Official UK procurement notice
Poplar HARCA Fire Risk Assessment Consultancy Contract
Authority: Poplar HARCA (Public body)·On behalf of: Faithorn Farrell Timms
Poplar HARCA are looking to procure a Consultant for the delivery of a Fire Risk Assessments Contract. The estimated annual Contract value is circa GBP150,000.00 to GBP200,000.00 (excluding VAT). It is intended that the contracts will run for a period of five years with the option for renewal, as decided by Poplar HARCA, for an extension of up to a further five years, subject to satisfactory reviews. The maximum duration of the contract is therefore ten years.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPoplar HARCA are looking to procure a Consultant for the delivery of a Fire Risk Assessments Contract.
The estimated annual Contract value is circa GBP150,000.00 to GBP200,000.00 (excluding VAT). This figure does not take into account annual indexation considerations or VAT. It is intended that the contracts will run for a period of five years with the option for renewal, as decided by Poplar HARCA, for an extension of up to a further five years, subject to satisfactory reviews. The maximum duration of the contract is therefore ten years.
Pre-market engagement was undertaken via Notice ref - 2026/S 000-072514
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CPV: Building-inspection services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £799,124 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Poplar HARCA buys Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131), and who usually turns up
Poplar HARCA’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: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 43 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid11%
2–323%
4–638%
7+29%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate48%
Within ±2%31%
Above estimate21%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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Lot #1CPV 7131Published estimate£2.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–318%
4–654%
7+24%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 65 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£2.0m
Estimate£2.0m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £22m35 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 5 live · £5.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=11 | |
SAVILLS (UK) LIMITEDLarge | £8.1m74 awards in 36m · last this month | 27 live · £805m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 |
| £2.0m11 awards in 36m · last this month | 2 live · £857k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
| £1.6m10 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 3 live · £4.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 11% below n=5 | |
| £104k2 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £104k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Nov 2026, 10:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Nov 2026, 10:47 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Jun 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-103606- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-079549Find a Tender
- Risks
The following risks have been identified that would impact the performance of the Contract, where the impact cannot be known at this stage but may relate to a Contract modification if the risk was to materialise:
- Risk of legislative changes, regulatory changes or changes in law during the term of a Contract
- Risk of unforeseen changes to delivery/operational standards
- Risk of changes in technology, IT solutions or systems
- Risk of unforeseen increase in Contracting Authority budgets/increased volume of works/services
- Risk of unforeseen circumstances that cause the value of the Contract to increase (previous examples include BREXIT, war, pandemic and the cost of living crisis)
- Risk of unforeseen political impact
- Risk of unforeseen increase in property volume.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Delta eSourcing- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 11 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Nov 2026 → 27 Aug 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published15h ago2 Nov 2026, 10:47 GMT
- Today3 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 63 days5 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 69 days11 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 226 days17 Jun 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 296 days27 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published2 Nov 2026, 10:47 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Faithorn Farrell TimmsProcuring entityProcurement Consultant
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender