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Purchase of Fire Appliances

Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority

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Key details

Contracting authority
Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority
Public authority - sub-central government
Region
Maidstone
Delivery: UKJ4, United Kingdom
Contract value
£20,000,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
15 August 2025
Published
16 July 2025

Procurement

Contract period
27 May 2026 - 26 May 2031
5 years
Possible extension to 26 May 2033 · 6 years, 11 months in total
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 34100000 Motor vehicles
  • 34114000 Specialist vehicles
  • 34114100 Emergency vehicles
  • 34114110 Rescue vehicles

What happened

Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority awarded this contract to Emergency One (UK) Ltd worth £20,000,000 on 29 Apr 2026. The contract runs until 26 May 2031.

Description

The Authority has appointed a Supplier to design and build fire appliances covering three distinct variants:

•Variant A Heavy

•Variant A Light

•Variant B

•Variant C

Variant A Heavy and Variant A Light will be constructed to an identical base specification but will carry different equipment sets appropriate to their operational role. Full specification for each variant can be found within the tender documents.

The contract will be established for 5 years with a possible 2 year extension, subject to satisfactory performance and mutual agreement.

Over the full contract period, the Authority anticipate purchasing up to 50 appliances. However, an initial commitment will be made for the supply of 35 appliances. The remaining appliances will be subject to future funding approval.

The supplier will also be required to deliver appropriate user training, warranty coverage and after sales service.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Emergency One (UK) Ltd
Companies House: SC319443
Award value
£20,000,000
Award date
29 April 2026

Contact

Address
The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil, Maidstone, ME15 6XB
Contact name
Lauren Gibson

Identifiers

Buyer reference
C24120
Notice ID
061223-2026
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e1df

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