppliesBanner Group Ltdactive
Emergency Response Vehicles- Type B Pumping ApplianceAngloco Ltd34144213active
PDF Checker Tool with Remediation to make PDFs AccessibleRECITE ME LIMITEDactive
Wide Area Network ServicesMLL Telecom Ltd32430000active
Purchase of Ancillary Vehicles; Estate Cars and Small VansVW Commercial Vehicles UK34100000active
Purchase of Ancillary Vehicles; Estate Cars and Small VansRenault UK Dacia UK Alpine UK34100000active
Purchase of Ancillary Vehicles; Estate Cars and Small VansHyundai Motor UK Ltd34100000active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
MS
£3.0mest.
91% of total
2
IU
1 contract · 25 Jul
£307k
9% of total
New
3
WT
£0
0% of total
4
BT
£0
0% of total
5
BG
£0
0% of total
6
AL
1 contract
£0
0% of total
7
RM
1 contract · SME
£0
0% of total
8
MT
1 contract
£0
0% of total
913
···
5 other suppliers
long tail · 1 SME
£0
0% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Security, emergency equipment
2 contracts
£3.6m
89%
Other
7 contracts
£307k
8%
Health & social work
1 contract
£95k
2%
Construction materials
1 contract
£50k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Security, emergency equipment
Other
0
Health & social work
Construction materials
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.

Hereford and Worcester 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.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

15%
SME supplier share
target 33%
2
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
13
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 15% 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
UKG12
Contact
Carly Ricco
Email
cricco@hwfire.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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