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Procurement procedure
All procedures relating to the purchasing of goods and services are established in the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service's contract standing orders 
75Kb which identify that:
- Purchases up to £5k - managers choose suppliers and negotiate prices, seeking to use contract arrangements where they exist;
- For purchases between £5k and £15k - quotations are invited from at least three suitable companies;
- Over £15k but less than £50k - three tenders are required and these should be in line with all tender requirements of non-discrimination, equal treatment, transparency, proportionality and mutual recognition.
- Over £5Ok but less than £100k - a full tender process should be pursued and this should be in line with all tender requirements of non-discrimination, equal treatment, transparency, proportionality and mutual recognition. The Chief Officer may approve exceptions to these principles on production of written request stating the reason why tenders cannot be sought, ie single source etc.
- Over £100k and below EU thresholds - a full tender process should be pursued and these should be in line with all tender requirements of non-discrimination, equal treatment, transparency, proportionality and mutual recognition. Authority members may give approval for single source etc, provided a written request is approved stating the reasons why.
- Above EU threshold (£143k) - should all go through the EU procedure with consent of the Chief Officer and Authority Members, very few exceptions exist.
- Contracts where the value exceeds the threshold laid down by the EU of £139,893 for goods and services and £3,497,313 for works must be advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).
