Official UK procurement notice
HDIM Maintenance of Skills
Authority: South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Police & fire)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNational Resilience Wales enhances a select group of Tactical Officers within South Wales Fire and Rescue service to the role of HDIM. This is to provide the DIM capability (DIM Vehicle 19) across Wales in line with the DIM Model used across the UK.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) has a compliment of up to twenty fully qualified DIM advisors who are supported by Twenty Hazardous Materials Advisors (HMA), a role also encompassing both the Radiation Protection Supervisor qualification and that of an Environmental Protection Officer.
Due to the technical skills required by this group, National Resilience Wales alongside South Wales seeks to identify an external training provider to assist in identifying and supporting the SWFRS officers in maintaining competency as stated in the HDIM Competency standards framework, published by NFCC National Resilience.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£96,000
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 sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Criteria: 70%
- Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: Price as per ITQ documents
- Technical Criteria: Technical Criteria as per ITQ documents
- 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 May 2025, 13:11 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Dec 2025, 12:28 GMT
- Authority reference
SWITQ176- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-027732- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052700Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
27 May 2025 → 10 Dec 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published27 May 2025, 13:11 BST
- Clarification questions by10 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline17 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts7 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published316 days ago10 Dec 2025, 12:28 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2025- Tender notice published27 May 2025, 13:11 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published10 Dec 2025, 12:28 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete10 Dec 2025, 12:28 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN RISK ASSESSMENT LTDSME | £90,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
HDIM Maintenance of Skills · GREEN RISK ASSESSMENT LTDSME
- Signed
- 23 Jun 2025
- Value
- £90,000
- Period
- 1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026 · up to 30 Jun 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Options to extend for up to a further 48 months
3 agreed KPIs: Delivery of Rolling Training Programme · Customer Satisfaction · Issues
- Delivery of Rolling Training Programme
- Customer Satisfaction
- Issues
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue AuthorityContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply
- North Wales Fire and Rescue ServiceContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Green Risk AssessmentAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications ITQ Part 2
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix A - Pricing Schedule
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix B - Business Continuity Audit Report
- Bidding documents and specifications ITQ Part 1
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix C - Terms and Conditions
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender