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Published 11 Dec 2023, 11:30 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

514700 CPD Procurement of Fire Consultant (Revised)

Official notice

Authority: CPD - Construction Division

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitableMax 1 lot per supplier
Framework ceiling (notional)£110,000total for 2 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 8 Jan 2024awarded 30 Apr 2025
Lots 2max 1 won per supplier

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

This Framework Competition Is For The Appointment Of Up To 2no. EO's For The Provision Of A Service To Both; Provide A Fire Safety Design And Advisory Service To Internal CPD Design Teams, And To Provide A Fire Safety Design Review And Verification Service To External ICT Teams

CPV: Building consultancy services · Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services · Fire-prevention services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 2 suppliers · 3 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (1.5 per place) · 1 appointed

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value · win at most 1 of them

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £55,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Northern AreaCancelledceiling above

This Framework Competition Is For The Appointment Of Up To an. EO's For The Provision Of A Service To Both; Provide A Fire Safety Design And Advisory Service To Internal CPD Design Teams, And To Provide A Fire Safety Design Review And Verification Service To External ICT Teams

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Northern Ireland
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Southern AreaCancelledceiling above
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Southern area of NI
Variant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • “514700 CPD Procurement of Fire Consultant (Revised)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 suppliers, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
11 Dec 2023, 11:30 GMT
Last source update
30 Jun 2025, 12:34 BST
Award evaluation window
8 Jan 2024 – …
Authority reference
DOF 5147000
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036068
Classification (CPV)
Building consultancy servicesFire and explosion protection and control consultancy servicesFire-prevention services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04231b Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

The Economic Operators’ performance on this Framework Agreement will be regularly.... monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the Contracting Authority will use the Protocol for Managing Poor Supplier.... Performance contained in Annex K of the Construction Procurement Toolkit see www.finance-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/ ↗.... publications/dfp/Construction%20Toolkit%20%28pdf%20version%2030%20Sept%2022%20%281%29.PDF%29.PDF. If an Economic.... Operator has received more than one current Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance, the Contracting.... Authority, at its discretion, can consider an Economic Operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of.... bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively.. A... list. of bodies subject to Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy.

Publisher note: Justification for the extension is the overall Project spend remains with the original Notice Estimate of £110,000

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Appointment period ends
8 Jan 2024, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
8 Jan 2024, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Jan 2024 → 8 Sept 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    8 Jan 2024, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    8 Jan 2024, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 12:34 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    8 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    5 Dec 2024, 08:14 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 31 from SMEs · busiest of 2 lots
Contracts signed 3latest 30 Apr 2025

3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £84,906, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Contract 036068-2025-514700-1

    Signed
    30 Apr 2025
    Value
    £110,000
    Status
    active
    • Change This Framework Competition Is For The Appointment Of Up To an. EO's For The Provision Of A Service To Both; Provide A Fire Safety Design And Advisory Service To Internal CPD Design Teams, And To Provide A Fire Safety Design Review And Verification Service To External ICT Teams ( No Change to scope), Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: New Contract delayed due to unforeseen circumstances
  • Lot 1 Northern Area

    Signed
    25 Mar 2024
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Lot 2 Southern Area

    Signed
    25 Mar 2024
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Northern Area3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad1——
2 · Southern Area3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

CPD - Construction Division

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 303 Airport Road West, BELFAST, UK, BT3 9EDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • CPDReview body BelfastContact email
  • CPD Procurement OperationsReview body BelfastContact email
  • RICS Dispute Resolution ServiceMediation body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

3 commercial parties on the notice
  • FRSNI LIMITEDFramework contractor 30 Hamilton Road, Bangor, UK, BT20 4LEContact email
  • FRSNI LTDFramework contractor 30 Hamilton Road, Northern Ireland, BT20Contact email, phone
  • FRSNI LtdFramework contractor Bangor, Northern Ireland, BT204LEContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria