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# Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEW) and the audit of FRAEWs to support the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities' Building Safety Fund and Mid-Rise Scheme Programmes, to be run in collaboration with Homes England

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fire-risk-appraisal-of-external-walls-fraew-and-the-audit-of-fraews-to-support-the-departm-ocds-h6vhtk-0357ec). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government: "Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEW) and the audit of FRAEWs to support the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities' Building Safety Fund and Mid-Rise Scheme Programmes, to be run in collaboration with Homes England". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £7,000,000. 2 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-housing-communities-local-government-gov-d1419)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £7,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Technical services, Technical support services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0357ec`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fire-risk-appraisal-of-external-walls-fraew-and-the-audit-of-fraews-to-support-the-departm-ocds-h6vhtk-0357ec#tl-md)

## Description
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities and Homes England wishes to notify interested organisations of its intention to procure services to deliver and audit Building Safety assessment documentation and processes relating to Fire Risk Appraisals of External Wall (FRAEW) assessments. This includes both the undertaking of FRAEWs and the auditing of FRAEWs. 
This is a new requirement for the Department and there is no current long-term provision in place. The interventions the Department is seeking to assure are new, and this is not to replace an existing service.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities is conducting initial market engagement with interested organisations. This shall take the form of a series of webinars followed by subsequent discussions with market representatives. 
Organisations interested in this engagement activity should confirm their desire to participate by completing the Expression of Interest Form which can be accessed through copy and pasting the following link into your browser - https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=EGg0v32c3kOociSi7zmVqIQWnuFbMgJMnIrVlfzI1xFUNE1BMFpXSlVKQk1BMEJPVFlZSUNTTkRFNi4u.
The publication of this PIN does not commit DLUHC to any procurement process to appoint providers and/or to the taking forward of the project. Please note that this notice has been issued by DLUHC purely as a notification to interested organisations that they are considering procuring this service. DLUHC reserves the right to amend the scope of their requirements as described in this PIN.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEW)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 71356300
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities wishes to notify interested organisations of its intention to procure services to deliver Building Safety assessment documentation and processes relating to Fire Risk Appraisals of External Wall ...

### Lot 2: Fire Risk Appraisals of External Walls Audit Services
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 71356000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities wishes to notify interested organisations of its intention to procure services to audit Building Safety assessment documentation and processes relating to Fire Risk Appraisals of External Wall (F...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020992-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-01T14:59:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T18:37:29.177Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0357ec