Contract award · 11 May 2026

Provision for purchase of a Kia Flexi Duty Officer (FDO) Car

Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service awarded “Provision for purchase of a Kia Flexi Duty…” to Fish Brothers Kia, Halls Electrical Ltd for £35,186.

Vehicles & transport equipmentSouth East

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Value
£35,186.18
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Vehicles & transport equipment · Emergency vehicles (CPV 34114100)
Timeline
  1. Contract date11 May 2026
  2. Published13 May 2026Published 2 days after the contract date

Description

The Authority requires the purchase of a new Flexi Duty Officer (FDO) vehicle to support operational response and service delivery across the organisation. The vehicle will be used to enable rapid deployment, incident attendance, and the effective coordination of emergency response activities. The Authority has identified that the most cost-effective and compliant route for procurement is via CCS Framework RM6244 (Lot 2) from 29/11/22 - 28/11/2026. This route provides access to a significant cost saving, with a discount of approximately 24% in this case. Following this approach, KIA UK has been identified as the supplier for the provision of the vehicle via the CCS framework RM6244 (Lot 2) from 29/11/22 - 28/11/2026, based on their compliant offering and competitive pricing. In addition to the base vehicle purchase, there is a requirement to undertake a specialist emergency service conversion ("999 install") to ensure the vehicle is fully operational for On Call Officers. This include…

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