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Greater Manchester Combined Authority

GMCA 1067 For the provision of Firefighter End Point Assessment

EducationCPV 80400000 80500000
Value£732k
Awarded4 Dec 2024
Published19 Mar 2026
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£732ktotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.4m

This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Greater Manchester Combined Authority on behalf of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is looking to procure an End Point Assessment Organisation for the delivery of Operational Firefighter End Point Assessment.\\r\r \\r\r As an employer-provider, we deliver the L3 Operational Firefighter apprenticeship.

Each Apprentice is required to take an end point assessment to complete their apprenticeship.

Approximately 254 apprentices are expected to go to end point assessment during the life of the 3-year contract, with end point assessments due approximately every 4/5 months.\\r\r \\r\r For further information, visit The Chest at https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?resetFilter=True&applyFilter=True&p=e0cc5631-4690-e511-80fb-000c29c9ba21&v=1

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

As an employer-provider, we deliver the L3

As an employer-provider, we deliver the L3 Operational Firefighter apprenticeship.

02

Each Apprentice is required to take

Each Apprentice is required to take an end point assessment to complete their apprenticeship.

03

Approximately 254 apprentices are expected to go

Approximately 254 apprentices are expected to go to end point assessment during the life of the 3-year contract, with end point assessments due approximately every 4/5 months.\\r\r.

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What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Apprenticeshipssays mustPolicies & commitments
Each Apprentice is required to take an end point assessment to complete their apprenticeship.

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Source & provenance
OCID
af0aab65-3d2a-43c6-97a2-587c4f5fba12
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
GMCA001-DN750308-18363620
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