Spend profile

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

£11.0m
12 m spend
£16.2m
Prior 12 m
-32%
YoY change
£165k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
MERSEYSIDE FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£1.8m£3.6m£5.4m£7.2mSeptDecMarJunSeptDecMarJun

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

8

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

4

£451k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes
34 recorded contracts worth £28.1m end within 12 months.View expiry radar →

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services15 · £320.0m
Unspecified161 · £98.4m
goods44 · £10.9m
works1 · £0

Instrument type

contract216 · £425.9m
call off5 · £3.3m
Source:Contracts Finder: 144Find a Tender: 77

Awarded contracts · 54 live

All contracts with a published award notice where MERSEYSIDE FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY is the contracting authority.

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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
WC
1 contract · 16 Oct
£34.4m
2
AL
6 contracts · SME · 03 Apr19 Mar
£10.8m
3
BL
1 contract · 19 Apr
£9.0m
4
BO
1 contract · SME · 01 Sept
£7.0m
5
EO
2 contracts · SME · 13 Jan21 Jun
£5.0m
6
RI
2 contracts · 11 Sept27 Feb
£3.3m
7
SS
4 contracts · SME · 06 Jun19 Mar
£1.7mest.
8
VL
5 contracts · SME · 28 Aug21 Oct
£1.6m
9133
···
125 other suppliers
long tail · 58 SMEs
£26.4m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Transport equipment, vehicles
18 contracts
£344.4m
82%
Construction works
11 contracts
£39.0m
9%
Clothing, footwear
6 contracts
£11.8m
3%
Security, emergency equipment
31 contracts
£10.6m
3%
Business, legal, advisory
7 contracts
£7.3m
2%
Other
48 contracts
£5.6m
1%
Education, training
15 contracts
£2.0m
0%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
3 contracts
£1.7m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Transport equipment, vehicles
0
0
Construction works
Clothing, footwear
Security, emergency equipment
2
1
1
Business, legal, advisory
Other
3
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.

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.

MERSEYSIDE 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.

49%
SME supplier share
target 33%
90
SME award rows
5
VCSE award rows
133
Distinct suppliers
40%
SME share of awarded value
where SME status recorded
4%
Local suppliers (L postcodes)
3 of 72 with known office
6%
Value to local suppliers
£2.5m of £39.8m
54%
Postcode coverage
72 of 133 matched suppliers
Local = Companies House registered office in the L postcode area — not trading address, so national firms registered locally count and local branches of elsewhere-registered firms don't. Percentages are of suppliers with a known registered office.

Peer benchmark

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

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD73
Contact
John McIntyre
Email
procurementmfrs@merseyfire.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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