Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority

How to win their contracts

Measured from Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 28 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 33 of their tenders.
• They publish about 1.6 tenders a month, measured over 42 months of history.
• Half of their 8 awarded contracts are worth £300k or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in software package and information systems, transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation, education and training services.
• Their most frequent suppliers are Safetykleen UK Limited (3), Benenden Healthcare Society Limited (3), Speciality Oxygen Service Limited (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.