Quick answer — Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue ServiceLast refreshed 01 Apr 2026

At a glance

Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service has awarded £15.3m across 43 suppliers, with 38 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 17% · 0 open notices now · 3 awards in last 90 d (£1.0m) · SME share 83% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration17%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share83%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d3

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 53 published notices and 53 awards on PublicSupply.

53
Notices published
53
Awards
43
Suppliers engaged
2024
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£3.2m
12 m spend
£11.7m
Prior 12 m
-72%
YoY change
£77k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£3m£3mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

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)

3

£1.0m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified53 · £15.3m

Instrument type

contract53 · £15.3m
Source:Contracts Finder: 53

Awarded contracts · 38 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of Scientific Support ServiceBureau Veritas Uk Ltd50433000£70k01 Apr 2026active
Operational Fire Fighter Apprenticeship ProgrameThe Fire Service College80000000£222k27 Feb 2026active
Provision of Diesel Fuel for Pumps at 7 Fire StationsCertas Energy UK Ltd09134200£950k27 Mar 2026active
Consultancy service for Ascot Fire Station refurbishmentKJP UK Ltd T/A One Consulting Group71200000£29k20 Mar 2026active
Supply of catering of food and beveragesCorporate Catering Ltd15000000£220k15 Jan 2026active
Provision of SIP Telephone linesBritish Telecommunications Plc32551100£119k20 Jan 2026active
Provision for Home Security EquipmentSolon Security LTD35121000£80k13 Nov 2025active
Provision for Fire Retardant Beddings and NightwearThomas Kneale & Co Ltd19200000£80k13 Nov 2025active
Purchase of Laptops and DesktopsWCL (UK) Ltd30200000£169k05 Dec 2025active
Inciden Command in Fire and Rescue Training80500000£400k01 May 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
SS
2 contracts · SME · 28 Apr30 May
£2.7m
17% of total
▼ 100%
2
CL
2 contracts · SME · 11 Nov17 Apr
£1.8m
12% of total
▼ 100%
3
BT
2 contracts · 29 Nov20 Jan
£1.6m
10% of total
▼ 92%
4
LE
2 contracts · SME · 19 Dec09 Jan
£1.3m
8% of total
▼ 100%
5
SL
1 contract · SME · 11 Nov
£990k
6% of total
▼ 100%
6
CE
1 contract · 27 Mar
£950k
6% of total
New
7
LA
1 contract · SME · 29 Oct
£600k
4% of total
▼ 100%
8
TO
1 contract · SME · 29 Oct
£582k
4% of total
▼ 100%
943
···
35 other suppliers
long tail · 29 SMEs
£4.4m
29% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Government administration
2 contracts
£2.7m
21%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
3 contracts
£2.3m
18%
Software packages, IT
8 contracts
£2.2m
17%
Construction materials
5 contracts
£2.0m
15%
Radio, TV, communications
4 contracts
£1.7m
13%
Transport equipment, vehicles
4 contracts
£762k
6%
Education, training
4 contracts
£749k
6%
Health & social work
1 contract
£465k
4%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Government administration
Petroleum, fuel, energy
1
Software packages, IT
Construction materials
Radio, TV, communications
0
Transport equipment, vehicles
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.

Royal Berkshire 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.

83%
SME supplier share
target 33%
43
SME award rows
1
VCSE award rows
43
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
United Kingdom

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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