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title: "Training Facilities"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06eb0d"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Cumbria Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority"
published: "2026-08-25"
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# Training Facilities

Buyer: Cumbria Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06eb0d

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## Summary

Cumbria Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority commissioned multiple training facilities across its fire estates. The requirement is construction work to provide or improve facilities used for fire and rescue training. Delivery covers the authority’s estates across the United Kingdom, with the buyer based at CFRS Headquarters in Penrith, Cumbria. The work is relevant to construction contractors with experience delivering public-sector facilities, estate projects or specialist operational buildings. It may also suit firms able to manage construction across multiple sites and coordinate work within an operational fire and rescue environment. The procurement covers one requirement titled Training Facilities and is categorised as works. The authority is a sub-central public body responsible for Cumbria’s fire and rescue service.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Stepnell Limited. The award was made on 30 July 2026 for £999,000 excluding VAT, or £1,198,000 including VAT. The contract period runs from 27 August 2026 to 31 March 2027. It used a selective procedure, with the stated route being a below-threshold award under a framework. The award was non-competitive. One lot was completed and awarded. Stepnell Limited is the selected supplier. A contract signature milestone was scheduled for 26 August 2026. The requirement was treated as construction work and was below the applicable threshold. No separate quality, technical or price weighting is recorded in the procurement outcome.

For a supplier that did not win this procurement, the award provides a clear indication of demand for multi-site training-facility construction within a fire and rescue estate. A credible future competitor would need the capacity to deliver public-sector building works across several locations, manage a defined works programme, and coordinate safely with the authority’s operational estate. Experience of constructing or refurbishing training, emergency-services, industrial or similarly controlled facilities would help demonstrate relevant capability. Suppliers should also understand how to work through framework arrangements and selective below-threshold call-offs, since that was the route used here. The successful supplier was a large construction business, indicating that the requirement was suited to an organisation able to resource and manage a substantial, time-limited works package rather than only small standalone building tasks.

## Notice

Multiple training facilities to be commissioned across the Commissioners Fire estates.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080599-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - award under framework |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | 27 Aug 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £999,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Cumbria Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority |
| Locality | PENRITH |
| Postcode area | Carlisle |
| Postcode | CA10 2FA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD1 Cumbria |
| ITL 3 | TLD14 Westmorland and Furness |
| Local authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Electoral ward | Penrith South |
| Westminster constituency | Penrith and Solway |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | STEPNELL LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45000000 - Construction work

## Release History

- 25 Aug 2026 at 08:28 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080599-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080599-2026
  25th August 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.stepnell.co.uk
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-05203a
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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