Service market

Fire alarm maintenance contracts

UK public sector · 192 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
192
Last 12 months
Median contract
£82k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£45.3m
171 of 172 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
122
Suppliers
135

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most fire alarm maintenance contracts took 15% of them (28 of 192).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter held steady across the period.
  • The median contract, £82k, is 41% below the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • North West had the most contracts: 39, or 20% of the total.

Who buys fire alarm maintenance

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

  1. 1NHS Property Services Limited18 contracts
  2. 2UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)6 contracts
  3. 3Medway NHS Foundation Trust6 contracts
  4. 4Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office5 contracts
  5. 5NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership4 contracts
  6. 6Gov Facility Services Ltd4 contracts
  7. 7Hampshire County Council4 contracts
  8. 8NHS Golden Jubilee4 contracts
  9. 9Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council3 contracts
  10. 10Knowsley Council3 contracts

Top fire alarm maintenance contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Honeywell6 contracts
  2. 2ADT Fire & Security6 contracts
  3. 3E. Saunders (Margate) Ltd6 contracts
  4. 4Protec Fire Detection PLC5 contracts
  5. 5Static Systems Group5 contracts
  6. 6Dalkia Scotshield4 contracts
  7. 7Wessex Electricals4 contracts
  8. 8Parogon Contracts Ltd3 contracts
  9. 9DFP Services3 contracts
  10. 10PROTEC FIRE DETECTION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

39Q4 2025*56Q1 202640Q2 202656Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 161 · Scotland 14 · Wales 14 · Northern Ireland 3

North West39South East23South West23London18Wales14Scotland13Yorkshire and The Humber12North East9West Midlands9East of England8East Midlands5Northern Ireland3UK-wide or not stated16

What is included

Design, supply, installation, upgrade, servicing and repair of fire detection and alarm systems to BS 5839 Part 1, including aspirating and flame detection, evacuation alert and networked panels.

  • Fire alarm servicing and maintenance
  • Fire alarm upgrades and end-of-life replacement
  • Panel and detector supply
  • Aspirating (VESDA) detection
  • Flame detection for special risks
  • Communal alarms in residential blocks
  • Simultaneous evacuation systems

What is not included

  • Smoke, heat and CO alarms inside individual homes (con.fire.domestic-smoke-and-co-alarms)
  • Contracts servicing several fire systems together (con.fire.active-fire-systems-servicing)
  • Emergency lighting in the same lot (con.elec.emergency-lighting)
  • Alarm receiving centre monitoring of fire alarms (sec.monitor.alarm-receiving-centre)
  • Intruder alarms and integrated security systems (sec.access.intruder-alarm-systems, sec.access.integrated-security-systems)
  • Standalone public address and voice alarm systems (it.av.pava-systems)
  • Nurse call and refuge alarms (con.elec.nurse-call-systems)
  • Waking watch and fire watch patrols (sec.patrol.waking-watch)

Often bought by the same buyers