Royal Holloway Fire Safety Consultancy Contract Award

Tender information last checkedLast checked 20 Oct 2026, 10:11.

Opportunity overview

The Contract shall operate on a call-off basis, with services being commissioned by the University as and when required during the Contract Term. The University does not guarantee any minimum level of spend, volume of work, or value of services. The consultant will provide specialist services including: • Fire engineering technician support, including the review of fire strategies using fire engineering principles. • Fire risk assessment reviews for complex and heritage buildings. • Independent audit and peer review of existing fire risk assessments. • Review, development and completion of fire strategies • Fire safety and compliance advice throughout project lifecycles, from design development through to construction completion and handover.

Awarded to

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FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Matched by number

Contract value: £80k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 6 Aug 2026
Including VAT: £100k
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 10198851
Location: Richmond, UKI75, TW9 2JA, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Contract details notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

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: STA-27005
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
Id: GB-COH-RC000823

Identifier

Scheme: GB-COH
Id: RC000823

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PRVY-6462-QBVG

Address

Street Address: Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill
Locality: Egham
Postal Code: TW20 0EX
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKJ25

Contact

Email: procurement@rhul.ac.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - sub-central government

Organisation 2

Name: FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Id: GB-COH-10198851

Identifier

Scheme: GB-COH
Id: 10198851

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PYLC-2849-VVCL

Address

Street Address: 2nd Floor, Nucleus House
Locality: Richmond
Postal Code: TW9 2JA
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKI75

Contact

Email: ivan@fsmslimited.co.uk

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: sme
Vcse: 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: 71317210
Description: Health and safety consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKJ25
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-10198851
Name: FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 1
Award ID: 1
Title: Fire Safety Consultancy
Status: active
Above Threshold: No
Date Signed: 7 Aug 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts: 7 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends: 2 Aug 2028, 23:59

Value

Including VAT: 100,000
Amount: 80,000
Currency: GBP

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 098757-2026
Document Type: contractNotice
Notice Type: UK7
Description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098757-2026 ↗
Published: 20 Oct 2026, 09:05
Format: text/html

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Egham · UKJ25 · TW20 0EX · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

098757-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 20 Oct 2026, 09:05

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College has awarded and signed a call-off fire safety consultancy contract with FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED. The contract covers specialist fire engineering, fire-risk-assessment review, audit, fire-strategy and compliance advice services.

Published outcome signals

Notice typeContract details notice on Find a TenderEvidence: Published document 098757-2026 is described as a "Contract details notice on Find a Tender".
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 1 has status "active".
Contract statusActiveEvidence: Contract 1 has status "active".

97% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 098757-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078b5e
First published: 20 Oct 2026
Last checked: 20 Oct 2026, 10:11
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 20 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

A direct, below-threshold procurement without competition resulted in one active award and one active contract for FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED.

Market significance

The contract has a stated value of £80,000 excluding VAT (£100,000 including VAT) over the published term, but is call-off based and carries no guaranteed spend or work volume.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED

99% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · £80,000 excluding VAT; £100,000 including VAT (contract-level value) GBP · Verified legal supplier; active award and contract

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Award 1 names the supplier. The supplied verification record matches Companies House number 10198851 by company number. Contract 1 is linked to award 1 and states £80,000 net and £100,000 gross.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice type

99% confidence

Contract details notice on Find a Tender

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Published document 098757-2026 is described as a "Contract details notice on Find a Tender".

Award status

99% confidence

Active

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Award 1 has status "active".

Contract status

99% confidence

Active

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Contract 1 has status "active".

Contract signed

99% confidence

7 August 2026

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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-08-07.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value excluding VAT

99% confidence

£80,000

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Contract 1 value.amount is 80000 GBP.

Contract value including VAT

99% confidence

£100,000

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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 100000 GBP.

Spend commitment

99% confidence

No minimum spend, work volume or service value guaranteed

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The description states that services are commissioned as required and the University does not guarantee a minimum spend, volume or value.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract start date

99% confidence

7 August 2026

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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-08-07.

Contract end date

99% confidence

2 August 2028

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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2028-08-02.

Notice publication date

99% confidence

20 October 2026

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Document 098757-2026 datePublished is 2026-10-20.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Procurement

99% confidence

Fire safety consultancy on a call-off basis

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Tender title is "STA-27005 Fire Safety Consultancy" and the description says the contract operates on a call-off basis.

Services

99% confidence

Fire engineering support, complex and heritage fire-risk-assessment reviews, independent audit and peer review, fire-strategy work, and project-lifecycle compliance advice

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These services are listed in the tender description.

Classification

99% confidence

CPV 71317210 — Health and safety consultancy services

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Award item 1 lists CPV 71317210 with this description.

Delivery location

99% confidence

UKJ25, United Kingdom

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Award item 1 lists delivery address region UKJ25.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement method

99% confidence

Direct

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Tender procurementMethod is "direct".

Method detail

99% confidence

Below threshold - without competition

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Tender procurementMethodDetails states "Below threshold - without competition".

Threshold status

99% confidence

Below threshold

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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Contract model

99% confidence

Call-off; services commissioned when required

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The tender description says the contract operates on a call-off basis and services are commissioned as required during the term.

Term

99% confidence

7 August 2026 to 2 August 2028

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Contract 1 period runs from 2026-08-07 to 2028-08-02.

Extensions

98% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice data.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Demand profile

99% confidence

Variable demand rather than committed volume

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The buyer states that it guarantees no minimum spend, work volume or service value.

Route-to-market implication

99% confidence

The requirement was placed directly without competition under a below-threshold route.

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The procurement method is direct and the method detail is "Below threshold - without competition".

ANALYSIS QUALITY

97%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-078b5e
Analysed: 20 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College

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Named as buyer in the supplied party data.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Public authority - sub-central government

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Buyer party classification states this type.

Buyer location

99% confidence

Egham, United Kingdom

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Buyer address lists Egham, TW20 0EX.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier identity

99% confidence

FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED, Companies House number 10198851

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Supplier verification matched the source supplier to verified company number 10198851 by company number.

Supplier scale

99% confidence

SME

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Supplier party details state scale "sme".

Supplier location

99% confidence

Richmond, United Kingdom

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Supplier address lists Richmond, TW9 2JA.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated reprocurement timing

87% confidence

Around August 2028, if the published end date is not changed

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The explicit contract end date is 2 August 2028. This is a date-based estimate, not a procurement forecast.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Award date

99% confidence

Not supplied

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Award 1 has no award_date in the supplied award record.

Lot detail

99% confidence

Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value

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The supplied lot record contains no title, description or value.

Evaluation and competition detail

99% confidence

Not supplied in the published notice

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No bid count, evaluation criteria, scores or award rationale are provided.

Value interpretation

99% confidence

Published value is contract-level and should not be read as guaranteed call-off spend

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Contract 1 contains the value, while the description states there is no minimum spend, volume or value guarantee.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

Information not supplied in the published notice: award date, bid count, evaluation criteria, scores, award rationale, extension provisions, pricing breakdown and renewal terms.
Lot 1 is identified but has no published title, description or individual value.
The published contract value is a contract-level figure; because the arrangement is call-off with no minimum guarantee, actual spend may differ.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won Royal Holloway's fire safety consultancy contract?

FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED, verified against Companies House number 10198851.

What is the published contract value?

£80,000 excluding VAT and £100,000 including VAT at contract level. The call-off arrangement does not guarantee minimum spend.

When does the contract run?

The published period runs from 7 August 2026 to 2 August 2028.

Was the procurement competed?

The notice records a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

STA-27005 Fire Safety Consultancy

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Classification

Lots

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Lots and requirements

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Additional Identifiers

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Additional Identifiers

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Suppliers

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Period

Value

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

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Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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