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Published 3 Oct 2025, 11:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Passive Fire Protection Surveys

Official notice

Authority: Simply Serve Ltd (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosed£0exc. VAT
Submissions closed 3 Nov 2025
Contract term 6 moends 18 Jul 2026 · up to 18 Jan 2029 with extensions · starts 19 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a specialist Contractor to undertake passive fire protection surveys across its Estate.

The contract will be issued in multiple phases, beginning with Phase 1, which involves a compartmentation survey of the main building at Yeovil District Hospital (YDH), located at Yeovil, BA21 4AT. Upon satisfactory completion of Phase 1, there may be an opportunity to extend the contract and for the Contractor to carry out additional passive fire protection surveys across the wider Somerset Foundation Trust estate.

  • No preliminary market engagement: Not required

CPV: Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 6 moSMEPublished value£0
Contract period: 19 Jan 2026 – 18 Jul 2026 (6 mo) · up to 18 Jan 2029 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: The initial contract term shall be 6 months with the potential to extend the contract for up to 30 months by election of the Contracting Authority, on such notice and for such periods as is specified by the Contract. The maximum contract length therefore would be 36 months.

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
Quality: 50%Price: 40%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Phase 1 Estimated Value: 40%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality
  • Social Value
  • Phase 1 Estimated Value
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Closed
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
3 Oct 2025, 11:47 BST
Last source update
3 Oct 2025, 11:47 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 8 Dec 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062073
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a7b8 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
Submission deadline
3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
23 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

For further information, access to the tender documents and to submit a tender response, please visit the Atamis e-tendering portal: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

3 Oct 2025 → 19 Jan 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published384 days ago
    3 Oct 2025, 11:47 BST
  2. Clarification questions by364 days ago
    23 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline353 days ago
    3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected by318 days ago
    8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts277 days ago
    19 Jan 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    3 Oct 2025, 11:47 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Simply Serve Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZLV-9789-JMMW Yeovil District Hospital Higher Kingston, Yeovil, South West, BA21 4ATContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender