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Published 10 Jul 2024, 15:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Office for Product Safety and Standards - Testing of Fire Door-Sets and Component Devices

Official notice

Authority: Department for Business & Trade (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£500,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Mar 2025awarded 31 Oct 2025
Awarded to United Kingdom Testing & Certification Limited, Efectis UK/Ireland Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Suppliers were invited to tender for Testing of Fire Door-Sets and Component Devices. The requirement is for the testing of a variety of internal and external door sets against certain performance criteria outlines in their designated product standard –BS EN 14351-1 and BS EN 16034 (fire characteristics).

The contract shall be for a period of 24 months with the option to extend by up to 12 months. The value for the contract is £250,000 for the contract period including any extension and this value is exclusive of VAT.

The Procurement was carried out in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 under the Open Procedure.

CPV: Research and development consultancy services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1OPSS intend to assess and investigate selected products by testing a variety of Fire…AwardedPublished value£500,000

OPSS intend to assess and investigate selected products by testing a variety of Fire Door-Sets and Component Devices against performance criteria outlined in their designated product standard – BS EN 14351-1 and BS EN 16034. This procurement was to establish contractual grounds for undertaking the testing work. This award notice relates to a secondary contract that will only be used in instances where the primary contract cannot be utilised. This approach was fully articulated in the procurement documents.

Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed
73200000 Research and development consultancy services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
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
10 Jul 2024, 15:39 BST
Last source update
7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Award evaluation window
24 Mar 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071985
Classification (CPV)
Research and development consultancy servicesTechnical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047c60 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
24 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
24 Mar 2025, 13:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

uktrade.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗

Timeline

21 Aug 2024 → 7 Nov 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    21 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    24 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    24 Mar 2025, 13:01 GMT
  4. Notice published350 days ago
    7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Feb 2025
  1. Status changed to active
    21 Feb 2025, 17:18 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    21 Feb 2025, 17:18 GMT
  3. Deadline published: 24 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
    21 Feb 2025, 17:18 GMT
  4. Buyer details updated
    21 Feb 2025, 17:18 GMT
  5. Status changed to complete
    7 Nov 2025, 11:57 GMT
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2024-07: 1 release · 10 Jul 2024

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £750,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 2latest 31 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
United Kingdom Testing & Certification Limited£500,000 †—Awarded
Efectis UK/Ireland LimitedSME£250,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Department for Business and Trade

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Old Admiralty Building, London, UK, SW1A 2DYContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The Department for Business and TradeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.