Official UK procurement notice
NRW 4x4 Training Framework 2027
Authority: Natural Resources Wales (Central government)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis UK3 notice provides advance notice of a forthcoming procurement opportunity.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of 4x4 vehicle training services.
The proposed framework will be divided into four geographical lots covering North Wales, Mid Wales, South West Wales and South East Wales. The requirement is expected to include the delivery of basic and advanced 4x4 operator training, competency assessments, certification and periodic reassessment for NRW employees who operate four-wheel drive vehicles as part of their duties. Training must be delivered by suitably qualified, Lantra-approved instructors and be aligned with current industry standards.
Suppliers will be required to provide suitable training venues and land within the geographical area of the lot(s) bid for. Training locations must support practical off-road driving exercises, be representative of the operational environments encountered by NRW staff, be appropriately insured and risk assessed, and provide suitable welfare facilities.
The framework is anticipated to operate for an initial period of two years, with options to extend for up to a further two years.
CPV: Personnel-training services · Training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 May 2027
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published valueEvery one of these 4 lots carries the same published figure, £30,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1North WalesPlannedRenewalceiling above
North Wales - corresponding to the combined local authority areas: Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham
Lot #2Mid WalesPlannedRenewalceiling above
Mid Wales - Powys, Ceredigion
Lot #3South West WalesPlannedRenewalceiling above
South West Wales - Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot
Lot #4South East WalesPlannedRenewalceiling above
South East Wales - Bridgend, Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, Newport, Monmouthshire
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “NRW 4x4 Training Framework 2027” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Natural Resources Wales buys Training services (CPV 8050), and who usually turns up
Natural Resources Wales’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Training services (CPV 8050) →
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Wales (Cymru).
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1 bid4% / 14%
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Lot #1North WalesCPV 80500000Published estimate£30k
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1 bid14%
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Cynnal Cymru Sustain Wales and Manchester Metropolitan UniversityEarlier contract | NRW’s Climate Literacy Training 2026-2027notice published Jun 2026 | — | £43k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| First Response (First Aid) LimitedLive contract | NRW First Aid Training Framework 2026runs to Oct 2028 | NRW First Aid Training Framework 2026 - Lot 1 | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #2Mid WalesCPV 80500000Published estimate£30k
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1 bid14%
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Cynnal Cymru Sustain Wales and Manchester Metropolitan UniversityEarlier contract | NRW’s Climate Literacy Training 2026-2027notice published Jun 2026 | — | £43k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| St John Ambulance CymruLive contract | NRW First Aid Training Framework 2026runs to Oct 2028 | NRW First Aid Training Framework 2026 - Lot 2 | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #3South West WalesCPV 80500000Published estimate£30k
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1 bid14%
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4–636%
7+7%
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Cynnal Cymru Sustain Wales and Manchester Metropolitan UniversityEarlier contract | NRW’s Climate Literacy Training 2026-2027notice published Jun 2026 | — | £43k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #4South East WalesCPV 80500000Published estimate£30k
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The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 14 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid14%
2–343%
4–636%
7+7%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Cynnal Cymru Sustain Wales and Manchester Metropolitan UniversityEarlier contract | NRW’s Climate Literacy Training 2026-2027notice published Jun 2026 | — | £43k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
60% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
60% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (60% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
NRW First Aid Training Framework 2026 — held by First Response (First Aid) Limited and St John Ambulance Cymru; the published contract ends 5 Oct 2028.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- 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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Oct 2026, 14:09 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 14:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Mar 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097510- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078899Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 12 Jan 2027
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
ITT will be carried out Via E-Tender Wales - Please check and ensure you are registered etenderwales.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗
Timeline
15 Oct 2026 → 1 May 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published5 days ago15 Oct 2026, 14:09 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 42 days1 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 83 days · period end, not a bid countdown12 Jan 2027
- Award decision expected byin 148 days17 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 192 days1 May 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published15 Oct 2026, 14:09 BSTUK3
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
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- No contract published
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender