Quick answer — Merseyside Fire and Rescue ServiceLast refreshed 27 May 2021

At a glance

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service has awarded £9.5m across 15 suppliers, with 8 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 42% · 2 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 13% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration42%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share13%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is a contracting authority, based in UKD. Tracks 34 published notices and 33 awards on PublicSupply.

34
Notices published
33
Awards
15
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
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£170k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service — 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

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

2

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

Unspecified29 · £5.5m
services4 · £4.3m
goods1 · £0

Instrument type

contract34 · £9.8m
Source:Contracts Finder: 29Find a Tender: 5

Awarded contracts · 8 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Maintenance and Repair of Fire Service PPEElis UK Ltd98310000£4.0mest.active
Detection and Monitoring Equipment for Gasses and Vapours.Smiths Detection - Watford Ltd (Part of Smiths Group)38000000active
Detection and Monitoring Equipment for Gasses and Vapours.Life Safety Distribution (Honeywell Analytics Ltd) International38000000active
Detection and Monitoring Equipment for Gasses and Vapours.Smiths Detection - Watford Ltd (Part of Smiths Group)35000000£761k15 Apr 2021active
Detection and Monitoring Equipment for Gasses and Vapours.Life Safety Distribution (Honeywell Analytics Ltd) International35000000£761k15 Apr 2021active
Detection and Monitoring Equipment for Gasses and Vapours.Smiths Detection - Watford Ltd (Part of Smiths Group)35000000£761k15 Apr 2021active
Detection and Monitoring Equipment for Gasses and Vapours.Life Safety Distribution GMBH35000000£761k15 Apr 2021active
Detection and Monitoring Equipment for Gasses and Vapours.Smiths Detection - Watford Ltd (Part of Smiths Group)35000000£761k15 Apr 2021active
Detection and Monitoring Equipment for Gasses and Vapours.Life Safety Distribution (Honeywell Analytics Ltd) International35000000£761k15 Apr 2021active
National Resilience Detection Identification Monitoring (DIM) InstructorsHazmat Training Ltd.80000000active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
EU
1 contract
£4.0mest.
42% of total
2
SD
£2.3m
24% of total
3
LS
£1.5m
16% of total
4
LS
1 contract · 15 Apr
£761k
8% of total
5
HC
£235k
2% of total
6
IC
£170k
2% of total
7
BA
1 contract · 03 Feb
£108k
1% of total
8
WS
£85k
1% of total
915
···
7 other suppliers
long tail · 3 SMEs
£286k
3% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Security, emergency equipment
8 contracts
£4.6m
47%
Other community services
1 contract
£4.0m
41%
Education, training
10 contracts
£589k
6%
Transport equipment, vehicles
11 contracts
£378k
4%
Construction works
2 contracts
£170k
2%
Health & social work
4 contracts
£38k
0%
Repair & maintenance
3 contracts
£30k
0%

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 community services
Education, training
Transport equipment, vehicles
Construction works
Health & social work
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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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 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.

13%
SME supplier share
target 33%
3
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
15
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 13% 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
UKD
Contact
Andrew Elliott
Email
procurement@manchesterfire.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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