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Opportunity overview
Building Compliance Fire Safety Services Framework which delivers vital services in this core area of building management compliance throughout the Forestry Commission Estate.
The Supplier must be qualified and competent in providing professional advice on fire safety, undertaking fire risk assessments or audits and general fire safety advice including policy and procedure. This service will focus on the built estate and not the wider public forest estate (wildfire) though as part of risk assessments there will be a need to consider adjoining areas and land uses.
The Supplier must be familiar with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (as amended), the Fire Safety Act 2021, Fire safety (England) Regulations 2022, Building Safety Act 2022 and provide a service and outputs that are in accordance with them including anything that the local fire and rescue authority may require.
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All Orders are direct awarded to the first placed Supplier following the award of the framework without re-opening competition process defined in Framework Agreement Clause 4.2.
In the event the first placed Supplier:
• is unable to complete the works within the timescales required,
• has an open red Health & Safety Condition,
• is unable to meet a specific requirement (this requirement is in the overall Framework Scope but more unique or specialist than usual),
• does not submit a quotation or agree to complete the work in accordance with the Framework Price Matrix, or
• declines to quote,
the work is awarded to the second placed Supplier on the framework.
Submission terms
Electronic Submission Policy
allowed
Languages
en
Tender Period
Ends
4 Nov 2026, 12:00
Enquiry period
Ends
23 Oct 2026, 17:00
Expected award period
Ends
23 Nov 2026, 23:59
Recurrence
Dates
Entry 1
Starts
1 Sept 2029, 23:59
Lots and requirements
Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Value
Including VAT
330,000
Amount
275,000
Currency
GBP
Award criteria
Criteria
Criterion 1
Type
quality
Name
anaging National Delivery and Workforce Planning
Numbers
Entry 1
Number
10
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Type
quality
Name
Centralised Client Management and Service Improvements
Pre-Market Engagement took place when this requirement was first tendered with notice 2025/S 000-020957 which comprised several Lots. This was done to evaluate the interest and availability of a market on a national level. Respondents confirmed that there was sufficient interest and ability within the market to place the Framework on a national level. As a result of this all lots were competed on a national level. No additional Pre-Market Engagement was undertaken for the re-tendering of the Fire Safety Lot.
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094897-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Forestry Commission is seeking a supplier for a fire-safety building-compliance services framework across its built estate. Services include professional fire-safety advice, fire risk assessments/audits, and policy and procedure advice, aligned with specified fire-safety legislation and local fire and rescue authority requirements. The wildfire/public forest estate is excluded, although adjoining land uses must be considered during assessments.
Who this may suit
Suitable for fire-safety consultancy providers with demonstrable competence in fire risk assessment, audits, regulatory compliance and advice for buildings.
Key points identified
Professional competenceSupplier must be qualified and competent to provide professional fire-safety advice, undertake fire risk assessments or audits, and provide general fire-safety advice including policy and procedure.Evidence: “The Supplier must be qualified and competent in providing professional advice on fire safety, undertaking fire risk assessments or audits and general fire safety advice including policy and procedure.”
Legislative knowledge and compliant outputsSupplier must be familiar with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (as amended), Fire Safety Act 2021, Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 and Building Safety Act 2022, and provide services and outputs in accordance with them.Evidence: “The Supplier must be familiar with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (as amended), the Fire Safety Act 2021, Fire safety (England) Regulations 2022, Building Safety Act 2022 and provide a service and outputs that are in accordance with them.”
Fire and rescue authority requirementsServices and outputs must account for anything required by the local fire and rescue authority.Evidence: “including anything that the local fire and rescue authority may require.”
94% approved-analysis confidence4 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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Forestry Commission is seeking a supplier for a fire-safety building-compliance services framework across its built estate. Services include professional fire-safety advice, fire risk assessments/audits, and policy and procedure advice, aligned with specified fire-safety legislation and local fire and rescue authority requirements. The wildfire/public forest estate is excluded, although adjoining land uses must be considered during assessments.
Who this may suit
Suitable for fire-safety consultancy providers with demonstrable competence in fire risk assessment, audits, regulatory compliance and advice for buildings.
Key deliverables
Professional fire-safety advice
Fire risk assessments and audits
Fire-safety policy and procedure advice
Outputs compliant with named fire-safety legislation and applicable fire and rescue authority requirements
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
4 criteria identified
Professional competence
99% confidence
Supplier must be qualified and competent to provide professional fire-safety advice, undertake fire risk assessments or audits, and provide general fire-safety advice including policy and procedure.
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“The Supplier must be qualified and competent in providing professional advice on fire safety, undertaking fire risk assessments or audits and general fire safety advice including policy and procedure.”
Legislative knowledge and compliant outputs
99% confidence
Supplier must be familiar with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (as amended), Fire Safety Act 2021, Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 and Building Safety Act 2022, and provide services and outputs in accordance with them.
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“The Supplier must be familiar with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (as amended), the Fire Safety Act 2021, Fire safety (England) Regulations 2022, Building Safety Act 2022 and provide a service and outputs that are in accordance with them.”
Fire and rescue authority requirements
96% confidence
Services and outputs must account for anything required by the local fire and rescue authority.
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“including anything that the local fire and rescue authority may require.”
Supplier eligibility conditions
98% confidence
Unknown
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No explicit eligibility conditions, company-size restrictions, insurance requirements or geographic supplier restrictions are supplied.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Estimated framework value
96% confidence
Up to £275,000
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Opportunity value_max is GBP 275,000; Lot 1 value is GBP 275,000.
Commercial model
93% confidence
Framework agreement; detailed pricing and payment terms unknown.
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Title and description identify the opportunity as a “Framework”; no pricing or payment terms are supplied.
Delivery
Service scope
99% confidence
Building-compliance fire-safety services for the Forestry Commission built estate; the wider public forest estate/wildfire scope is excluded.
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“This service will focus on the built estate and not the wider public forest estate (wildfire).”
Geographic delivery area
89% confidence
United Kingdom; specific estate locations are unknown.
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Delivery location is listed as UK.
Assessment considerations
97% confidence
Risk assessments must consider adjoining areas and land uses.
View supporting evidence
“as part of risk assessments there will be a need to consider adjoining areas and land uses.”
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Procedure
99% confidence
Open procedure
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procurement_method_details: “Open procedure”.
Opportunity status
99% confidence
Open tender
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display_status: “open”; source_status: “active”.
Submission deadline
99% confidence
4 November 2026, 12:00 UTC
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submission_deadline: 2026-11-04T12:00:00Z.
Lots
93% confidence
One active lot
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Supplied lots data contains active Lot 1 only.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Scope boundary
94% confidence
The provider must distinguish built-estate fire-safety work from excluded wildfire/public forest estate activities while considering adjoining land uses.
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The description excludes the wider public forest estate (wildfire) but requires consideration of adjoining areas and land uses.
Local authority requirements
91% confidence
Requirements may vary according to the relevant local fire and rescue authority.
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The service must meet “anything that the local fire and rescue authority may require.”
Contract term and detailed framework terms
98% confidence
Unknown
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No contract start date, end date, call-off structure, pricing schedule or payment terms are supplied.
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