Fire Safety Consultancy (inc. Door Inspections)

Authority: Southampton City Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Administration, defence and social security services (75) Delivery: South East (UKJ32)

Awarded value£18,000,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Jul 2025no call for competition

Awarded to IFI GROUP LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of fire safety consultancy services including fire door inspections, fire compartmentation, retrospective fire strategies and floor plans.

CPV: Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services · Fire-prevention services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South East

Extensions: 2x 12 month extension options

75251110 Fire-prevention services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 30 Jul 2025, 14:47 BST
Last source update: 30 Jul 2025, 14:47 BST
Authority reference: SCC-SMS-0859
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-044334
Classification (CPV): Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy servicesFire-prevention services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ32)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-056934 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons; Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive; New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: Southampton City Council (SCC) directly awarded via CHIC framework provider to our incumbent fire door safety inspections contractor, therefore reducing the urgent timeframes required due to maintaining a compliant contract for the requirement as the previous contract was quickly approaching conclusion. In addition to this, reduction in new contractor mobilisation enhanced the best value delivery for SCC while ensuring fire safety compliance by having a contractor in place.
Furthermore, SCCs strategic risk register ensures that there is access to essential professional services to support compliant delivery. In this case, SCC requires our contractor to have the industry accreditation of UKAS to deliver in line with the strategic risk register. The direct award supplier holds the UKAS accreditation.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £18,000,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jul 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
IFI GROUP LTDSME	£18,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 044334-2025-1 · IFI GROUP LTDSME
Signed
1 Jul 2025
Value
£18,000,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Southampton City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre, Civic Centre Road, Southampton, South East, SO147LYContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

IFI Group LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 10668439 Lincoln, East Midlands

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.