Fire safety tenders in South East England
Open for bids now
- Framework for Provision of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), Reactive and Minor Works and Associated Services for the Surrey Estate and Sussex EstateThe Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex · Closes 6 Nov 2026 · £20,000,000
Links go to the notice on Find a Tender or Contracts Finder. The tender documents are on the buyer's own site.
Likely re-tenders in the next 12 months
| Buyer | Contract | Ends (estimate) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire Council | The Provision of a Planned Maintenance Service for Alarm Systems and Emergency Lighting | 29 Oct 2026 | £438,812 |
| Dover District Council | Fire Alarm & Emergency Lighting Service & Maintenance 2024 - 2027 | 31 Mar 2027 | £175,080 |
| VIVID | VIVID - Remedial Building and Fire Safety Works at Pemberley Place, Basingstoke | 3 May 2027 | £7,500,000 |
End dates are the initial term in the award notice. Contracts are often extended or brought forward, so a re-tender can come earlier or later. Bid Radar tracks them for 24 months.
Typical contract values and lengths
| Measure | Figure | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Contracts awarded | 26 | award notices, November 2020 to September 2026; 26 contracts |
| Buyers | 16 | distinct buyers on those contracts; 26 contracts |
| Median contract value | £950,000 | median of published values (whole contract, all years); 23 contracts |
| Lower quartile value | £500,000 | 25th percentile of published values; 23 contracts |
| Upper quartile value | £3.5 million | 75th percentile of published values; 23 contracts |
| Median initial term in months | 36 | months from award to the end date in the notice, before extensions; 16 contracts |
| Lower quartile term in months | 35 | 25th percentile; 16 contracts |
| Upper quartile term in months | 37 | 75th percentile; 16 contracts |
Values are the whole contract as published, often over several years. Lengths run from the award date to the end date in the notice.
Main buyers
- VIVID Housing Ltd 7 contracts, latest 27 Aug 2026
- Maidstone Borough Council 2 contracts, latest 10 Jul 2026
- Milton Keynes City Council 2 contracts, latest 7 Jan 2026
- Southampton City Council 2 contracts, latest 22 Apr 2025
- VIVID 2 contracts, latest 13 Jan 2025
What these tenders usually ask for
- Quality carried a median of 60% of the marks (10 contracts that published a weighting). See how tenders are scored.
- A median of 5 bids per contract (26 contracts that published a bid count).
- 0% were set up as frameworks or dynamic purchasing systems, so some work comes as call-offs you only see once you are on one.
- We don't yet hold enough public tender packs for this trade to say how many questions they ask. The Bid Matcher reads each live tender's documents where they are public.
More tenders
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Figures are automated summaries of published notices, not advice. Contract end dates come from award notices and are often extended or brought forward, so re-tender dates are estimates. Check the tender documents before deciding to bid. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Built from 26 award notices between 16 Nov 2020 and 2 Sept 2026 and the live tenders in our index on 17 Oct 2026. See how these pages are built.