ProcuraAxisBeta
Sign inCreate Free Account
Home / Opportunities / Opportunity
PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

C26035 - On Call Consultation

Kent Fire & Rescue Service · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 21:16.

Opportunity overview

Kent Fire and Rescue has appointed Opinion Research Services Ltd (ORS) to deliver the full suite of services required for the consultation, including the management, review, analysis, and reporting of the questionnaire, as well as the convening, moderation, analysis, and reporting of focus groups. This service has been appointed under the ESPO framework 664_25 Consultancy Services under Lot 9a Research and Engagement via a direct award. The service is to commence from the 18th May 2026 till the 31st October 2026 with an option to extend for a further 3 months.

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.

Opinion Research Services Ltd

Matched by number
Contract value
£53.5k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
12 May 2026
Award ID
045735-2026-C26035-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 02904006
Location
Swansea, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV73200000 — Research and development consultancy services

Lots

  • Kent Fire and Rescue has appointed Opinion Research Services Ltd (ORS) to deliver the full suite of services required for the consultation, including the management, review, analysis, and reporting of the questionnaire, as well as the convening, moderation, analysis, and reporting of focus groups. This service has been appointed under the ESPO framework 664_25 Consultancy Services under Lot 9a Research and Engagement via a direct award. The service is to commence from the 18th May 2026 till the 31st October 2026 with an option to extend for a further 3 months.Value not stated

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
ocds-h6vhtk-069bde
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
Direct Awarded via the ESPO framework "Consultancy Services" 664_25 Lot 9a - Research and Engagement

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
73200000
Description
Research and development consultancy services

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
Kent Fire and Rescue has appointed Opinion Research Services Ltd (ORS) to deliver the full suite of services required for the consultation, including the management, review, analysis, and reporting of the questionnaire, as well as the convening, moderation, analysis, and reporting of focus groups. This service has been appointed under the ESPO framework 664_25 Consultancy Services under Lot 9a Research and Engagement via a direct award. The service is to commence from the 18th May 2026 till the 31st October 2026 with an option to extend for a further 3 months.
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ4

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Kent Fire & Rescue Service
Id
GB-FTS-153795

Identifier

Legal Name
Kent Fire & Rescue Service
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
Service Headquarters, The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil
Locality
Maidstone
Region
UKJ45
Postal Code
ME156XB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
03
Description
Public order and safety
Organisation 2
Name
Opinion Research Services Ltd
Id
GB-COH-02904006

Identifier

Legal Name
Opinion Research Services Ltd
Id
02904006
Scheme
GB-COH

Address

Locality
Swansea
Region
UK
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Organisation 3
Name
Kent Fire and Rescue Services
Id
GB-FTS-181993

Identifier

Legal Name
Kent Fire and Rescue Services

Address

Locality
Maidstone
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
045735-2026-C26035-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02904006
Name
Opinion Research Services Ltd

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
045735-2026-C26035-1
Award ID
045735-2026-C26035-1
Status
active
Date Signed
13 May 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
53,470
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Maidstone · UKJ45 · ME156XB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ4

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 045735-2026award, contract ·