Notice Information
Notice Title
Water Carrier
Notice Description
The contract will be awarded as a Direct Award under RM6244 Purchase of Standard and Specialist Vehicles; Lot 6 Refuse Collection and other Waste Management Vehicles.
Lot Information
Lot 1
A fire service water carrier is a specialised vehicle designed to transport large volumes of water or foam-typically to incident sites with limited or no hydrant access. These vehicles are crucial in rural areas or large fires, often supporting multiple fire engines, feeding them water via on-board pumps
Procurement Information
The contract will be awarded as a Direct Award under RM6244 Purchase of Standard and Specialist Vehicles; Lot 6 Refuse Collection and other Waste Management Vehicles.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-068a67
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037435-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
-
- CPV Codes
34114000 - Specialist vehicles
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £223,092 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Apr 2026Today
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 20 Mar 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HEREFORD AND WORCESTER FIRE AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WORCESTER
- Postcode
- WR3 8SP
- Post Town
- Worcester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG12 Worcestershire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Wychavon
- Electoral Ward
- North Claines & Salwarpe
- Westminster Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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