Official UK procurement notice
BEng Fire Engineering and MSc Fire Safety Engineering courses
Authority: London Fire Brigade (Public body)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: London (UKI)
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 descriptionBEng Fire Engineering and MSc Fire Safety Engineering courses for 4 years
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058f4bFind 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- Notice published28 Aug 2025, 13:25 BST
- Standstill ends8 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Aug 2025- Transparency notice published28 Aug 2025, 13:02 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published28 Aug 2025, 13:25 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected9 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £685,5001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Lancashire9 Sept 2025 – 8 Sept 2029 | £685,500 inc. VAT | 28 Aug 2025standstill to 8 Sept 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- University of LancashireAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender