Fire engines tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
181 fire engines tenders and contracts, 51 this year.
Updated 4 November 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
- Awarded a month£4.2m
- Contracts a month2.2
- Won by SMEs50%
- Frameworks and DPSs3
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Fire engines contracts
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How many fire engines contracts do keyword alerts miss?
In the last year, a "fire appliance" alert would have missed 20 of 28 fire engines contracts (71%) and an expert list of 15 phrases 6 (21%). How we measured this
Keyword alert"fire appliance"
20 of 28
Expert list15 phrases
6 of 28
Expert list: fire appliance, fire engine, pumping appliance, rescue pump, aerial ladder platform, aerial appliance, water tender, heavy rescue pump, heavy rescue vehicle, brigade response vehicle, brv, technical rescue unit, water carrier, medium pump, type b appliance
53 contracts across the UK, of any size
3 fire engines opportunities are open now
- Pre-market24 Sep 2026Provision of Rescue Pumps & Type B AppliancesAvon Fire & Rescue Service · South WestEst.£4.4m
- Pre-market20 Aug 2026One Demountable Water Bowser (Market Engagement)West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service · West MidlandsEst.£36k
- Awarded30 Oct 2026Supply of 12 x Fire Appliance for West Sussex Fire and Rescue ServiceWest Sussex County Council · South EastWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£4.5m
- Awarded22 Oct 2026Fire Appliance ProcurementLeicestershire Fire and Rescue Service · East MidlandsWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£11.6m
- Awarded13 Oct 2026LFR - Appliance ProjectLincolnshire County Council · East MidlandsWon by Angloco Ltd£3.4m
- Awarded8 Oct 2026Provision of Water CarriersMid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service · WalesWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£1.8m
- Awarded13 Aug 2026Supply of Unimog VehiclesMerseyside Fire and Rescue Service · North WestWon by Lloyd Ltd£656k
- Awarded6 Aug 2026B Class Fire AppliancesHumberside Fire and Rescue Service · Yorkshire and the HumberWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£1.1m
- Awarded15 Jul 2026Purchase of One Brigade Response Vehicle (BRV plus) for West Midlands Fire and Rescue AuthorityWest Midlands Fire and Rescue Service · West MidlandsWon by Angloco Ltd£107k
- Awarded13 Jul 2026Procurement of 2 Heavy Rescue Pumping VehiclesSouth Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service · Yorkshire and the HumberWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£798k
- Awarded2 Jul 2026Compact Response Vehicles (Class As)Humberside Fire and Rescue Service · Yorkshire and the HumberWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£2m
- Awarded17 Jun 2026Super Pumping AppliancesCheshire Constabulary · North West£1.2m
- Awarded17 Jun 2026CFRS Medium Rescue Pumps Procurement 2026Cornwall Council · South WestWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£3.5m
- Awarded17 Jun 2026Super Pumping AppliancesCheshire Fire and Rescue Service · North WestWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited
- Awarded1 Jun 2026Emergency service vehiclesCleveland Fire Authority · North EastWon by Emergency One Group Limited£2.1m
- Awarded14 Apr 2026Purchase of Fire AppliancesKent Fire & Rescue Service · South EastWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£20m
- Awarded10 Apr 2026Further Competition Call Off for 9 Brigade Response Vehicles (BRV plus) for West Midlands Fire and Rescue AuthorityWest Midlands Fire and Rescue Service · West MidlandsWon by Angloco Ltd£965k
- Awarded8 Apr 2026Procurement of PRL VehiclesStaffordshire Police · West MidlandsWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£4.2m
- Awarded31 Mar 2026Wildfire Pods for UnimogsMerseyside Fire and Rescue Service · North WestWon by Lloyd Ltd£335k
- Awarded26 Mar 2026Tranche 2 Type B Fire Appliances - AWARDNorfolk County Council · East of EnglandWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£11.8m
- Awarded20 Mar 2026Water CarrierHereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service · West MidlandsWon by Whale Tankers Limited£223k
- Awarded16 Mar 2026Procurement of PRL VehiclesStaffordshire Police · West MidlandsWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£1.2m
- Awarded4 Mar 2026Compact Pumping Appliances HWFRS/205 - AWARDHereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service · West MidlandsWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£1.2m
- Awarded12 Feb 2026Emergency Response Vehicles- Type B Pumping ApplianceHereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service · West MidlandsWon by Angloco Ltd£2.8m
- Awarded2 Feb 2026WMFRA Call Off for 7 Type B Water Tenders, and 2 Type B Water Tenders for Technical Rescue (with options for a further 4 type B Water Tenders in 2026/27)West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service · West MidlandsWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£4.9m
- Awarded24 Dec 2025HCC 09/25 - Fire Appliance MediumHertfordshire County Council · East of EnglandWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£6.8m
- Awarded9 Dec 2025Provision of a Fire Aerial ApplianceNorthamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service · East MidlandsWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£971k
- Awarded5 Dec 2025Technical Rescue Units for Norfolk Fire and Rescue ServiceNorfolk County Council · East of EnglandWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£637k
- Awarded3 Dec 2025contract for the provision of 6 medium pumping appliancesWest Sussex County Council · South EastWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£2.4m
- Awarded21 Oct 2025UKRI-5319 Supply of Used Fire Engine -Scania Bronto (Loler Tested)UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) · South EastWon by Angloco Ltd£51k
- Awarded15 Oct 2025Further Competition for the Purchase of 16 tonne Refuse Collection VehiclesPowys County Council · WalesWon by NTM_GB Ltd
- Awarded26 Sep 2025Provision of Fire AppliancesNorthamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service · East MidlandsWon by Emergency One (UK) Limited£4.3m
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Where fire engines tenders are run
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Tenders published in the last year that name the bid portal they run on.
3 frameworks and DPSs for fire engines work are running. 1 is open to join now.
Emergency One (UK) Limited won the most fire engines contracts
It also won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emergency One (UK) Limited East of England · 2 framework places · See every contract | 34 | £118m | 23 | ||
| 2 | Angloco Ltd West Midlands · SME · 2 framework places · See every contract | 9 | £14.5m | 7 | ||
| 3joint | Emergency One Group Limited North East · See every contract | 2 | £2.1m | 2 | ||
| 3joint | Lloyd Ltd North West · See every contract | 2 | £991k | 1 | ||
| 5joint | Scania East of England · See every contract | 1 | £292k | 1 | ||
| 5joint | Whale Tankers Limited West Midlands · 1 framework place · See every contract | 1 | £223k | 1 | ||
| 5joint | Heathrow Truck Centre South East · SME · See every contract | 1 | £32k | 1 | ||
| 5joint | Gloucestershire County Council North West · See every contract | 1 | £28k | 1 | ||
| 5joint | NTM_GB Ltd Wales · 1 framework place · See every contract | 1 | Not published | 1 |
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Police, fire and rescue services award 62% of fire engines contracts
Councils buy the bigger jobs, at a median of £2.7m against £1.2m. Contracts with a published value in the last 2 years, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
13 buyers bought fire engines more than once in the last 2 years
Each dot is a buyer, by how many fire engines contracts it awarded in the last 2 years.
See who they are and when they usually buy →
Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many fire engines contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service | 4 | £7.3m |
| 2 | Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service | 4 | £5.5m |
| 3 | Hertfordshire County Council | 3 | £9.1m |
| 4 | West Sussex County Council | 3 | £7.5m |
| 5 | Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service | 3 | £5.7m |
| 6 | Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service | 3 | £4.2m |
| 7 | Kent Fire & Rescue Service | 2 | £20m |
| 8 | Norfolk County Council | 2 | £12.4m |
| 9 | Cornwall Council | 2 | £6.6m |
| 10 | Staffordshire Police | 2 | £5.4m |
112 fire engines contracts awarded since 2021
- 132021
- 182022
- 142023
- 192024
- 252025
- 232026 so far
Half of fire engines contracts are worth less than £1.3m
The 10 biggest fire engines contracts
- Kent Fire & Rescue ServiceEmergency One (UK) Limited · 14 Apr 2026
- Norfolk County CouncilEmergency One (UK) Limited · 26 Mar 2026
- Leicestershire Fire and Rescue ServiceEmergency One (UK) Limited · 22 Oct 2026
- Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue ServiceEmergency One (UK) Limited · 17 Sep 2025
- Hertfordshire County CouncilEmergency One (UK) Limited · 24 Dec 2025
- Suffolk County CouncilEmergency One (UK) Limited · 21 Jan 2025
- Oxfordshire County CouncilEmergency One (UK) Limited · 15 Nov 2024
- West Midlands Fire and Rescue ServiceEmergency One (UK) Limited · 2 Feb 2026
- West Sussex County CouncilEmergency One (UK) Limited · 30 Oct 2026
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue ServiceEmergency One (UK) Limited · 21 Jun 2025
No fire engines contracts come up for renewal in the next 12 months
The 8 fire engines contracts ending are one-off work, which is not re-let as it was.
The West Midlands awards the most fire engines contracts
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
The regions as a table
| Region | Open now | Contracts | Value | Typical contract | Won the most | Bought the most | Renewing in 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 1 | 10 | £17.2m | £1.2m | Emergency One (UK) Limited (5) | West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service (4) | 0 |
| East of England | 0 | 9 | £30m | £1.5m | Emergency One (UK) Limited (8) | Hertfordshire County Council (3) | 0 |
| South East | 0 | 9 | £37.7m | £2.4m | Emergency One (UK) Limited (7) | West Sussex County Council (3) | 0 |
| North West | 0 | 8 | £11.8m | £1.2m | Emergency One (UK) Limited (3) | Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (4) | 0 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 5 | £20.6m | £3.4m | Emergency One (UK) Limited (4) | Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (3) | 0 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 0 | 4 | £3.9m | £1.1m | Emergency One (UK) Limited (3) | Humberside Fire and Rescue Service (2) | 0 |
| South West | 1 | 3 | £14.3m | £3.5m | Emergency One (UK) Limited (3) | Cornwall Council (2) | 0 |
| North East | 0 | 2 | £2.9m | – | – | Cleveland Fire Authority (2) | 0 |
| Wales | 0 | 2 | £1.8m | – | – | – | 0 |
| London | 0 | 0 | Not published | – | – | – | 0 |
| Scotland | 0 | 0 | Not published | – | – | – | 0 |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | Not published | – | – | – | 0 |
- £4.2m a month
of fire engines contracts awarded.
Typical contract £1.8m x 2.3 contracts a month, last 12 months. - 2.2
fire engines contracts are awarded in a typical month.
53 contracts in the last 2 years. - 3
frameworks and DPSs are running for fire engines work.
1 open to join now. - 50%
of fire engines contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 42 award notices.
How many fire engines tenders and contracts are there?
| Since November 2021 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|
| Notices published | 181 | 51 |
| Contracts awarded | 105 | 28 |
8 fire engines contracts and frameworks end in the next 12 months, 1 of them recurring services. In the last two years, 32 buyers awarded fire engines contracts to 9 suppliers.
Source: Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI, to 4 November 2026. By Seamus White. How we count
Questions
How many fire engines contracts does the UK public sector award?
53 in the 2 years to 4 November 2026, from 32 public buyers.
How much is a typical public sector fire engines contract worth?
The median is £1.3m, and 10% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector fire engines contracts?
Emergency One (UK) Limited won the most (34), and the most by value (£118m).
Which buyers award the most fire engines contracts?
Police, fire and rescue services award 62% of them.
Which part of the UK awards the most fire engines contracts?
The West Midlands: 10 of 53 in the 2 years to 4 November 2026, then the East of England (9) and the South East (9).
Are there frameworks or DPSs for fire engines work that are open to join?
3 frameworks and DPSs for fire engines work are running. 1 is open to join now.
What is included
Purchase of fire and rescue appliances such as aerial ladder platforms, high reach appliances, heavy rescue tenders and pumping appliances, with chassis, bodywork, cranes and equipment.
- Aerial ladder platforms
- High reach appliances
- Heavy rescue tenders with knuckle cranes
- Rescue pumps and special appliances
What is not included
- Cars and vans for fire service fleets (see Fleet vehicles)
- Airport rescue and firefighting vehicles (see Aircraft tugs)
- Clean cab and equipment retrofits to existing appliances (see Emergency vehicle conversion)
- Fire appliance hire (see HGV, municipal and specialist vehicle hire)