Official UK procurement notice
End Point Assessments for Apprentices
Authority: Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority (Police & fire)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: North West (UKD7)
Awarded value£500,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 17 Feb 2026no call for competition
Awarded to SFJ Awards Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCall off from YPO Apprenticeships and Associated Training Framework ref 1086
CPV: Training programme services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1End Point Assessment for ApprenticeshipsAwarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Feb 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Feb 2026, 16:00 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-014474- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06566dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Call off from YPO framework reference 1086 for Apprentices and Associated Training Services
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SFJ Awards Limited | £500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 014474-2026-1 · SFJ Awards Limited
- Signed
- 17 Feb 2026
- Value
- £500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Merseyside Fire & Rescue AuthorityReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SFJ AWARDS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.