AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service published a contract notice for fire engineering training at diploma and degree level. The supplied contract record names UCLAN as supplier and records a contract value of £114,000 signed on 27 May 2025. However, the source also marks the only lot as cancelled while the award and contract are active, so the record should be read with caution.
Published outcomeA signed contract record is reported for an active award to UCLAN, subject to conflicting lot-status data.
Market significanceThis is a specialist public-sector education and training requirement in Scotland, with a reported signed value of £114,000.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
UCLAN
80% confidenceAward 096027-2026-NP3A-096-2425-1 · Lots 1 · 114000 GBP · active
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The active award names UCLAN as supplier. The linked contract records £114,000 and a signature date of 27 May 2025.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice publication
90% confidence20 February 2025
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Process published_at: 2025-02-20T15:25:09Z.
Award and contract notice update
95% confidence12 October 2026
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Release history records notice 096027-2026 with tags award and contract; source_updated_at is 2026-10-12T12:10:04+01:00.
Contract signature
95% confidence27 May 2025
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Contract 096027-2026-NP3A-096-2425-1 has dateSigned 2025-05-27.
Current source statuses
95% confidenceAward and contract active; sole lot cancelled
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Award and contract status are active, while lot 1 status is cancelled.
VALUES
Published values explained
Signed contract value
95% confidence£114,000
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Contract value.amount: 114000; currency: GBP.
Published process maximum value
80% confidence£140,000
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Process value_max: 140000 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Submission deadline
90% confidence21 June 2023, 12:00 (+01:00)
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Process submission_deadline: 2023-06-21T12:00:00+01:00.
Contract signed
95% confidence27 May 2025
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Contract dateSigned: 2025-05-27T00:00:00+01:00.
Award/contract notice published
95% confidence12 October 2026
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Release history for notice 096027-2026.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceProvision of Fire Engineering Training (Diploma and Degree Level)
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Process title and description; lot 1 description.
Service classification
99% confidenceCPV 80000000 — Education and training services
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Tender classification and supplied classifications.
Delivery location
95% confidenceSFRS National Training Centre, Westburn Drive, Cambuslang, G72 7NA (UKM)
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Tender item deliveryLocation description and delivery address region UKM.
Options
90% confidenceAdditional candidates if required
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Lot 1 hasOptions true; options description states this wording.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceLimited procedure: award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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Process procurement_method and procurement_method_details.
Stated rationale classification
90% confidenceNo tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
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procurementMethodRationaleClassifications description.
Evaluation weighting
85% confidenceQuality 50; price 50
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Lot 1 awardCriteria lists Quality description 50 and price description 50.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of bids and bidder identities not supplied
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
90% confidenceActive in the supplied contract record
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Contract status: active.
Contract start and end
99% confidenceUnknown
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Process contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null; no contract period is supplied.
Extension terms
99% confidenceNot supplied
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Value position
90% confidenceThe recorded signed value (£114,000) is £26,000 below the published process maximum (£140,000).
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Contract value is £114,000; process value_max is £140,000.
Procurement route
90% confidenceThe buyer used a limited procedure without prior call for competition, citing prior open-procedure outcomes in the stated rationale classification.
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Procurement method details and rationale classification.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Lot-status conflict
99% confidenceThe sole lot is marked cancelled, but the linked award and contract are marked active and the contract has a signed date.
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Lot 1 status cancelled; award and contract status active; contract dateSigned 2025-05-27.
Supplier identity limitation
99% confidenceUCLAN is an unverified source name. The Companies House matching workflow completed without a safe match (checked_unmatched).
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Supplier identity status checked_unmatched; verification lookupDecision still_unmatched.
Award history inconsistency
95% confidenceThe supplied award list includes an earlier active award ID, an unsuccessful award ID, and a later active award linked to the signed contract; their relationship is not explained.
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Supplied awards list contains 006323-2025-NP3A-096-2425-1 active, 025069-2024-T3A-041-2223-1 unsuccessful, and 096027-2026-NP3A-096-2425-1 active.
Missing contract-period data
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: contract start date, end date, duration, and extension terms.
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Relevant process fields are null and no period is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The sole lot is marked cancelled despite an active award and active signed-contract record; the source does not resolve this contradiction.
- UCLAN is a checked-unmatched, unverified source name; no safe Companies House company match was supplied.
- The relationship between the multiple supplied award IDs is not explained.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: contract start/end dates, duration, extension terms, bid count, award date, individual pricing breakdown, and detailed evaluation results.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Scottish Fire and Rescue Servicefire engineering trainingUCLANpublic sector training contracteducation and training services
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named as supplier?
The active award names UCLAN. This source name remains unverified because the completed Companies House matching workflow found no safe match.
What is the reported contract value?
The linked contract record reports £114,000.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The supplied contract record explicitly gives a signature date of 27 May 2025.
Is the record free of status conflicts?
No. The only lot is marked cancelled while the linked award and contract are marked active.
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