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# Specialist Multi-Agency Operational Training Venue for Smoke-filled Environment training programme (SFE)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-multi-agency-operational-training-venue-for-smoke-filled-environment-training-p-ocds-h6vhtk-06f3ec). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** London Fire Commissioner: "Specialist Multi-Agency Operational Training Venue for Smoke-filled Environment training programme (SFE)". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [London Fire Commissioner](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-fire-commissioner-GB-PPON-PVBD-9678-ZYDR)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Safety training services, Specialist training services, Training facilities, Training facilities building
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-multi-agency-operational-training-venue-for-smoke-filled-environment-training-p-ocds-h6vhtk-06f3ec#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06f3ec`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-multi-agency-operational-training-venue-for-smoke-filled-environment-training-p-ocds-h6vhtk-06f3ec#tl-md)

## Description
Title: Specialist Multi-Agency Operational Training Venue
1. Introduction
This document is issued as part of a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise by The London Fire Commissioner. better known as the London Fire Brigade (LFB). The purpose of this engagement is to identify organisations capable of providing a specialist training venue to enable LFB trainers to conduct training exercises for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the London Fire Brigade (LFB).
This notice is issued for information and market engagement purposes only. It is not a call for competition, does not constitute a procurement exercise, and does not commit the Authority to commencing any future procurement.
2. Background
The Smoke-Filled Environment (SFE) training programme is a multi-agency working agreement between the MPS and the LFB, for LFB to provide a series of weekly training depending on LFB and MPS availability, for safety critical smoke-filled environment training to MPS officers. This is a specialised training which can only be carried out in specific secure training environments with smoke rooms and specialist buildings designed and built to be used to train officers to respond in smoke filled environments.
Information gathered through this engagement will assist the Authority in understanding market capability, refining its requirements, and determining the most appropriate procurement strategy.
3. Scope of Requirement
The training requires a secure, purpose-built environment capable of accommodating specialist firefighting and tactical police training. The training facility should provide accommodation and catering facilities for 15 to 25 officers which can vary depending on MPS availability.
4. Information Requested
The Authority is seeking information from interested organisations to complete Table 1 accessed via the InTend portal (https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/publictenders) to provide a training venue that can satisfy the following minimum operational requirements.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 45214800, 80510000, 80520000, 80550000

- **Contract Period:** 02/12/2026 to 30/11/2028

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F084853-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-08T11:39:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T23:00:05.533Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06f3ec