AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority announced an award to EMERGENCY ONE (U.K.) LIMITED for water carriers through a further competition under the DS478-24 NFCC Emergency Response Vehicle Framework Agreement.
Published outcomeAward 1 is recorded as active, with a £1,800,000 stated award value (£2,160,000 gross). The notice schedules a future signature date of 23 October 2026, so the supplied data does not confirm that the call-off contract has been signed.
Market significanceThis is an above-threshold public-sector vehicle procurement for fire-engine-classified goods, awarded through a framework further competition.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
EMERGENCY ONE (U.K.) LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 1800000 GBP · verified supplier; award active
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Verified company name: EMERGENCY ONE (U.K.) LIMITED (company number SC319443). Award 1 names the supplier and states £1,800,000.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceContract award notice published; tender status complete
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The source labels the notice "Contract award notice on Find a Tender"; tender status is "complete".
Award status
98% confidenceActive award record
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Award 1 has status "active" and date 8 October 2026.
Contract conclusion
99% confidenceNot confirmed as signed
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The award milestones include a scheduled future signature date of 23 October 2026.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£1,800,000 GBP
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Award 1 value.amount is 1,800,000 GBP.
Gross award value
99% confidence£2,160,000 GBP
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Award 1 value.amountGross is 2,160,000 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award decision date
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Award 1 date is 2026-10-08.
Award notice publication
99% confidence9 October 2026
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The award notice was published at 2026-10-09T11:37:08+01:00.
Scheduled signature date
99% confidence23 October 2026
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Milestone type futureSignatureDate is scheduled for 2026-10-23.
Planned contract period
99% confidence26 October 2026 to 25 October 2028
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Award contractPeriod startDate is 2026-10-26 and endDate is 2028-10-25.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceProvision of water carriers
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Tender title and description state "Provision of Water Carriers".
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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Award mainProcurementCategory is "goods".
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 34144213 — Fire engines
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Award item additional classification is CPV 34144213, described as Fire engines.
Lot coverage
99% confidenceLot 1
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Award 1 relates to lot 1; the lot is marked complete.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective procedure; award under framework
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Tender procurementMethod is "selective" and procurementMethodDetails is "Award under framework".
Framework route
99% confidenceFurther competition under DS478-24 NFCC Emergency Response Vehicle Framework Agreement
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The tender description explicitly states this route; related framework process is ocds-h6vhtk-050deb, related lot 3c.
Competition
97% confidenceCompetitive
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Tender competitive field is true.
Bidder count and evaluation
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Base term
99% confidence26 October 2026 to 25 October 2028
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Award contractPeriod gives these start and end dates.
Extension options
99% confidenceUp to 2 years to 25 October 2030, then up to a further 2 years in periods of at least 12 months
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Award renewal description states these options.
Maximum possible end date
99% confidence25 October 2032
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contractPeriod.maxExtentDate is 2026-10-25? No; source value is 2032-10-25, and renewal text states expiry no later than 25 October 2032.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial route
99% confidenceThe buyer used a framework further competition rather than an open standalone competition.
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Tender description and procurement method details state award under framework.
Value interpretation
98% confidenceThe notice provides both £1.8m award value and £2.16m gross value; no pricing or unit-cost breakdown is published.
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Award value contains amount and amountGross; no pricing detail is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier-name variation handled
99% confidenceThe notice source names the supplier as "Emergency One UK Limited", while the verified legal name is EMERGENCY ONE (U.K.) LIMITED. The verified legal name is used in this analysis.
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Supplier verification reports nameMismatch true and verified company number SC319443.
Signature and start status
99% confidenceA future signature milestone is present; neither signature nor contract commencement is confirmed by the supplied data.
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futureSignatureDate is scheduled for 23 October 2026; planned start is 26 October 2026.
Published detail gaps
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bidder count, evaluation results, award rationale, lot-level value, technical specification, and pricing breakdown.
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These fields are absent from the supplied record.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The award notice schedules signature in the future, so it does not establish that the call-off contract is signed or has started.
- Bidder numbers, bid prices, scoring, evaluation rationale and award rationale are not published in the supplied data.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
- The notice does not provide a pricing schedule, quantities, vehicle specification or delivery milestones.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
EMERGENCY ONE (U.K.) LIMITEDMid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authoritywater carriersfire enginesNFCC Emergency Response Vehicle Frameworkpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the water carriers award?
EMERGENCY ONE (U.K.) LIMITED was named as the supplier for award 1.
What is the stated award value?
The notice states £1,800,000 GBP, with a gross value of £2,160,000 GBP.
Has the contract been signed?
The supplied data does not confirm signature; it records a future signature date scheduled for 23 October 2026.
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