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title: "Personal Safety Training, First Aid and Fire Marshall Training"
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# Personal Safety Training, First Aid and Fire Marshall Training

Buyer: CARE QUALITY COMMISSION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3f05230c-b3f8-4a41-b3b2-8a2e9af563fe

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## Summary

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) initiated a tender for "Personal Safety Training, First Aid and Fire Marshall Training," aimed at ensuring compliance with Health & Safety regulations in the organisation. This tender falls under the education and training services category and was planned to be published through an open procurement method, with a budget of £48,000. Key deadlines included a clarification questions cut-off on 20 November 2018 and a tender submission deadline set for 27 November 2018; however, the procurement process was later abandoned due to changing requirements within the CQC.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses specialising in health and safety training, particularly for those that can provide ongoing qualifications, re-qualifications, and refreshers to meet regulatory standards. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are well-positioned to compete, especially those experienced in delivering comprehensive training courses across multiple regions of the UK, including locations like the North East and London.

## Notice

----------This tender process has been abandoned------------ This is a specification for Health & Safety training courses required by the Care Quality Commission ("CQC"). CQC have a duty to comply with Health & Safety regulations and ensure we have sufficient trained and competent personnel in each of our offices across our whole organisation to deliver services such as Fire Marshall, First Aid and other services as specified below. The supplier will be required to deliver training in new qualifications, re-qualifications and refreshers, always ensuring the content of the courses meets with regulatory requirements. This is not a one off requirement - it is an ongoing delivery programme, demand of which will be subject to factors such as recruitment and staff turnover, changes in legislation and other similar factors. The deadline for any clarification questions is Tuesday 10am on 20 November 2018. It is envisaged CQC will be utilising its E-Tendering Portal for the eventual Tender exercise. Therefore, CQC kindly requests that organisations also register themselves on CQC's E-Tendering Portal via the following weblink: https://cqc-commercial.bravosolution.co.uk. Should you encounter any difficulties when registering on CQC's E-Tendering Portal, a dedicated helpdesk hosted by Bravo Solutions is available and can be contacted on 0800 368 4850. Should you experience any difficulties in accessing the documentation on Contracts finder please contact CQC Commercial and contracts team: commercialcontracts@cqc.org.uk Additional information: ----------This tender process has been abandoned------------ Further to the Contract Notice, please note that we have taken the decision not to proceed with this procurement for the following reason: - CQC requirements have changed. We are currently reviewing our approach to timescales and a further review of procurement documentation. We intend to issue revised set of documentation and a new procurement process for these services is expected to commence in the near future.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/898b86a6-35b4-43ed-99a6-036070f01340 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Dec 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 27 Nov 2018 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Dec 2018 |
| Contract period | 2 Jan 2019 - 2 Jan 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £48,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CARE QUALITY COMMISSION |
| Locality | NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE |
| Post town | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE1 1NB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside |
| Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Electoral ward | Monument |
| Westminster constituency | Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | N/A - THIS PROCUREMENT WAS ABANDONED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 20 Dec 2018 at 12:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/898b86a6-35b4-43ed-99a6-036070f01340
- 5 Nov 2018 at 16:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e0e39ff5-3118-4499-b315-43b1f3075458

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/898b86a6-35b4-43ed-99a6-036070f01340
  20th December 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e0e39ff5-3118-4499-b315-43b1f3075458
  5th November 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://cqc-commercial.bravosolution.co.uk
  BRAVO e-tendering portal

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