Find a TenderAwarded without competitionContract award notice
Published 28 Aug 2025, 13:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

BEng Fire Engineering and MSc Fire Safety Engineering courses

Official notice

Authority: London Fire Brigade (Public body)

Direct award
Awarded value£685,500published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill 28 Aug 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to University of Lancashire

What is being bought

Published requirement description

BEng Fire Engineering and MSc Fire Safety Engineering courses for 4 years

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 Aug 2025, 13:02 BST
Last source update
28 Aug 2025, 13:25 BST
Authority reference
8598
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051960
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058f4b Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

The supplier is the sole provider of the degree courses in the UK.

Review and risk notes
Risks

N/A

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

28 Aug 2025 → 8 Sept 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    28 Aug 2025, 13:25 BST
  2. Standstill ends
    8 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Aug 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    28 Aug 2025, 13:02 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    28 Aug 2025, 13:25 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    9 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £685,5001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
University of Lancashire9 Sept 2025 – 8 Sept 2029£685,500 inc. VAT28 Aug 2025standstill to 8 Sept 2025Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Fire Brigade

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMQX-8712-HQXR 169 Union Street, London, London, SE1 0LLContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • University of LancashireAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PXZY-8464-ZLQLGB-UKPRN: 10007141 Adelphi Street, Preston, North West, PR1 2HEContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender