Service market

Active fire protection contracts

UK public sector · 89 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
89
Last 12 months
Median contract
£375k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£103m
82 of 83 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
80
Suppliers
82

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most active fire protection contracts took 21% of them (19 of 89).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter held steady across the period.
  • The median contract, £375k, is 2.7 times the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • North West had the most contracts: 12, or 14% of the total.

Who buys active fire protection

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1NHS Property Services Limited2 contracts
  2. 2ORBIT GROUP LIMITED2 contracts
  3. 3Chelmer Housing Partnership2 contracts
  4. 4ClwydAlyn2 contracts
  5. 5Cardinal Newman College2 contracts
  6. 6WESTWORKS PROCUREMENT LIMITED2 contracts
  7. 7Southside Housing Association2 contracts
  8. 8Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council2 contracts
  9. 9Portsmouth City Council1 contract
  10. 10Choice Housing1 contract

Top active fire protection contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Fieldway Group6 contracts
  2. 2RGE Services Ltd4 contracts
  3. 3AJS Ltd4 contracts
  4. 4Ventro4 contracts
  5. 5Openview Security Solutions3 contracts
  6. 6Walker Fire (UK) Ltd.3 contracts
  7. 7Snowdonia Fire Protection3 contracts
  8. 8Churches Fire Security Ltd3 contracts
  9. 9BRIGGS FIRE AND SECURITY LIMITED3 contracts
  10. 10Fire Systems Limited2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

16Q4 2025*20Q1 202633Q2 202620Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 76 · Scotland 7 · Wales 4 · Northern Ireland 2

North West12London10South West10East of England8South East8Scotland7East Midlands6West Midlands5Yorkshire and The Humber4Wales4North East2Northern Ireland2UK-wide or not stated11

What is included

Term servicing, testing and repair of several active fire safety systems under one contract, such as fire alarms, extinguishers, sprinklers, dry risers, suppression and AOVs, delivered by a fire protection contractor.

  • Combined servicing of alarms, extinguishers, risers and sprinklers
  • Active fire safety frameworks
  • Life safety system planned maintenance and call-outs
  • Multi-system fire protection upgrades

What is not included

  • Single-system contracts (the matching con.fire service)
  • Fire doors and passive protection (con.fire.fire-doors-and-shutters, con.fire.fire-stopping-and-compartmentation)
  • Emergency lighting in the same contract (con.elec.emergency-lighting)
  • Maintenance across several M&E disciplines (con.me.integrated-me-maintenance)
  • Alarm receiving centre monitoring (sec.monitor.alarm-receiving-centre)
  • Security systems in the same contract (sec.access.integrated-security-systems)

Often bought by the same buyers