01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Kent Fire & Rescue Service
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- 73200000 — Research and development consultancy services
- Tender period
- Not supplied — Not supplied
Description
Kent Fire and Rescue has appointed Opinion Research Services Ltd (ORS) to deliver the full suite of services required for the consultation, including the management, review, analysis, and reporting of the questionnaire, as well as the convening, moderation, analysis, and reporting of focus groups. This service has been appointed under the ESPO framework 664_25 Consultancy Services under Lot 9a Research and Engagement via a direct award. The service is to commence from the 18th May 2026 till the 31st October 2026 with an option to extend for a further 3 months.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
C26035 - On Call Consultation
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 12 May 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Kent Fire & Rescue Service
Service Headquarters, The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil, Maidstone, UKJ45, ME156XB, United Kingdom
Kent Fire and Rescue Services
Maidstone, United Kingdom
Opinion Research Services Ltd
Swansea, UK, United Kingdom
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04 Provenance
Source for this process
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