Quick answer — Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue AuthorityLast refreshed 13 Jan 2026

At a glance

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority has awarded £36.8m across 68 suppliers, with 75 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 85% · 25 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 18% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration85%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share18%
Pipeline · open now25
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority is a contracting authority, based in UKC23. Tracks 228 published notices and 200 awards on PublicSupply.

228
Notices published
200
Awards
68
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£342k
12 m spend
£7.4m
Prior 12 m
-95%
YoY change
£35k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue 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

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

25

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

goods12 · £25.1m
Unspecified194 · £12.2m
services19 · £650k
works3 · £0

Instrument type

contract228 · £37.9m
Source:Contracts Finder: 182Find a Tender: 46

Awarded contracts · 75 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
AirbagsWeber Rescue UK Ltdactive
Modified Estates VehicleDAVID SPEAR COMMERCIALS LIMITEDactive
Window Cleaning Services90911000active
Fire Service Legal Services (FSO Enforcement Support Services)79110000active
INCIDENT COMMAND TRAINING SOFTWARELEARNPRO EFIRESERVICE LIMITEDactive
Demolition Works to West Denton Fire Station Training Tower. NE5 2RBTotal Reclaimsactive
Provision of Project Manager (PM) and Principal Designer (PD)Identity Consult Limited71315210active
Water Rescue Training CoursesEDINBURGH MARINE LIMITEDactive
Water Rescue Training CoursesEDINBURGH MARINE LIMITEDactive
Water Rescue Training CoursesEDINBURGH MARINE LIMITEDactive
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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
2 contracts · 24 Jun
£31.4mest.
85% of total
▼ 100%
2
NC
1 contract · 29 Nov
£720k
2% of total
3
SS
1 contract · 19 Jul
£440k
1% of total
4
CF
£350kest.
1% of total
5
FS
5 contracts · 09 Jan13 Sept
£289k
1% of total
6
SA
1 contract · 26 May
£280k
1% of total
7
LA
2 contracts · 22 Jan24 May
£272k
1% of total
8
ME
£270kest.
1% of total
968
···
60 other suppliers
long tail · 8 SMEs
£2.7m
7% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Security, emergency equipment
29 contracts
£31.6m
86%
Education, training
56 contracts
£1.7m
5%
Construction materials
9 contracts
£998k
3%
Government administration
7 contracts
£635k
2%
Other
25 contracts
£612k
2%
IT services, software
3 contracts
£560k
2%
Radio, TV, communications
5 contracts
£333k
1%
Sewage, waste, environment
13 contracts
£330k
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
Education, training
Construction materials
Government administration
Other
0
0
0
0
IT services, software
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.

Tyne and Wear 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.

18%
SME supplier share
target 33%
18
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
68
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 18% 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
UKC23
Contact
Paul Andrews
Email
procurement@twfire.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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