Sector · CPV division 35

Security, fire & defence equipment: UK public contracts

243 UK public security, fire & defence equipment contracts in the last 12 months, worth £4.25bn. 26% were awarded without competition.

Covers CPV division 35, “Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment”. The busiest buyers recently were Ministry of Defence and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority.

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Contracts (last 12 months): 243
Published value: £4.25bnwhere stated
Without competition: 26%62 contracts
Won by SMEs: 50%of 219 with size known

Contracts awarded per month 719 contracts · busiest month April 2025

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Biggest buyers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

Ministry of Defence 22 contracts · £4.03bn
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority 16 contracts · £7.08m
Scotland Excel 8 contracts · £75.6m
West Yorkshire Combined Authority 6 contracts · £1.19m
Home Office 5 contracts · £17.9m
NHS Property Services Limited 4 contracts · £7.01m
Leidos Supply Limited 4 contracts · £5.43m
Wiltshire Fire And Rescue Service 4 contracts · £1.06m
The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police 4 contracts · £733k
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority acting on behalf of itself and the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police 4 contracts · £557k

Top suppliers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

Arco Limited 10 contracts · £86.8m
Unico Ltd SME 9 contracts · £75.8m
Axon Public Safety UK Limited 9 contracts · £12.6m
Caley Print & Stationery Limited T/A The Caley Group SME 8 contracts · £75.6m
The Guthrie Group Ltd SME 8 contracts · £75.6m
Lyreco UK Limited 8 contracts · £75.6m
PJD Safety Supplies Ltd SME 8 contracts · £75.6m
SMI (Scotland) Ltd SME 8 contracts · £75.6m
Cooneen Defence Limited SME 7 contracts · £880k
Healthy Bean Ltd SME 6 contracts · £42.4m

By region

South West 38 contracts · £45.2m
North West 34 contracts · £3.92bn
Yorkshire and the Humber 30 contracts · £13.1m
South East 26 contracts · £13.1m
Scotland 20 contracts · £84.6m
East of England 20 contracts · £13.7m
London 19 contracts · £31.8m
North East 18 contracts · £7.66m
West Midlands 17 contracts · £7.38m
East Midlands 16 contracts · £4.09m
Wales 1 contract · £30,000

Latest contracts

Date	Contract	Buyer	Supplier	Value
30 Oct 2026	Purchase of 9mm Training Ammunition	Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire	GMK Ltd	£25,604
30 Oct 2026	Purchase of 7.62mm Training Ammunition	Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire	GMK Ltd	£30,947
27 Oct 2026	Body Worn Video Equipment and Support Services No competition	Liverpool City Council	Reveal Media Limited SME	£240k
26 Oct 2026	Provision of Waterproof Blousons	West Yorkshire Combined Authority	Cooneen Defence Limited SME	£150k
23 Oct 2026	Supply of paediatric patient simulator - A Call-off from NWUPC awarded framework agreement Medical Simulation and Training Equipment LAB3032 NW (Lot 1 Simulation Manikins and Ancillary Products)	Leeds Trinity University	Laerdal SME	£37,338
20 Oct 2026	The Supply of Mixed PPE - Lot 10	Leidos Supply Limited	James Boylan Safety (NI) Ltd T/A's JBS Group SME	£69,000
16 Oct 2026	Contract for purchase of PPE and Clothing No competition	Bromsgrove District Council	PK Safety SME	£50,000
15 Oct 2026	Public Order (PSU) Gloves	West Yorkshire Combined Authority	Michael Lupton Associates Ltd SME	£70,000
14 Oct 2026	Carbine Replacement (K)	Kent Police	FNH UK Limited	£137k
9 Oct 2026	Supply of Station Wear No competition	Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority	WM Sugden & Sons Limited SME	£50,000
24 Sep 2026	Provision of Water Temperature Sensors at Various Sites	NHS Property Services Limited	CreevX Limited SME	£30,125
23 Sep 2026	C6106 No competition	West Midlands Fire Service	Terberg DTS UK	£40,000
22 Sep 2026	PRP234 Supply and Ad Hoc Servicing of Firefighting Equipment	Derbyshire County Council	OHEAP Fire & Security Ltd SME	£195k
22 Sep 2026	The Provision of Fire Gloves and Flash Hoods No competition	Cleveland Fire Authority	Eagle Technical Products Limited SME	£108k
22 Sep 2026	Surgeons Helmets & Hoods	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	Stryker UK	£171k
21 Sep 2026	The Provision of Body Armour	Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire	Cooneen Defence Limited SME	£78,000
10 Sep 2026	Door and Security Access System No competition	The North Yorkshire Council	Softcat Ltd	£1.31m
7 Sep 2026	Contract for PPE and Clothing No competition	Redditch Borough Council	Evolve Corporate Ltd t/a PK Safety SME	£60,000
7 Sep 2026	High Retention High Capacity Battery	British Transport Police	Sepura Limited	£40,860
4 Sep 2026	Warden Call Systems - supply & install	Yorkshire Housing Limited	ABCA Systems Limited	£570k
4 Sep 2026	Station End Replacement Project for West Midlands Fire & Rescue Authority (Including Support and maintenance)	West Midlands Fire Service	Telent Technology Services Limited	£1.14m
3 Sep 2026	153,000,000 No competition	Ministry of Defence	MOD	—
3 Sep 2026	Safe Working at Height Equipment	Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority	Abaris International Limited SME	£67,925
3 Sep 2026	Replacement and upgrade of Warden call alarms No competition	Bassetlaw District Council	Tunstall Healthcare (UK) Ltd	£1.26m
1 Sep 2026	Lone Worker Devices at Aster Group	Aster Group Limited	Vodafone	£260k
1 Sep 2026	Mortuary Access Control and CCTV	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Constellia Limited SME	£11,875
1 Sep 2026	General Body Armour	Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary	Cooneen Defence Limited SME	£250k
30 Aug 2026	Corporate workwear replacement	York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority acting on behalf of itself and the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police	WM Sugden & Sons Limited SME	£338k
28 Aug 2026	Purchase of Winter Gloves	Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales Police & North Wales Police	Level Peaks Associated Limited	£30,000
26 Aug 2026	PSU Helmets	Norfolk Constabulary	Mla Ltd	£187k
25 Aug 2026	Purchase of Drones	West Midlands Fire Service	iRed SME	£39,600
25 Aug 2026	Fully Managed Lone Worker Safety and Monitoring Service	Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust	Skyguard Limited SME	£224k
19 Aug 2026	Mole Valley District Council Technology Enabled Care Equipment and Monitoring	Mole Valley District Council	Tunstall Healthcare (UK) Ltd	£40,000
15 Aug 2026	Award of Conductive Energy Devices and Associated Equipment	Ministry of Justice	Axon Public Safety UK Limited	£1.76m
14 Aug 2026	Body Worn Cameras No competition	Midland Heart	Reveal Media Limited SME	£301k
13 Aug 2026	Taser T10 Conducted Energy Devices and Associated Equipment	West Yorkshire Combined Authority	Axon Public Safety UK Limited	£205k
11 Aug 2026	Explosive Detection Dogs (EDD) - Drop Test Kits	DfTc - Department for Transport	Thor Industries Ltd SME	£29,740
11 Aug 2026	GB-Basildon: Supply, Design & Installation of CCTV and Associated Equipment	Basildon Borough Council	Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure Ltd T/A Videre Communications Solu SME	£26,768
10 Aug 2026	Black and High Visibility and Waterproof Clothing	The Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner for Essex, The Police and Crime Commissioners for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk	Cooneen Defence Limited SME	£127k
10 Aug 2026	Provision of PPE No competition	South Hams District Council	SMI Group INT	£180k
6 Aug 2026	704461451-710 - MSS/141-SPA689-CAN	Ministry of Defence	BAE Systems Surface Ships Limited, Basetek Limited +2 more	—
5 Aug 2026	ANPR Equipment -NS	The Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk	Xma Limited SME	£103k
5 Aug 2026	CA17758 - Hopwood Hall College - Provision of Uniforms and Kits	Hopwood Hall College	Icon Sports Group UK Ltd	£0
5 Aug 2026	Public Order (PSU) Suits	The Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner for Essex, The Police and Crime Commissioners for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk	Derby Unitex Ltd SME, Mi Hub Limited	£1.15m
5 Aug 2026	HH118-25-HB Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment: Lot 1 Inverness (Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment )	NHS Highland	Realm Fire & Security Ltd SME	£48,612
5 Aug 2026	HH118-25-HB Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment: Lot 2 Argyll and Bute (Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment )	NHS Highland	Allsaved Ltd SME	£29,925
5 Aug 2026	HH118-25-HB Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment: Lot 3 Skye and Lochaber (Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment )	NHS Highland	Logic Alarms Ltd SME	£22,833
5 Aug 2026	HH118-25-HB Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment: Lot 4 Caithness (Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment )	NHS Highland	Logic Alarms Ltd SME	£18,290
5 Aug 2026	CO56 - CCTV Systems & Network Infrastructure Upgrade, Servicing and Maintenance	Charnwood Borough Council	DSSL Group Limited	£691k
3 Aug 2026	Body Worn Cameras No competition	Hull City Council	Reveal Media Limited SME	£30,078