Official UK procurement notice
Fire Risk Assessment and Associatied Services
Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of a single service provider to deliver Type 1 Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) report for a number of NHSBT premises.<br/><br/>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) as a pharmaceutical manufacturer and distributor, is obliged to adhere to legislation relating to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and to demonstrate stringent levels of control in order to satisfy the requirements of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). We must also maintain compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and, as an Essential Supplier to the NHS, with the mandatory fire risk management requirements of Firecode - Fire Safety in the NHS Health Technical Memorandum 05-1: Managing Healthcare Fire Safety.
CPV: Fire-prevention services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1He service provider is required to have the skills, knowledge, experience, and…RenewalPublished value£150,000
he service provider is required to have the skills, knowledge, experience, and qualifications necessary to carry out an effective Type 1 Fire Risk Assessment survey of the whole premises and to deliver a PAS79:2012 styled report on the findings, together with recommended and prioritised actions (Priority1-Priority4) and photographs where relevant, to assist with the identification and management of the fire risk.<br/><br/>The final FRA report should include clear basic layout fire strategy drawings of the whole building showing all relevant fire precautions and other fire safety provisions.<br/><br/>The Assessment must be conducted to meet the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 using the appropriate fire risk assessment guides for NHS Healthcare premises (HTM 05-03 Parts K and G) and where appropriate the current DCLG guides for fire risk assessment in Factories, Warehouses and Offices, and any future relevant legislation and regulation.<br/><br/>The Assessor must be a third party accredited and registered fire risk assessor with established competency in carrying out non-destructive FRA’s for life safety in complex buildings.<br/><br/>The Assessor must provide proof that suitable professional indemnity and public liability insurance policies are current.<br/><br/>All of the FRA documentation and supporting evidence must be submitted electronically to NHSBT in a format that can be printed off easily. Additional hard copy provision is optional in this instance.<br/><br/>For a limited period, if necessary, a reasonable level of post assessment technical support will be expected by way of email or telephone contact.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 18 Oct 2021, 10:18 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Sept 2022, 13:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Sept 2022 – …
- Authority reference
C39144- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-026855- Accelerated
- PIN Notice issued
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ecb2Find a Tender
Publisher note: Any suppliers who express an interest may be invited to a pre-market engagement which is likely to be undertaken online.
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 10 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 23 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
4 Jan 2022 → 1 Jan 2023 · 6 dates- Next notice expected4 Jan 2022
- Bids opened23 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published26 Sept 2022, 13:15 BST
- Submission deadline10 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Dec 2022
- Bids must remain valid until1 Jan 2023, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Sept 2022- Published value published: £150,00026 Sept 2022, 13:15 BST
- Status changed to active26 Sept 2022, 13:15 BST
- Procurement method changed26 Sept 2022, 13:15 BST
- Deadline published: 10 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST26 Sept 2022, 13:15 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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