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Published 25 Sept 2025, 15:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of First Aid Training to North, East & South Ayrshire Councils

Official notice

Authority: North Ayrshire Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£305,000exc. VAT25.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 29 Oct 2025awarded 10 Feb 2026
Awarded to First Stop Safety Training LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

North Ayrshire Council, East Ayrshire Council and South Ayrshire Council (the collaborative partners) require the provision of first aid training from a suitably experienced and certified training organisation. Attendees at the first aid training sessions may consist of any combination of staff from the collaborative partners.

  • Recurrence: Further noticed to be published after expiry of this tender.

CPV: Health and first-aid training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: Scotland · Ayrshire
Extensions: Contract to be renewed upon completion.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30
  • Price: 70
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.

    Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships

  • Economic & financial standing

    Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “average” turnover of (61,000)GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.

    Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover will be excluded from this tender.

    Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading or a 1-year projected should be submitted.

    It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

    Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = [5 million]GBP in respect of any one event

    www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf ↗

    Public Liability Insurance [5 million]GBP in respect of any one event

    Professional Indemnity Insurance [1 million]GBP in the aggregate

    Third-Party Motor Vehicle Insurance

    A valid motor vehicle certificate must be held in the company name or (where there is no fleet but rather the company permits its employees to use their personal vehicles for business purposes), a letter signed by a person of appropriate authority - confirming that the company has ongoing arrangements in place to ensure their employees' vehicles are appropriately insured and maintained.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders are required to provide one experience example for multiple contracts or a single contract adding to 61,000 GBP, with 2 references provided by the 2 highest value customers or one reference provided by the 61,000 GBP contract carried out in the past 3 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the services described in the Contract Notice. The services must be of a similar value, size and scope. Unsatisfactory experience will result in exclusion from the tender process. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar value, size and scope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 2 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.

    Completed experience and reference templates must be zipped and uploaded at question 4C.1 of the qualification envelope.

    Bidders who intend to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements detailed in the Contract Notice, must confirm they have (or have access to) the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain. This will include confirmation that they have the systems in place to pay subcontractors through the supply chain promptly and effectively, and provide evidence when requested of:

    a) their standard payment terms.

    b) ≥95% of all supply chain invoices being paid on time (in accordance with the terms of contract) in the last financial year.

    Bidders unable to confirm (b) must provide an improvemen…

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · Further noticed to be published after expiry of this tender.
First published
25 Sept 2025, 15:44 BST
Last source update
11 Feb 2026, 09:54 GMT
Award evaluation window
29 Oct 2025 – …
Authority reference
NAC/5211
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-012220
Classification (CPV)
Health and first-aid training services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM93)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a25d Find a Tender

Publisher note: Lots are not being used for this tender for the reason(s) stated below: Value of contract not suitable for lots. Nature of the contract not suitable for lots. Requires additional contract management resource which is not available. Quality Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent) or a documented policy regarding quality management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Health and Safety Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with ISO 45001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed and documented policy for Health and Safety management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. (SC Ref:823371)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
29 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
29 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

29 Oct 2025 → 11 Feb 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline363 days ago
    29 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened363 days ago
    29 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published258 days ago
    11 Feb 2026, 09:54 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Feb 2026, 09:54 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £226,3901 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2222 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Feb 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
First Stop Safety Training LTDSME£226,390 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
22bids · 22 electronic · 22 from abroad22——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

North Ayrshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Cunninghame House, Friars Croft, Irvine, Scotland, KA12 8EEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body KilmarnockContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.