Published date: 3 May 2017
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
Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment - 35000000
Location of contract
East Midlands
Value of contract
£200,000
Procurement reference
FBT
Published date
3 May 2017
Closing date
3 June 2017
Contract start date
18 September 2017
Contract end date
31 December 2017
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service prides itself in its community safety and response activities it provides to the people of Leicestershire. As part of our ongoing commitment we are recruiting 25 Whole-Time firefighters during 2017.
The purpose of this notification is to identify suitable suppliers of Firefighter Basic Training who would be eligible to tender for this work.
Prospective suppliers must have an up to date working knowledge of relevant legislation and appropriate standards of training for whole time firefighters. Suppliers should have appropriate premises, resources and instructional staff to enable delivery of practical and theoretical training.
Suppliers should have a working knowledge of the core competencies of the Fire Professional Framework and National Occupational Standards for Fire and Rescue. An ability to award nationally accredited qualifications will also be an advantage.
The tender specification for this work will include options to provide both residential and 'outreach' style provision.
Prospective suppliers:
Must have an up to date working knowledge of relevant legislation and appropriate standards of training for whole time firefighters. Suppliers should have appropriate premises, resources and instructional staff to enable delivery of practical and theoretical training.
Suppliers should have a working knowledge of the core competencies of the Fire Professional Framework and National Occupational Standards for Fire and Rescue. An ability to award nationally accredited qualifications will also be an advantage.
The tender specification for this work will include options to provide both residential and 'outreach' style provision.
The programme must last no longer than 8 weeks.
Start on the 18th September 2017.
It is expected that 25 Firefighters will be recruited however capacity to accommodate 28 Trainee Firefighters maybe required.
Training providers that have experience in delivering firefighter basic training programme to local authority fire services with appropriately qualified training staff and resources will be considered.
Training providers who can provide both residential and 'outreach' style provision will be considered.
More information
Attachments
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- WT RFQ.doc
- Bidding documents
- Firefighter Basic Training -Tender document
About the buyer
Contact name
Chris Parsons
Address
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service
Learning & Development Team
Loughborough
LE11 3GE
England
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