Official UK procurement notice
Fire Risk Assessments - Domestic
Authority: West Lancashire Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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 publishedPipeline 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) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 46 days of the bid deadline.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
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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1 bid33% / 13%
2–30% / 23%
4–633% / 30%
7+33% / 35%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate49%
Within ±2%34%
Above estimate17%
Assess each lot i
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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 71Published estimate£340k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 71. The comparison uses that group.
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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.
1 bid13%
2–323%
4–630%
7+35%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Fire Strategy ServicesLive contract | Fire Risk Assessment Consutlant runs to Jun 2029 | — | £30k | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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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 i
48% title match.
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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, 11:48 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 11:48 BST
- Authority reference
DN831042- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091363- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077b60Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Sept 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published47 days ago28 Sept 2026, 11:48 BST
- Market engagement33 days ago12 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 completing the expression of interest form and submit through the 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.
- Tender notice expected32 days ago13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today14 Nov 2026
- Contract startsin 16 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Sept 2026, 11:48 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender