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Published 23 Sept 2026, 12:18 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Skills for Justice - Market Engagement

Authority: Kent & Medway Town Fire Authority (Police & fire)

ServicesBelow threshold
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: South East (UKJ4)
Published estimate£10,000≈ £5k / year · £10,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsup to 3 yrs with extensions · starts 2 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Kent Fire and Rescue Service is carrying out this market engagement to understand what suppliers are on the market that can accredit Strategic Command Course material in relation to Skills For Justice (SFJ).

To provide a service which will advise, guide and support the Training Delivery & Exercise Lead ensure the SFJ process is correct for our requirements, and if so, ensure the course material is ready for the SFJ process for the course to be accredited along with ongoing support.

Full service specification and market engagement questionnaire can be found in the documentation linked to this notice on the Kent Business Portal.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:

https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Training-programme-services./25555SF46P

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/25555SF46P

CPV: Training programme services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs
Contract period: 2 Nov 2026 — 1 Nov 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 3 yrs with extensionsDelivery: South East
Extensions
Extension options published
80521000 Training programme services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
23 Sept 2026, 12:18 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 12:18 BST
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Training programme services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07787f

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    23 Sept 2026, 12:18 BST
  2. Market engagementin 16 days
    9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTSuppliers are required to access the Kent Business Portal and complete the market engagement questionnaire linked to the notice. This is not a call for competition it is to understand what suppliers on the market can carry out the service detailed in the service specification.
  3. Contract startsin 39 days
    2 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 12:18 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Kent & Medway Town Fire Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCTX-8834-ZQLL The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil, Maidstone, South East, ME15 6XB [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure