Scope
Description
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.
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Contract 1
Supplier
Contract value
- £36,500 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
12 November 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 8 December 2025 to 19 December 2025
- 12 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 75250000 - Fire-brigade and rescue services
- 75251000 - Fire-brigade services
- 75251100 - Firefighting services
- 80000000 - Education and training services
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
- Single supplier - technical reasons
- Additional or repeat goods, services or works - extension or partial replacement
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.
Supplier
Fire Service College
London Road, Moreton-in-Marsh
Gloucestershire
GL56 0RH
United Kingdom
Telephone: 01608650831
Region: UKK13 - Gloucestershire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1
Contracting authority
Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCTX-8834-ZQLL
The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil
Maidstone
ME15 6XB
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@kent.fire-uk.org
Region: UKJ45 - Mid Kent
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government