Official UK procurement notice
Fire Scene Investigation Training
Authority: Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority (Police & fire)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority are publishing this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to notify suppliers that 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 looking to set up a framework for Fire Scene Investigation Training. The successful bidder will provide Fire Scene Investigation Training to enable staff from the three Welsh Fire and Rescue Services to be considered as Tier 2 Fire Scene Investigators in line with the NFCC Competency Framework and to competently conduct investigations commensurate with this role. The successful bidder will provide training and assessment facilities that will enable Welsh FRS delegates to attain the Skills for Justice (SFJ) Awards - Level 5 Certificate in Fire Investigation in line with the provisions of the SFJ Qualification Handbook and the NFCC Competency Framework for Fire Investigation 2nd Edition. A detailed specification of requirements will be provided to suppliers within the tender documentation, which will be advertised in October 2026.
CPV: Fire-brigade and rescue services · Higher education services · Investigation services · Personnel-training services · Training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Feb 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal
- Extensions
- Extension options published
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 14:07 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 14:07 BST
- Authority reference
PA23GPAGST10- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0778a7
How it was run
- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedearlier today23 Sept 2026, 14:07 BST
- Market engagementin 14 days7 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
To inform open FTS tender, suppliers are invited to an online information event on Thursday 8th October 2026, 10am - 10:45am, via Microsoft Teams, where representatives of Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority will outline the procurement and the tender submission process, as well as more…
fielding questions from prospective bidders. To register your place at the engagement event contact David Williams - [email protected] by 5pm on 7th October 2026. - Tender notice expectedin 19 days12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 130 days1 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Sept 2026, 14:07 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- North Wales Fire and Rescue ServiceContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply
- South Wales Fire and Rescue ServiceContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender