Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Fire Engineering Training (Diploma and Degree Level)
Authority: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Fire Engineering Training (Diploma and Degree Level)
CPV: Adult-education services at university level · Education and training services · Engineering design services · Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings · Engineering support services · Higher education services · Miscellaneous engineering services · Safety education services · Special education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 May 2023, 16:23 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2026, 12:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 21 Jun 2023 – …
- Authority reference
NP3A-096-2425- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096027- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ce5fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
- Published justification
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are a consultee of Building Standards in Scotland and as such, regularly review Fire Engineering Strategies and Alternative Solutions to ensure they comply with the Scottish Technical Handbook. The Scottish Technical Handbook is the guidance document used by the Local Building Standards Authorities, by which a building is built.
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:845491)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 21 Jun 2023, 13:30 BST
Timeline
21 Jun 2023 → 12 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Submission deadline21 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened21 Jun 2023, 13:30 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until23 Oct 2023, 23:59 BST
- Notice published10 days ago12 Oct 2026, 12:10 BST
Notice history
3 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Aug 2024- Status changed to unsuccessful8 Aug 2024, 14:48 BST
- Status changed to complete20 Feb 2025, 15:25 GMT
- Procurement method changed20 Feb 2025, 15:25 GMT
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2023-05: 1 release · 22 May 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLAN | £185,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| UCLAN | £114,000 † | — | Awarded |
1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- UCLANAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria