Planning

Battery Powered HRE - Market Engagement

  • Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-070786

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05d9c3

Published 4 November 2025, 12:05pm



Scope

Reference

C25067

Description

Kent Fire and Rescue Service are looking to engage with suppliers of Battery Powered HRE.

Suppliers should express their interest via the Delta portal by Friday 28th November 2025 where they will be invited to attend a Kent Fire and Rescue site either at Maidstone or Rochester to participate in market engagement at a Kent Fire and Rescue site either in Rochester or Maidstone. It should be noted that it is not guaranteed that the Authority will issue a tender following the market engagement. Currently the Authority are unable to provide information on contract value or timings.

Where Kent Fire and Rescue have other market engagement notices which are also of interest to a supplier these will be coordinated to be on the same date.

Currently the Authority have availability on the following dates:

13th November 2025

27th November 2025

28th November 2025

10th December 2025

11th December 2025

The Authority will endeavour to accommodate suppliers at a mutually convenient time.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Firefighting,-rescue-and-safety-equipment./RSXRWUG7TU

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/RSXRWUG7TU

Total value (estimated)

  • £95,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2030
  • 4 years

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 35110000 - Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment
  • 35111000 - Firefighting equipment

Engagement

Engagement deadline

28 November 2025

Engagement process description

Kent Fire and Rescue Service are looking to engage with suppliers of Battery Powered HRE Equipment.

Suppliers should express their interest via the Delta portal by Friday 28th November 2025 where they will be invited to attend a Kent Fire and Rescue site either at Maidstone or Rochester for a market engagement session.

Where Kent Fire and Rescue have other market engagement notices which are also of interest to a supplier these will be coordinated to be on the same date.


Contracting authority

Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCTX-8834-ZQLL

The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil

Maidstone

ME15 6XB

United Kingdom

Contact name: Elizabeth Noble

Telephone: 01622 692121

Email: elizabeth.noble@kent.fire-uk.org

Region: UKJ45 - Mid Kent

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government