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title: "HMICFRS Consultancy"
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# HMICFRS Consultancy

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hmicfrs-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-05a4cf). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority: "HMICFRS Consultancy". Published status: complete. Published Value: £120,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: sell2.in-tend.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/devon-and-somerset-fire-and-rescue-authority-GB-PPON-PNLD-1131-HTWN)
- **Published Value:** £120,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 October 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** General management consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £120,000 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hmicfrs-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-05a4cf#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05a4cf`

## 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/hmicfrs-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-05a4cf#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [sell2.in-tend.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsell2.in-tend.co.uk%2Fblpd%2Fhome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hmicfrs-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-05a4cf#participate

## Description
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority has awarded a contract for the provision of HMICFRS Consultancy.
The consultancy support is required in relation to our 'People Improvement Plan' and the cause of concern on prevention activity, specifically Home Fire Safety Visits, in the 2025 HMICFRS report.
It is estimated that 2-4 days per week (on average) between October and December 2025 will be required from the consultant. A further 20 days consultancy may be required between January and March 2026.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79411000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £120,000

- **Contract Period:** 12/10/2025 to 12/04/2027

- **Options published:** yes

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

  - Supplier(s): **J K Associate Services Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-164515`
  - Value: £120,000 † (inc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £120,000
  - Signed Date: 19/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F060849-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-22T09:23:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T16:26:36.373Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05a4cf