Official UK procurement notice
Hazmat and RPS Initial Courses and Requalification
Authority: South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Police & fire)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIn collaboration with Mid and West Wales Fire & Rescue Service (MAWWFRS) and North Wales Fire & Rescue Service (NWFRS), South Wales Fire & Rescue Service (SWFRS) are looking for a supplier to provide initial courses, re-qualification courses and scenario-based maintenance of skills days to our HAZMAT and Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) officers. Delegates from other UK Fire and Rescue Services may also attend the courses as and when required.
- Recurrence: Jan 28 (if extension is not taken) Jan 29 (if extension is taken)
CPV: Education and training services · Training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 1 bids received (1.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1There are 4 courses that the successful supplier will need to be able to deliver as…AwardedRenewal
There are 4 courses that the successful supplier will need to be able to deliver as part of this contract. The courses are as follows:
Initial HAZMAT & RPS Combined Course
HAZMAT & RPS Combined Requalification Course
Initial RPS Course
HMA Scenario training day
There are currently 64 HAZMAT officers between the 3 Services, all of which will require a HAZMAT/RPS requalification course in the 2025/26 financial year and every year thereafter.
New officers will require a HAZMAT/RPS initial course and these will be booked as and when required.
There are also some delegates that have already attended a HMA initial course without the RPS qualification. These delegates will need to attend a RPS initial course. The supplier must be able to deliver RPS initial courses to these individuals.
The HMA scenario training day would consist of delivery of scenario based maintenance of skills sessions delivered to existing HMAs as part of their continuous CPD in addition to their annual recertification course.
Please see Appendix B – Course Requirements for further detail on our requirements for each course.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 40
- Price: 60
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Hazmat and RPS Initial Courses and Requalification” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Jan 28 (if extension is not taken) Jan 29 (if extension is taken)
- First published
- 27 Jan 2025, 08:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Aug 2025, 13:17 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Feb 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050167- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d650Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (WA Ref:154847)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 27 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 27 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
27 Feb 2025 → 20 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown27 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened27 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published20 Aug 2025, 13:17 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete20 Aug 2025, 13:17 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 050167-2025-SWEU058-1
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue AuthorityContracting authority
- North Wales Fire and Rescue ServiceContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- GREEN RISK ASSESSMENT LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria