Published date: 18 January 2023
Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.
Contract summary
Industry
Specialist training services - 80510000
Safety training services - 80550000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£156,000 to £157,000
Procurement reference
20230118144601-33133
Published date
18 January 2023
Closing date
1 February 2023
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
2 February 2023
Contract end date
3 February 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The LFB's main Fire safety training contract is currently held with Xact.
Xact currently provide Fire Safety qualifications Level 3, Level 4, and a Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety.
Since the implementation of this contract, there has been a change in the built environment, as a result - the LFB need to increase the number of qualified staff.
Any further variations to the existing contract will lead to an increase in price that exceeds 50% of the value of the original contract which renders a new procurement procedure.
The STA will act as a contingency buffer to train existing staff awaiting training. This contract will run concurrently with our existing Xact contract. The future objective is to run a competitive tender process to source a suitable training provider by 2023 to support the Fire Safety department to meet their statutory requirements.
LFB intends to award a contract, subject to a 10-day standstill period, without prior publication of a contract notice.
In compliance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015, all awards of contracts that are subject to European Procurement Directives are subject to a mandatory "standstill" period of at least 10 days.
A Contract cannot be entered into with the preferred provider until at least the eleventh calendar day following notification. This would not prevent continuing discussions with the preferred provider to ensure prompt mobilisation. The standstill period is expected to end at midnight at the end of 01/02/2023.
If steps are taken during this period to suggest that there may be a formal legal challenge to this award, or LFB determines an issue/concern with the process or preferred submission, then the contract award may be suspended until the matter is resolved (or not concluded if the matter cannot be resolved).
Subject to no legal challenge being received, the LFB intends to execute the Contract at the conclusion of the standstill period.
About the buyer
Contact name
Bola Oni
Address
169 Union Street
London
SE1 0LL
ENG
Telephone
07479467470
Website
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