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title: "C25065 - Compartment Fire Behaviour Training Instructor Course"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05d89a"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "KENT AND MEDWAY TOWNS FIRE AUTHORITY"
published: "2025-11-03"
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# C25065 - Compartment Fire Behaviour Training Instructor Course

Buyer: KENT AND MEDWAY TOWNS FIRE AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05d89a

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## Summary

The Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority has completed a procurement process for a training contract titled "C25065 - Compartment Fire Behaviour Training Instructor Course." The procurement process involves a direct award to the Fire Service College, which is based in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. The course is scheduled for December 2025, specifically from the 8th to the 19th, and falls under the fire-brigade and rescue services industry category. This procurement was necessary to address the urgent requirement for training five officers to qualify as Level 3 fire behaviour instructors. The process adheres to UK legislation under the legal basis ID 2023/54.

This tender creates significant opportunities for businesses involved in fire safety and training services. Entities with expertise in delivering specialised fire training and possessing the capacity to handle urgent training requirements would benefit from competing in similar tenders. The direct award approach highlights the necessity for providers to demonstrate technical capabilities and availability to meet immediate needs. Large-scale suppliers with a comprehensive understanding of fire-brigade operations and educational service delivery will find this market sector particularly conducive to growth by catering to specific and urgent demands from public authorities.

## Notice

Kent Fire and Rescue Service have direct awarded a contract for a Compartment Fire Behaviour Training Instructor Course to the Fire Service College due to the requirement to send 5 officers on the course in December 2025. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=991439743

### Procurement Information

Kent Fire and Rescue Services need to urgently send 5 officers on the Compartment Fire Behaviour Training Instructor Course in December 2025. The Fire Service College were the only supplier that had availability /spaces to be able to deliver the course in December 2025. Kent Fire and Rescue Services needed to send officers on the training in order to run live fire training courses, the course qualifies training coaches to Level 3, meaning that they are able to carry out 3-key roles in live fire training - monitoring safety within the compartment, setting the conditions within the compartment and assessing students within the compartment. Due to the urgency to have a provider deliver the course Kent Fire and Rescue have Direct Awarded to The Fire Service College.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070319-2025 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Nov 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Nov 2025 |
| Contract period | 8 Dec 2025 - 19 Dec 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £36,500 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | KENT AND MEDWAY TOWNS FIRE AUTHORITY |
| Locality | MAIDSTONE |
| Post town | Rochester |
| Postcode | ME15 6XB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ4 Kent |
| ITL 3 | TLJ45 Mid Kent |
| Local authority | Maidstone |
| Electoral ward | Tovil |
| Westminster constituency | Maidstone and Malling |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FIRE SERVICE COLLEGE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 75250000 - Fire-brigade and rescue services
- 75251000 - Fire-brigade services
- 75251100 - Firefighting services
- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 3 Nov 2025 at 10:05 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070319-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070319-2025
  3rd November 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=991439743
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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