Scope
Description
Lot 2 - Confined Spaces Training
Lot 3 - General Health & Safety Training
Lot 4 - Heavy Plant and Machinery Training
Lot 5 - Lifting and Winching training
Lot 7 - Site Management and Incident Response Training
The Environment Agency (EA) uses a range of plant and equipment to manage many sites and maintain thousands of assets across the country, to help save lives and protect the environment. As a Category One responder, reacting to thousands of environmental and flooding incidents and potential incidents each year, the training provided through this contract will not only prepare its staff for the work they carry out in their day jobs, but also their incident roles.
The EA must have a competent and confident workforce who carry out work to protect people and the environment by operating and maintaining its flood and coastal assets and responding to incidents.
The purpose of this procurement is to coordinate and deliver the required training, to the required standard.
Lot 2. Confined Spaces Training
Description
Delivery of the suite of 6160 City and Guilds Accredited confined space entry and rescue courses (Water Based). This Lot also includes the delivery of 'Confined Space Awareness for Managers and Supervisors - R87' (similar to an Appointed Persons Course). The main audience for these courses are operational field-based staff who are required to enter confined spaces routinely. The types of confined spaces entered varies from culverts, penstocks, flow control structures, and pumping station wet wells. The R87 training is to help supervisors and managers ensure that suitable controls are in place, and for ensuring general legal compliance. The successful Tenderer(s) must have the ability to deliver on-site training via the use of a City and Guilds approved mobile entry simulator.
Lot 3. General Health and Safety Training
Description
A general Lot that focuses on equipping individuals with the technical skills and safety knowledge required for a range of operational tasks. Key areas include safe digging practices under EUSR standards, with novice and refresher courses to locate and manage utility services effectively. Other safety-oriented courses cover the use and inspection of fall arrest harnesses, ladders, scaffold towers, and working-at-height equipment. Training on hand tools, circular and band saws, and abrasive wheels ensures competence in handling both manual and power-driven equipment.
Lot 4. Heavy Plant and Machinery Training
Description
Delivery of a wide range of training covering the use of heavy plant and machinery including for use in construction and agricultural operations as well as to support the organisations operational and response work. The primary audience for this Lot is Environment Agency Field Operations staff with the purpose to enable them to operate heavy plant and machinery to a safe, effective and efficient standard to deliver their assigned work.
Lot 5. Lifting and Winching Training
Description
Delivery of training covering lifting and winching including during agricultural and forestry operations as well as to support the organisations operational and response work. The primary audience for this Lot is Environment Agency Field Operations staff with the purpose to enable them to safely and efficiently deliver lifting and winching operations to undertake their assigned work.
Lot 7. Site Management and Incident Response Training
Description
This Lot covers a broad spectrum of safety, operational, and maintenance skills including several levels of training for the New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) in Signing, Lighting, and Guarding for both operatives and supervisors. Additionally, there are specialised courses such as Pollution Response Training, Vehicle Marshalling, and practical training in deployment of Temporary Barriers and Small Pumps. These programs aim to equip individuals with hands-on experience and the necessary knowledge to handle site-specific challenges effectively. It also includes provision of safety-focused certifications like the Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) for novices, and Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) as well as a bespoke course for hazard awareness and risk assessment. This course is designed to improve the participants' ability to identify risks and manage safety in complex work environments, ensuring a safer and more efficient approach to operations and maintenance.
Contract 1. Essential Site, Plant & Equipment Training - lots 2,3,,4,5 & 7
Lots
Lot 2. Confined Spaces Training
Lot 3. General Health and Safety Training
Lot 4. Heavy Plant and Machinery Training
Lot 5. Lifting and Winching Training
Lot 7. Site Management and Incident Response Training
Supplier
Contract value
- £5,412,476 excluding VAT
- £6,494,971.20 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Date signed
12 January 2026
Contract dates
- 12 January 2026 to 27 November 2028
- Possible extension to 27 November 2030
- 4 years, 10 months, 16 days
Description of possible extension:
Two possible 12-month extensions
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 80510000 - Specialist training services
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
Key performance indicators
| Name | Reporting frequency |
|---|---|
| Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower | 6 months |
| Responsiveness | 3 months |
| Delivery to Specification | 6 months |
| Provision of Management Information | 3 months |
| Reporting of Incidents and Non-attendance | 3 months |
| Locality of Courses | 3 months |
| Innovation | 6 months |
| Instructor CPD | 6 months |
Signed contract documents
C32649 Lots 2,3,4,5&7.zip
Submission
Submission type
Tenders
Other information
Applicable trade agreements
- Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Competitive flexible procedure
Supplier
INTERTRAIN UK LTD.
- Companies House: 04696164
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PXCQ-2548-XWQM
Balby Court
Doncaster
DN4 8DE
United Kingdom
Region: UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1. Essential Site, Plant & Equipment Training - lots 2,3,,4,5 & 7
Contracting authority
Environment Agency
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNWW-1475-NYLN
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@defra.gov.uk
Region: UKI32 - Westminster
Organisation type: Public authority - central government
Other organisation
These organisations are carrying out the procurement, or part of it, on behalf of the contracting authorities.
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
Summary of their role in this procurement: undertaking the project on behalf of the EA
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNBD-3289-CDGX
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@defra.gov.uk
Region: UKI32 - Westminster