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Purchase of Additional Fire Behaviour Training Instructors (FBTI) Hooded Tunic and Leggings and Structural Level 2 PPE for the Breathing Apparatus (BA) Trainers

West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 21:06.

Opportunity overview

Award of a three year contract to include the purchase of the following PPE for Fire Behaviour Training Instructors 12 sets of FBTI hooded tunic and leggings 36 sets of Level 2 Personal Protective Equipment as supplied on our current managed service contract This contract will include laundry, repair and replacement of the PPE along with the laundry and purchase of the FBTI hooded tunic and leggings for station based instructors.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

BRISTOL UNIFORMS LIMITED

Matched by number
Contract value
£217k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
14 Apr 2026
Including VAT
£260.4k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 00708126
Location
Yate, UKK12, BS37 5QT, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C5916
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Yes, this meets schedule 5, paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act. 'The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract (a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.' And meets schedule 5, paragraph 7 of the Procurement Act. (a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance. MSA Bristol Uniforms are the current supplier of FBTI PPE, which consists of a hooded tunic and leggings. Currently each BA trainer has three sets but following a regional health and Safety audit during Autumn 2024 significant risks were identified, such as a lack of sufficient PPE, which is contributing to an unsuitable storage and cleaning regime. Pre -market engagement was undertaken in January - April 2025 with other PPE suppliers as well as MSA Bristol Uniforms to understand what other kit was available on the market for the trainers and if a managed service of the PPE would be feasible. Following discussions, it became apparent suppliers were unable to offer this option as it would be prohibitively expensive due to the need for the supplier to re-coup their costs over a very short contract period. Other suppliers do not currently offer a hooded tunic, which would be required by the trainers to provide additional thermal protection when in the fire house and specifically the L blocked based at Oldbury Training Centre. The trainers did undertake tests in the fire house with particulate flash hoods and standard structural fire kit but these tests showed that the hooded tunic was also required. To provide additional resilience for FBTI PPE additional sets of Level 2 structural PPE will be ordered for the trainers as well. This PPE is also already supplied under a fully managed service contract with MSA Bristol Uniforms. The contract will incorporate the laundry and repair of the PPE over the next three years, which will also be undertaken by MSA Bristol Uniforms.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority
Id
GB-PPON-PPTP-2948-MYQP

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PPTP-2948-MYQP

Address

Street Address
Fire Service Headquarters, 99 Vauxhall Road
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B7 4HW
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG31

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
BRISTOL UNIFORMS LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-00708126

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
00708126

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDXX-4619-ZXTN

Address

Street Address
Unit 9 Beeches Industrial Estate
Locality
Yate
Postal Code
BS37 5QT
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK12

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
18224000
Description
Clothing made of coated or impregnated textile fabrics
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
18410000
Description
Special clothing
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
35000000
Description
Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
98311000
Description
Laundry-collection services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Procurement Categories

goods

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-00708126
Name
BRISTOL UNIFORMS LIMITED

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Purchase of Additional Fire Behaviour Training Instructors (FBTI) Hooded Tunic and Leggings and Structural Level 2 PPE for the Breathing Apparatus (BA) Trainers
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
15 Apr 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
The total contract value is below the requirement for setting and reporting key performance indicators.

Period

Starts
15 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
14 Apr 2029, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
260,400
Amount
217,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
035296-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
17 Apr 2026, 15:05
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Birmingham · UKG31 · B7 4HW · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 024758-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 024769-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 035296-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·