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Provision of Fire Engineering Training (Diploma and Degree Level)

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

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12 Oct 2026 at 01:00

OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
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20 Feb 2025 at 00:00

OJEU - F15 - Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service commissioned fire engineering training at diploma and degree level. The training is for people who need to review fire engineering strategies and alternative solutions against the Scottish Technical Handbook, which guides building standards authorities on building construction. SFRS has a statutory duty to review fire engineering consultations referred by local authority building standards verifiers and needs qualified fire engineers to carry out this work. Delivery is at the SFRS National Training Centre on Westburn Drive in Cambuslang. The procurement is for professional training services, rather than fire engineering consultancy or construction work.

The procurement is complete and a contract was awarded to UCLAN. The contract is active and was signed on 27 May 2025, with a recorded value of £114,000. The data gives no contract period or award date. The requirement was procured as a limited procedure without prior publication of a competition, following two unsuccessful procurement exercises in the preceding 18 months, including one open procedure. The buyer cited its statutory duty to review fire engineering consultations as the reason for proceeding directly. There was one bid. The requirement was arranged as a single lot, with quality and price each weighted at 50%. The buyer reserved the option to add candidates if required. The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement.

This award demonstrates demand from Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for structured fire engineering education at both diploma and degree level, to help develop qualified fire engineers able to assess strategies and alternative solutions against Scottish building guidance. Training providers with credible fire engineering expertise and the capacity to deliver professional-level education would be relevant competitors if this requirement returns. The buyer’s statutory review responsibilities make the capability being developed closely tied to its operational need, rather than general engineering training. The previous unsuccessful procurement exercises, including an open procedure, and the eventual direct award indicate that providers would need to offer a suitable, deliverable training solution that meets the service’s specific requirements. Quality carried equal weight to price in the evaluation, so a strong technical and educational offer matters alongside competitive pricing.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Fire Engineering Training (Diploma and Degree Level)

Notice Description

Provision of Fire Engineering Training (Diploma and Degree Level)

Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of Fire Engineering Training (Diploma and Degree Level)

Options: Additional candidates if required.

Procurement Information

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. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) have a statutory duty as a consultee of Building Standards in Scotland, to review fire engineering consultations from the Local Authority Building Standards Verifiers. In order to do this and to enable SFRS to meet its statutory duty, we require qualified Fire Engineers. SFRS have undertaken two (2) failed procurement exercises for the provision of this requirement within the last 18 months - one of which was an Open Procedure. Therefore, in order to meet its statutory and legal obligations, it is proposed that SFRS award a contract, directly, for the Provision of Fire Engineering Training, using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication route to market.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000791010
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566489
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£114,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CAMBUSLANG
Postcode
G72 7NA
Postcode Area
Glasgow
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM9 Southern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM95 South Lanarkshire
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland
Local Authority
South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward
Cambuslang East
Westminster Constituency
Rutherglen

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

UCLAN

Further Information

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