8 August 2025
Recently, Business Services Organisation (BSO) Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) colleagues, John McDermott (Senior Procurement Manager) and Adam Stevenson (Procurement Manager) from the Capital Equipping Team, attended the official opening of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) new state-of-the-art Learning and Development College, outside Cookstown.
The official opening of the £50 million Northern Ireland Executive Flagship Programme for Government Project, was attended by First Minister Michelle O’Neill, deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly and Health Minister Mike Nesbitt.
Supported by the Northern Ireland Executive and the Department of Health (DoH), the facility which was completed at the end of 2024, offers immersive training environments and specialist simulation spaces that reflect real-life emergency scenarios. Phase 2 of the facility includes a flood water rescue facility, a training warehouse, a call out village, a barn and slurry pit, a motorway infrastructure and an academic building.
PaLS were represented at this prestigious opening in recognition of the procurement support they provided to this flagship project to NIFRS over a number of years.
Pictured below: L-R: John McDermott and Adam Stevenson
