Official UK procurement notice
Provision of HDIM Maintenance of Skills Training
Authority: South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Police & fire)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis invitation to Quote (ITQ) has been issued by the Contracting Authority who are seeking to award a below-threshold contract for the provision of HDIM Maintenance of Skills Training.
The Contracting Authority will award the contract to a single supplier.
The Contract Term shall be for a period of 1 year with the option to extend by up to a further 48 months (subject to an annual review and Welsh Government funding).
The anticipated commencement date of the contract is 11th July 2025. Any changes to this commencement date will be communicated to all Bidders through the e-tendering portal.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished 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
- Closed
- 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
- 19 Jun 2025, 09:33 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Jun 2025, 09:33 BST
- Authority reference
SWITQ176- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-033555- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f99Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
19 Jun 2025 → 11 Jul 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published19 Jun 2025, 09:33 BST
- Clarification questions by23 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline24 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts11 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published19 Jun 2025, 09:33 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Mid and West 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
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications ITQ Part 1
- 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 Appendix C - T&C's
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender