Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c3c-066a-7200-910b-b834278a88ae/police-fire-medical-appeal-board-framework awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Police & Fire Medical Appeal Board Framework [Home Office](https://tendernation.io/buyers/home-office) Estimated value £2,500,000 to £3,500,000 Published 20 May 2019 Deadline Closed 24 Jun 2019 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The Secretary of State for the Home Department ("the Home Office") has overall responsibility for policing in England and Wales and for the fire service in England only. Policing in Scotland and the fire service in both Wales and Scotland are devolved powers. However, the requirements under the contract being tendered relate to both policing and fire in England, Scotland and Wales. The Home Office requires a provider to manage boards of medical referees who will conduct medical appeals under the appropriate police & fire pension regulations in England, Wales and Scotland. The required services comprise the provision of regional Medical Appeal Boards for the police and fire services in England, Wales and Scotland, in accordance with relevant pension and injury benefit regulations. SCOPE The scope of the Framework Agreement includes the following: \*Administering Police and Fire Medical Appeal Boards; \*Recruitment and training of members with appropriate expertise. \*Monitoring and reporting of key performance indicators. \*Producing annual and quarterly reports submitted formally to the Home Office. \*Access to legal advice both before and after the hearings, whether from providers own legally qualified staff or through external legal advisers' and 'post decision case-work. \*Providing stakeholders, such as pension authorities, selected medical practitioners, fire trades unions and the Police Federation with at least one day of training per year in relation to Medical Appeal Boards. Training will be based on stakeholder needs and feedback from board members and is distinct from training provided by parent organisations. \*To ensure independence of the appeal board process. Additional information: Additional information and joining instruction can be found within the attachment: "PAFMAB instructions" Read full description ## CPV classification Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/5b653cbd-b472-45ca-b126-b059f00d4d1b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Home Office: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/home-office) [Sector More Business services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/business-services) ## More tenders like this [Social Housing Emerging Disrupters 6 · Procurement for Housing · 29 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-4909-7303-a67f-9c3bff3eb4d8/social-housing-emerging-disrupters-6) [Business travel services – Rahmenvertrag Bearbeitung von Reisekostenabrechnungen nach BRKG · GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH · 29 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-cd6e-73e4-b6e8-3954e5689021/germany-business-travel-services-rahmenvertrag-bearbeitung-von-reisekostenab) [Photocopying services – Externe printdiensten · VZW Sint-Paulusschool · 36 days left · 24 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-34d8-71be-840d-38bf2a8bcc92/belgium-photocopying-services-externe-printdiensten) [Supply services of personnel including temporary staff – Diák- és nyugdíjas munkaerő biztosítása NTH (376) · NTH Nemzeti Tőkeholding Zrt. · 11 days left · 30 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-76f6-70c4-823e-7b614dada7b3/hungary-supply-services-of-personnel-including-temporary-staff-diak-es-nyug) [Interpretation services – Tolktjänster · Stockholms läns sjukvårdsområde · 31 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-4e9a-70dc-8b27-e3d274e53dc5/sweden-interpretation-services-tolktjanster) [Printing and distribution services – SGCD53\_MARCHE\_ELECTIONS\_BRGE · Préfecture de la Mayenne · 28 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-7726-73f4-bb67-b3121363d6bf/france-printing-and-distribution-services-sgcd53-marche-elections-brge)