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Published 26 Sept 2025, 12:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Business Fire Safety Training

Official notice

Authority: Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority (Police & fire)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Wales (UKL)
Published estimate£400,000≈ £200k / year · £480,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 10 Dec 2025awarded 26 Feb 2026
Awarded to Compass Skills Training Limited
Contract term 2 yrsends 1 Mar 2028 · up to 1 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 2 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority on behalf of ourselves, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service and North Wales Fire and Rescue Service are seeking tenders for the provision of Business Fire Safety Training. Please note that North Wales Fire and Rescue Service have withdrawn from the tender process.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 10 Nov 2030, 23:59 GMT.

CPV: Personal development training services · Staff training services · Technical training services · Training seminars

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsSMEPublished value£400,000
Contract period: 2 Mar 2026 – 1 Mar 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 1 Mar 2031 with extensionsValue: £400,000 exc. VAT · £480,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Optional Specialist Courses relating to Business Fire Safety · option to extend by a further 36 months at 12-month intervals
80511000 Staff training services80522000 Training seminars80531200 Technical training services80570000 Personal development training services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical/Quality: 60%
  • Price: 30%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical/Quality
  • Price
  • Social Value
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 10 Nov 2030
First published
26 Sept 2025, 12:04 BST
Last source update
30 Mar 2026, 11:55 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 2 Feb 2026
Authority reference
PA23GPAGST4
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072404
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Personal development training servicesStaff training servicesTechnical training servicesTraining seminars
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a318 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

All invoices to be e-mailed directly to [email protected]

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
10 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
3 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en, cy
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.sell2wales.gov.wales ↗

Timeline

26 Sept 2025 → 30 Mar 2026 · 11 dates
  1. Planning notice published389 days ago
    26 Sept 2025, 12:04 BST
  2. Market engagement368 days ago
    16 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    To inform open FTS tender, suppliers are invited to an online information event on 23rd October 2025, 10am - 10:45am, via Microsoft Teams, where representatives of Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority, as the lead on this procurement, will outline the procurement and the tender submission process, as well as fielding questions from prospective bidders.

    Please register your interest to bid for this opportunity via the sell2wales notice and register your place at the engagement event by contacting David Williams - [email protected] by 5pm on 17th October 2025.

  3. Tender notice published344 days ago
    10 Nov 2025, 13:16 GMT
  4. Next notice expected343 days ago
    10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Clarification questions by320 days ago
    3 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
  6. Submission deadline314 days ago
    10 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
  7. Award decision expected by259 days ago
    2 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
  8. Assessment summaries sent236 days ago
    26 Feb 2026
  9. Contract starts232 days ago
    2 Mar 2026
  10. Standstill ends224 days ago
    9 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
  11. Latest notice published204 days ago
    30 Mar 2026, 11:55 BST

Notice history

9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Sept 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Sept 2025, 12:04 BST
    UK2
  2. Tender notice published
    10 Nov 2025, 13:16 GMT
    UK4
  3. Status changed to active
    10 Nov 2025, 13:16 GMT
  4. Procurement method changed
    10 Nov 2025, 13:16 GMT
  5. Deadline published: 10 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
    10 Nov 2025, 13:16 GMT
  6. Contract award notice published
    26 Feb 2026, 14:22 GMT
    UK6
  7. Status changed to complete
    26 Feb 2026, 14:22 GMT
  8. Contract signature expected
    13 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  9. Contract details notice published
    30 Mar 2026, 11:55 BST
    UK7
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-09: 1 release · 26 Sept 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £400,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Compass Skills Training LimitedSME16 Mar 2026 – 15 Mar 2028 · up to 15 Mar 2031Extensions: option to extend by a further 36 months at 12-month intervals. · Options: Optional Specialist Courses relating to Business Fire Safety£400,00026 Feb 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • Business Fire Safety Training · Compass Skills Training LimitedSME

    Signed
    25 Mar 2026
    Value
    £400,000
    Period
    25 Mar 2026 – 24 Mar 2028 · up to 24 Mar 2031 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    option to extend by a further 36 months at 12-month intervals
    Options
    Optional Specialist Courses relating to Business Fire Safety

    No agreed KPIs: Not applicable at this time.

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2final-stage tenders20—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PGBC-9888-YDYX Fire Service Headquarters, Carmarthen, Wales, SA31 1SPContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • North Wales Fire and Rescue ServiceContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations applyGB-PPON: PCXP-7467-ZWXQ St Asaph, WalesContact email
  • South Wales Fire and Rescue ServiceContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations applyGB-PPON: PQMW-9436-MMYZ Llantrisant, WalesContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Compass Skills Training Limited Awarded supplierGB-PPON: PRCD-4773-PWJM Compass House Cowling Business Park, Chorley, North West, PR6 0QLContact email

Official documents & specifications (12)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure