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Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEW) & Fire Stopping Surveys

Ministry of Justice · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 21:32.

Opportunity overview

Provision of specialist Fire Risk Appraisals of External Walls (FRAEW) and fire stopping surveys to provide assurance of fire safety compliance.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

CHPK Fire Engineering Limited

Matched by number
Contract value
£220.7k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
7 Jun 2026
Including VAT
£264.8k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 12636033
Location
Manchester, UKD33, M2 3DE, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-06ab02
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The following clauses under Schedule 5 apply to this procurement: Clause 13: Urgency Where— (a) the goods, services or works to be supplied under the public contract are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency, and (b) as a result the public contract cannot be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure. Both conditions are met. The requirement arises directly from a fire incident at HMP Highpoint, which identified potential deficiencies in external wall construction and raised immediate significant concerns regarding fire safety and compliance across similar building types, which need immediate investigation. FRAEW and fire stopping surveys are therefore essential to assess risk, inform remediation, and support safe operational decisions, including potential reoccupation. The urgency is extreme and unavoidable. The urgency is extreme due to the immediate and ongoing risk to life, safety, and operational capacity. Delaying this work, including by one to two months to undertake a competitive procurement, would prolong exposure to unassessed fire safety risks, prevent informed decisions on remediation and safe occupation, and extend the loss of operational capacity. This is unacceptable given the severity of the risk and the Authority’s duty to act promptly. The urgency is unavoidable as it has arisen from a recent and unforeseen incident, which revealed risks that were not previously known or reasonably identifiable. This is not a continuation of planned activity, but a reactive response to a newly identified risk outside the Authority’s control. As a result, a competitive procurement cannot be undertaken within the required timeframe without materially increasing these risks. These delays would be further compounded by security vetting and site access requirements. A direct award is therefore strictly necessary to enable immediate mobilisation and timely mitigation of the identified risks.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
urgency

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Ministry of Justice
Id
GB-PPON-PDNN-2773-HVYN

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDNN-2773-HVYN

Address

Street Address
102 Petty France
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1H 9AJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
CHPK Fire Engineering Limited
Id
GB-COH-12636033

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
12636033

Address

Street Address
One St Peter's Square
Locality
Manchester
Postal Code
M2 3DE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD33

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
71631300
Description
Technical building-inspection services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
71317100
Description
Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
71315400
Description
Building-inspection services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-12636033
Name
CHPK Fire Engineering Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
8 Jun 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Contract value is below £5m. This is a short-term contract with clearly defined deliverables; performance is measured through completion of specified outputs.

Period

Starts
8 Jun 2026, 00:00
Ends
8 Jan 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
264,780
Amount
220,650
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
056038-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
15 Jun 2026, 10:21
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1H 9AJ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 051682-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 053481-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 056038-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·