Quick answer — Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue ServiceLast refreshed 19 Apr 2025

At a glance

Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service has awarded £15.2m across 49 suppliers, with 20 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 27% · 0 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 concentration27%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share15%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service is a contracting authority, based in UKG12. Tracks 50 published notices and 51 awards on PublicSupply.

50
Notices published
51
Awards
49
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£6.3m
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£95k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£3m£5m£7mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

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

Unspecified34 · £15.2m
services10 · £0
goods6 · £0

Instrument type

contract50 · £15.2m
Source:Contracts Finder: 34Find a Tender: 16

Awarded contracts · 20 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Safe and Well EquipmentSolon Security Ltd39000000£2.1m19 Apr 2025active
Safe and Well EquipmentBlockabox Ltd39000000£2.1m19 Apr 2025active
Safe and Well EquipmentThomas Kneale & Co Ltd39000000£2.1m19 Apr 2025active
Mobile Data Software3tc Software Ltdactive
Station End EquipmentMultitone Electronics Plc44316400active
Further Competition Under Insurance DPS 978 for Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service and their appointed Insurance Broker - MarshRisk Management Partners Ltd66000000active
Further Competition Under Insurance DPS 978 for Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service and their appointed Insurance Broker - MarshZurich Municipal66000000active
Breathing ApparatusMSA Britain Ltdactive
Health and Safety Management, Debrief and Audit SystemEvotix Ltd71317200active
West Yorkshire Pension FundWest Yorkshire Pension Fundactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
WM
1 contract · 15 Nov
£4.1m
27% of total
2
SS
1 contract · 19 Apr
£2.1m
14% of total
▼ 100%
3
BL
1 contract · 19 Apr
£2.1m
14% of total
▼ 100%
4
TK
1 contract · 19 Apr
£2.1m
14% of total
▼ 100%
5
EO
2 contracts · 23 Oct15 Feb
£1.6m
11% of total
6
HU
2 contracts · 21 Feb12 Jul
£623k
4% of total
7
AS
£296k
2% of total
8
EO
1 contract · 28 Apr
£277k
2% of total
949
···
41 other suppliers
long tail · 7 SMEs
£1.9m
13% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Furniture, cleaning
3 contracts
£6.3m
43%
Medical, pharmaceutical
1 contract
£4.1m
28%
Transport equipment, vehicles
7 contracts
£2.4m
16%
Security, emergency equipment
5 contracts
£717k
5%
Radio, TV, communications
5 contracts
£420k
3%
Office equipment, IT
4 contracts
£372k
3%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
2 contracts
£213k
1%
Construction materials
2 contracts
£115k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Furniture, cleaning
Medical, pharmaceutical
Transport equipment, vehicles
Security, emergency equipment
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 · 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 & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service 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%
8
SME award rows
2
VCSE award rows
49
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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