Stale Pre-tender

Battery Powered HRE - Market Engagement

Details

Buyer: Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Value: £95,000
Topic: Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment
Published: 3 November 2025
Submission: 28 November 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Kent Fire and Rescue Service are looking to engage with suppliers of Battery Powered HRE. Suppliers should express their interest via the Delta portal by Friday 28th November 2025 where they will be invited to attend a Kent Fire and Rescue site either at Maidstone or Rochester to participate in market engagement at a Kent Fire and Rescue site either in Rochester or Maidstone. It should be noted that it is not guaranteed that the Authority will issue a tender following the market engagement. Currently the Authority are unable to provide information on contract value or timings. Where Kent Fire and Rescue have other market engagement notices which are also of interest to a supplier these will be coordinated to be on the same date. Currently the Authority have availability on the following dates: 13th November 2025 27th November 2025 28th November 2025 10th December 2025 11th December 2025 The Authority will endeavour to accommodate suppliers at a mutually convenient time. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Firefighting%2C-rescue-and-safety-equipment./RSXRWUG7TU To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/RSXRWUG7TU

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published3 November 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Kent Fire and Rescue Service is a blue light buyer, and its Commercial and Procurement Team runs the purchasing. Three routes to market apply by value, from self service to formal procurement. Existing contracts and catalogues are the default wherever one is available. Frameworks come from the Government Commercial Agency, Kent County Council, the Laser Energy Buying Group and the South East Consortium.

Over the past 5 years, most of Kent Fire and Rescue Service's contract awards have been in business services, transport equipment and repair and maintenance.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-fire-and-rescue-service.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-fire-and-rescue-service.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-fire-and-rescue-service.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-fire-and-rescue-service.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-fire-and-rescue-service.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-fire-and-rescue-service.gov