C25065 - Compartment Fire Behaviour Training Instructor Course

Authority: Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority (Police & fire)

Direct award

Sectors: Administration, defence and social security services (75)Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Awarded value£36,500published award · inc. VAT

Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition

Award (standstill) to Fire Service College

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Kent Fire and Rescue Service have direct awarded a contract for a Compartment Fire Behaviour Training Instructor Course to the Fire Service College due to the requirement to send 5 officers on the course in December 2025.

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

75250000 Fire-brigade and rescue services 75251000 Fire-brigade services 75251100 Firefighting services 80000000 Education and training services

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: 3 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
Last source update: 3 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-070319
Latest notice: Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05d89a Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification: Kent Fire and Rescue Services need to urgently send 5 officers on the Compartment Fire Behaviour Training Instructor Course in December 2025. The Fire Service College were the only supplier that had availability /spaces to be able to deliver the course in December 2025.
Kent Fire and Rescue Services needed to send officers on the training in order to run live fire training courses, the course qualifies training coaches to Level 3, meaning that they are able to carry out 3-key roles in live fire training – monitoring safety within the compartment, setting the conditions within the compartment and assessing students within the compartment.
Due to the urgency to have a provider deliver the course Kent Fire and Rescue have Direct Awarded to The Fire Service College.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 3 Nov 2025

Transparency notice published
3 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
UK5
Contract signature expected
12 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1some still in standstill

Awarded value (inc. VAT) £36,5001 award inc. VAT; no net value published

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Fire Service College8 Dec 2025 – 19 Dec 2025	£36,500 inc. VAT	—	Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCTX-8834-ZQLL The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil, Maidstone, South East, ME15 6XBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Fire Service CollegeAwarded supplier London Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, South West, GL56 0RHContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender3 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT