Fire Fighting Foam Tenders and Contracts

Ongoing supply of bulk and high expansion foam concentrate is the core, used for solid fuel, hydrocarbon and fuel spillage fires. A significant share is now replacement work, moving fire services from older fluorine-based (PFAS) foams to fluorine-free alternatives, along with the system upgrades that switch requires.

Stotles brings together firefighting foam tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Fire and rescue services often buy foam through collaborative tenders or the West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority emergency response equipment framework.

Firefighting foams must meet the relevant EN 1568 performance standards, and disposal of PFAS-containing foam must follow hazardous waste rules. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar supply contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority sets up an emergency response equipment and associated services framework that other UK fire and rescue services can buy from. Firefighting foam compounds are within its scope, and the renewed version has a lot for fluid transfer and compressed air foam.

Fire and rescue services often buy together, one leading a collaborative tender that partners contract against separately, or use the West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority emergency response equipment framework. Buyers include fire authorities, police, fire and crime commissioners, airports, council marine services and defence forces.

Older Class B foams, including AFFF, contain fluorine-based PFAS chemicals that persist in the environment. Fire and rescue services are progressively replacing bulk stocks and fixed foam suppression systems with fluorine-free foam, which is why replacement and system-upgrade notices now make up a meaningful share of this category alongside routine resupply.

Read fluorine-free foam transition plans, fire service equipment strategies, collaborative framework renewal dates and expiry dates for existing foam supply contracts, which show firefighting foam work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Firefighting foam notices carry 35111200 (Firefighting materials) and 35111500 (Fire suppression system).