Official UK procurement notice
Fire Scene Investigation Training
Authority: Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority (Police & fire)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority on behalf of ourselves, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service and North Wales Fire and Rescue Service are looking to set up a framework for Fire Scene Investigation Training and are seeking tenders from suppliers who can deliver this training. The successful bidder will provide Fire Scene Investigation Training to enable staff from the three Welsh Fire and Rescue Services to be considered as Tier 2 Fire Scene Investigators in line with the NFCC Competency Framework and to competently conduct investigations commensurate with this role.The successful bidder will provide training and assessment facilities that will enable Welsh FRS delegates to attain the Skills for Justice (SFJ) Awards - Level 5 Certificate in Fire Investigation in line with the provisions of the SFJ Qualification Handbook and the NFCC Competency Framework for Fire Investigation 2nd Edition.The framework will be for an initial period of 2 years, with an option to extend for a further 24 months at 12-month intervals.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 12 Oct 2030, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Fire-brigade and rescue services · Higher education services · Investigation services · Personnel-training services · Training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Feb 2027
Published description of the framework
Single supplier framework
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Fire Scene Investigation Training” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority buys Training services (CPV 8050), and who usually turns up
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Training services (CPV 8050) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 93% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 88% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 79 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 17% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid11%
2–322%
4–626%
7+41%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7963Published estimate£200k
This lot is listed as CPV 7963. The table above uses the notice category.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid40%
2–315%
4–68%
7+37%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Capita Business Services LtdWorked for this buyer | Provision of a Firefighter Training Venue and Facilitiesnotice published Dec 2023 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Compass Skills Training LimitedWorked for this buyer | Business Fire Safety Trainingruns to Mar 2028 | — | £400k | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £285k3 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | 2 live · £350k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £3.1bn49 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 20 live · £6.0bn iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=14 | |
| £1.0m2 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £1.0m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 18% below n=2 | |
| £495k4 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 3 live · £455k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £436k3 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 2 live · £330k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 12 Oct 2030
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 14:07 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2026, 10:12 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
PA23GPAGST10- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096096- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0778a7Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Timeline
23 Sept 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 9 dates- Planning notice published33 days ago23 Sept 2026, 14:07 BST
- Market engagement19 days ago7 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
To inform open FTS tender, suppliers are invited to an online information event on Thursday 8th October 2026, 10am - 10:45am, via Microsoft Teams, where representatives of Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority will outline the procurement and the tender submission process, as well as fielding questions from prospective bidders.
To register your place at the engagement event contact David Williams - procurement@mawwfire.gov.uk by 5pm on 7th October 2026.
- Tender notice published14 days ago12 Oct 2026, 13:41 BST
- Next notice expected14 days ago12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published11 days ago16 Oct 2026, 10:12 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 7 days3 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 14 days · period end, not a bid countdown10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 76 days11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 96 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Sept 2026, 14:07 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published12 Oct 2026, 13:41 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active12 Oct 2026, 13:41 BST
- Procurement method changed12 Oct 2026, 13:41 BST
- Deadline published: 10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT12 Oct 2026, 13:41 BST
- Tender notice published16 Oct 2026, 10:12 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- North Wales Fire and Rescue ServiceContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply
- South Wales Fire and Rescue ServiceContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply
Official documents & specifications (10)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix D - Welsh Language Standards Questionnaire
- Bidding documents and specifications ITT Part 1 Fire Scene Investigation Training
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix A - Welsh Procurement Specific Questionnaire Fire Scene Investigation Training
- Bidding documents and specifications ITT Part 2 Fire Scene Investigation Training v2
- Bidding documents and specifications ITT Part 2 Fire Scene Investigation Training
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix B - Framework Agreement for the Supply of Services
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix C - Specification Fire Scene Investigation Training
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender