Cost & value
Honest pricing.
A fair question that most suppliers dodge. We won't pretend there's one number — an emergency structure is specified, not bought off a shelf — but we can tell you honestly what drives the price, and how to compare suppliers without a spreadsheet of guesswork.
The levers
Five things move the number. Each is a lever you can pull up or down to fit a budget, and the same levers apply across our range of emergency services tents.
An entry folding frame, a venue-grade structure, or a large modular run — the single biggest lever.
Frame or inflatable, each priced differently for the same footprint.
Enclosure, a solid floor, heating and cooling all add capability and cost.
Full procurement-grade certification is part of what you are paying for — and what cheap kit skips.
Buying contingency stock to keep ready changes the unit economics against a one-off.
Indicative figures
Indicative starting figures at the entry 3×3m size, to help you budget — the quote confirms VAT, stock, delivery, accessories and support. Larger footprints scale with size.
Entry professional folding shelter
from £620All-season workhorse frame (CO)
from £950Heavy-duty repeat-use frame (XP)
from £1,350Flagship large-span frame (ZP)
from £1,950A configured response setup (typical)
from around £1,600Indicative · confirmed on quotation. Walls from around £115, transport from around £96; printing and anchorage priced to specification.
The real number
Certified kit that's repairable part-by-part and redeployed for a decade costs less per deployment than cheap shelter replaced every couple of seasons. For contingency stock that must stay ready, buy-once usually wins. We set this out in full in our guides to certified vs cheaper kit and buy-once, repairable equipment.
No surprises
The spec, the documentation pack, delivery, accessories and support — confirmed, not estimated. Send the deployment and we'll come back with a specified price, typically within one business day, so the budget conversation is grounded in real figures.
Common questions
There is no single number — an emergency structure is specified, not bought off a shelf — but the price is driven by size and frame grade, format, walls and climate control, the documentation pack, and whether you are buying a fleet to store. We will give a specified price quickly once we know the deployment.
The structure to specification, the full documentation pack, delivery, accessories and support — confirmed, not estimated. No surprises at purchase order.
For equipment that must be ready on demand and redeployed repeatedly, buying once — certified, repairable, stored between call-outs — usually beats hire on both readiness and lifetime cost.
Because it is rated, documented and built to be repaired and redeployed for years. Cheap shelter replaced every couple of seasons costs more per deployment, and arrives without the paperwork procurement needs.
Send the deployment — size, format, climate and quantity — and we will come back with a specified quote, typically within one business day.
Next step
Send the size, format, climate and quantity, and we'll come back with a specified quote — typically within one business day.
