Find a TenderCancelledProcurement termination notice
Published 19 Jun 2025, 07:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Door Surveys to properties owned and managed by BMSDC

Official notice

Authority: Babergh District Council (Local council)·On behalf of: FAITHORN FARRELL TIMMS LLP

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Construction Materials & Prefab (44)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£1,325,000≈ £442k / year · £1,590,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 22 Jul 2025
Contract term 3 yrsends 2 Jan 2029 · up to 2 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 3 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Door Surveys to properties owned and managed by Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council.

The services required by the Contract include but are not restricted to:

  • Visual Fire Door Surveys
  • Intrusive Fire Door Surveys may be required as the Contract term progresses
  • Fire Risk Assessments to residential properties (including Type 1,2,3,4 where applicable)
  • Fire Risk Assessments to corporate buildings (including Type 1,2,3,4 where applicable)
  • Fire Risk Assessments to Sheltered and Extra Care Accommodation
  • Fire Risk Assessments to Temporary Accommodation
  • Pre and Post Occupation Fire Risk Assessments
  • Compartmentation Surveys

CPV: Architectural and building-surveying services · Construction consultancy services · Fire doors

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£1,325,000
Contract period: 3 Jan 2026 – 2 Jan 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 2 Jan 2031 with extensionsValue: £1,325,000 exc. VAT · £1,590,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: It is intended that the Contract will commence in January 2026, and run for a period of three years with the option for renewal, as decided by Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council, for an extension of up to a further one year plus one year subject to satisfactory reviews based upon performance and quality of service and delivery. The maximum duration of the Contract is therefore five years.
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    As defined within the tender documents.

  • Technical & professional ability

    As defined within the tender documents.

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: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical Evaluation (written response): 40%
  • Technical Evaluation ( Presented Response): 20%
  • Price Evaluation: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Price Evaluation
  • Technical Evaluation (written response)
  • Technical Evaluation ( Presented Response)
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    As defined within the tender documents.

  • Technical & professional ability

    As defined within the tender documents.

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
Cancelled
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
19 Jun 2025, 07:43 BST
Last source update
18 Feb 2026, 09:26 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 10 Nov 2025
Authority reference
601/PR-10699
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-033523
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Architectural and building-surveying servicesConstruction consultancy servicesFire doors
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f83 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

Please refer to Document A3 within the tender documents which includes the Form of Contract.

Review and risk notes
Risks

The following risks have been identified that would impact the performance of the Contract, where the impact cannot be known at this

stage but may relate to a Contract modification if the risk was to materialise:

Risk of legislative changes, regulatory changes or changes in law during the term of a Contract

Risk of unforeseen changes to delivery/operational standards

Risk of changes in technology, IT solutions or systems

Risk of unforeseen increase in Contracting Authority budgets/increased volume of works/services

Risk of unforeseen circumstances that cause the value of the Contract to increase (previous examples include BREXIT, war, pandemic

and the cost of living crisis)

Risk of unforeseen political impact

Risk of unforeseen increase in property volume.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Submission deadline
22 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Jun 2025 → 18 Feb 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    19 Jun 2025, 07:43 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    22 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
  3. Award decision expected by352 days ago
    10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts299 days ago
    3 Jan 2026
  5. Latest notice published252 days ago
    18 Feb 2026, 09:26 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jun 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    19 Jun 2025, 07:43 BST
    UK4
  2. Procurement termination notice published
    18 Feb 2026, 09:26 GMT
    UK12
  3. Status changed to complete
    18 Feb 2026, 09:26 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—26 Aug 2025CancelledFollowing publication of the Tender Notice, the contracting authority has decided not to award the contract and has terminated the procurement. The decision was made on 26/08/2025. The procurement has been discontinued because bidders were unable to meet key mandatory compliance requirements set out in the tender documentation

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

Babergh District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYQM-3849-BJQL 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, East of England, IP1 2BXContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • FAITHORN FARRELL TIMMS LLPProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement serviceGB-COH: OC300053 Orpington, LondonContact email
  • Mid Suffolk District CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PJPW-1919-JTND Ipswich, East of EnglandContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender