Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 28 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Fire Risk Assessments - Domestic

Authority: West Lancashire Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£340,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 13 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Nov 2029 · up to 30 Nov 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council are seeking the provision of Fire Risk Assessments within West Lancashire Borough Council’s general needs blocks of flats. The Council is looking to appoint one provider to support the delivery of Fire Risk Assessments where required.

CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Dec 2026 – 30 Nov 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 30 Nov 2031 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How West Lancashire Borough Council buys Architectural, construction, engineering (CPV 71), and who usually turns up

West Lancashire Borough Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Architectural, construction, engineering (CPV 71) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerWest Lancashire Borough Council · division 71
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 5 of 5 known-size awards · market: division 71 · UK-wide, n=3,546
100%66%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 3 of 4 known-location awards · market: division 71 · UK-wide, n=2,930
3 of 451%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 71 · UK-wide, n=578
—46 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 46 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 1 of 4 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 71 · UK-wide, n=4,240
1 of 444%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer6 lots with bid counts · all categories
33% had one bid
The market1,127 lots with bid counts · division 71 · UK-wide
13% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (6) / the market (1,127) · select a colour for counts
1 bid33% / 13%
Buyer: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 142 of 1,127 lots with published bid counts.
2–30% / 23%
Buyer: 0 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 254 of 1,127 lots with published bid counts.
4–633% / 30%
Buyer: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 333 of 1,127 lots with published bid counts.
7+33% / 35%
Buyer: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 398 of 1,127 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyerToo few to chart: 1 lot with estimate and award, 5 needed · all categories
The market760 lots with estimate and award · division 71 · UK-wide
49% below estimate
% of the market's 760 lots with an estimate and award · select a colour for counts
Below estimate49%
Market: 372 of 760 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%34%
Market: 256 of 760 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate17%
Market: 132 of 760 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 7136 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£340k

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 71. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 1,127 past lots.

—No model forecast yet13% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 1,127 similar lots
1 bid13%
142 of 1,127 similar past lots received 1 bid (13%).
2–323%
254 of 1,127 similar past lots received 2–3 (23%).
4–630%
333 of 1,127 similar past lots received 4–6 (30%).
7+35%
398 of 1,127 similar past lots received 7+ (35%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £340k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Fire Strategy ServicesLive contractFire Risk Assessment Consutlant runs to Jun 2029—£30kMatched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

What this replaces
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48% title match.

The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (48% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid

Fire Risk Assessment Consutlant — held by Fire Strategy Services; the published contract ends 28 Jun 2029.

Coming up in this sector

Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST
Last source update
28 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST
Authority reference
DN831042
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091315
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077b45 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

28 Sept 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published47 days ago
    28 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST
  2. Market engagement33 days ago
    12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

    The Council are looking for a supplier for the provision of Fire Risk Assessments within West Lancashire Borough Council’s general needs blocks of flats. The Council is looking to appoint one provider to support the delivery of Fire Risk Assessments where required. Suppliers can express interest in the opportunity prior to the opportunity being published on 13/10/2026 by messaging centre via the Chest. If suppliers do not express interest prior this will not exclude them from registering an interest and accessing the tender documents once the full opportunity is uploaded on 13/10/2026.

  3. Tender notice expected32 days ago
    13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Today
    14 Nov 2026
  5. Contract startsin 16 days
    1 Dec 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    28 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

West Lancashire Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGNW-2815-DRQZ 52 Derby Street, Ormskirk, North West, L39 2SAContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure