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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 2025awarded 14 Jan 2026

Awarded to Onyx Fire & Security Ltd2 awards

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 #1AwardedRenewal 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.

71317100 Fire and explosion protection and control 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

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: Awarded
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: 4 Mar 2026, 09:25 GMT
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 8 Dec 2025
Authority reference: C392338
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-062074
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05a7b9 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 → 4 Mar 2026 · 7 dates

Tender notice published384 days ago
3 Oct 2025, 11:47 BST
Clarification questions by364 days ago
23 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline353 days ago
3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Award decision expected by318 days ago
8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Assessment summaries sent282 days ago
14 Jan 2026
Contract starts277 days ago
19 Jan 2026
Latest notice published233 days ago
4 Mar 2026, 09:25 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Oct 2025

Tender notice published
3 Oct 2025, 11:47 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
14 Jan 2026, 09:51 GMT
UK6
Status changed to complete
14 Jan 2026, 09:51 GMT
Contract signature expected
28 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
scheduled
Contract details notice published
4 Mar 2026, 09:25 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £17,5951 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 54 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 4 Mar 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Onyx Fire & Security Ltd1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jul 2026 · up to 31 Jan 2029Extensions: 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.	£17,595	14 Jan 2026	Awarded
Onyx Fire & Security Ltd	£17,595 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded

Contracts

Provision of Passive Fire Protection Surveys · Onyx Fire & Security Ltd
Signed
4 Mar 2026
Value
£17,595
Period
4 Mar 2026 – 3 Sept 2026 · up to 3 Mar 2029 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
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.

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
5final-stage tenders · 7 at stage one	4	0	—

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Onyx Fire & Security LtdAwarded supplier Office 11.122, 11th Floor, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, London, E14 4QZContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender4 Mar 2026, 09:25 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender14 Jan 2026, 09:51 GMT
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender3 Oct 2025, 11:47 BST