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title: "Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEWs) Audit & Direct Appointment Providers (2025)"
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# Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEWs) Audit & Direct Appointment Providers (2025)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fire-risk-appraisal-of-external-walls-fraews-audit-direct-appointment-providers-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-050c50). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency): "Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEWs) Audit & Direct Appointment Providers (2025)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £9,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/homes-england-the-name-adopted-by-the-homes-and-communities--gov-pb1232)
- **Published Value:** £9,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 July 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £9,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 9 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fire-risk-appraisal-of-external-walls-fraews-audit-direct-appointment-providers-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-050c50#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050c50`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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-fraews-audit-direct-appointment-providers-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-050c50#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fire-risk-appraisal-of-external-walls-fraews-audit-direct-appointment-providers-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-050c50#participate

## Description
Homes England had awarded contracts to six firms for the delivery of Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEWs) for cases where the entity responsible for the building is unable to pay for the FRAEW themselves and the audit and review of fire risk documentation including Fire Risk Assessments. 
This includes all FRAEWs in respect of the Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) and wider government objectives as they arise.
The initial contract periods are 24 months with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 month periods.
Other services related to FRAEW and building safety may be required as legislation is updated.
Please note the values provided are estimates based on current available budget for these services.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £9,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2025 to 01/08/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **AIREY MILLER SURVEYS LIMITED, ANSTEY HORNE & CO. LIMITED, Bailey Partnership (Group) Ltd (+3 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-152676`, `GB-FTS-179359`, `GB-FTS-148005`, `GB-FTS-137896`, `GB-FTS-72361`, `GB-FTS-148047`
  - Value: £9,000,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 27/10/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £9,000,000
  - Signed Date: 19/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029313-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-23T11:47:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T02:49:33.163Z
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