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C25062 - Ashford Live Fire Servicing, Maintenance and Repairs

Kent Fire and Rescue Service · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 16:41.

Opportunity overview

Kent Fire and Rescue Service have appointed Draeger Safety UK Ltd for the maintenance, servicing, and repair of the Specialist Smoke Capture and Filtration System installed at the Ashford Live Fire Training Building. The installed system is a bespoke, proprietary, non‐open‐protocol platform designed and manufactured exclusively by Draeger Safety UK Ltd. As a result, the ongoing servicing, maintenance, and technical support of the system needs to be delivered by Draeger Safety UK Ltd, who are the sole provider with the necessary proprietary knowledge, components, and certification to work on their system. Due to the unique and manufacturer specific nature of the system, no alternative supplier is able to provide the required services. The contract has therefore been awarded through a direct award in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 permitting award where competition is absent for technical reasons. This contract will be in place for the life of the system and for the purposes of this notice have a term of 20 years.

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.

Draeger Safety UK Ltd

Matched by number
Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
9 Jul 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 00777464
Location
Northumberland, UKC21, NE24 4RG, 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
C25062
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Kent Fire and Rescue Service required a Specialist Smoke Capture and Filtration System for the Ashford Live Fire Training Building. The supplier Draeger Safety UK Ltd were appointed to design and install the required system capable of meeting the specific operational and safety requirements. The installed system is bespoke and not an open protocol platform. As a result, the ongoing servicing, maintenance, and technical support of the system needs to be delivered by Draeger Safety UK Ltd, who are the sole provider with the necessary proprietary knowledge, components, and certification to work on their system. Due to the unique, niche, and manufacturer specific nature of the system, no alternative supplier is able to maintain or service the system. For this reason, a direct award to Draeger Safety UK Ltd is required to ensure continuity, safety compliance, and system integrity.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Entry 2
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
Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Id
GB-PPON-PCTX-8834-ZQLL

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PCTX-8834-ZQLL

Address

Street Address
The Godlands
Locality
Maidstone
Postal Code
ME15 6XB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ45

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Draeger Safety UK Ltd
Id
GB-COH-00777464

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
00777464

Address

Street Address
Ullswater Close, Blyth Riverside Business Park, Blyth
Locality
Northumberland
Postal Code
NE24 4RG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKC21

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
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
50413200
Description
Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
50530000
Description
Repair and maintenance services of machinery
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
50532000
Description
Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
50700000
Description
Repair and maintenance services of building installations

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-00777464
Name
Draeger Safety UK Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
10 Jul 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
12 Jul 2026, 00:00
Ends
11 Jul 2046, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
500,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
070537-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
27 Jul 2026, 08:46
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Maidstone · UKJ45 · ME15 6XB · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 056942-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 060992-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 070537-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·