Official UK procurement notice
Life Safety Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Victoria and Albert Museum (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are appointing a supplier for Life Safety Services for the following sites:
V&A South Kensington
Young V&A
Services include maintenance of manual call points, detectors, control and indication equipment, fire and mimic panels, public address and voice alarm systems, emergency lights and exit signage, UPS systems, smoke curtains and ventilation systems, automatic fire doors, and other Life Safety services.
The following organisation is carrying out part of the procurement on our behalf: Mortice Consulting Limited, company number 10639824, whose registered address is 26-28 Molesey Road, Hersham, Walton On Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, KT12 4RQ. Their role in this procurement is assisting us with: drafting procurement documentation and evaluating submissions from suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- 18 Mar 2026, 15:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Mar 2026, 15:50 GMT
- Authority reference
VA/CON/F25/68- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024775- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066e00Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The existing life safety system is a closed protocol system. Honeywell Control Systems holds the intellectual property and is the only supplier capable of providing the services and no reasonable alternative is available.
Due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the services required and no reasonable alternative is available.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
18 Mar 2026 → 27 Mar 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published222 days ago18 Mar 2026, 15:50 GMT
- Standstill ends213 days ago27 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published18 Mar 2026, 15:44 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published18 Mar 2026, 15:50 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honeywell Control Systems Limited1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2031Options: As set out in the related Transparency Notice | £1,193,426 | 18 Mar 2026standstill to 27 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HONEYWELL CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender