Notice Information
Notice Title
Office for Product Safety and Standards - Testing of Fire Door-Sets and Component Devices
Notice Description
Suppliers were invited to tender for Testing of Fire Door-Sets and Component Devices. The requirement is for the testing of a variety of internal and external door sets against certain performance criteria outlines in their designated product standard -BS EN 14351-1 and BS EN 16034 (fire characteristics). The contract shall be for a period of 24 months with the option to extend by up to 12 months. The value for the contract is PS250,000 for the contract period including any extension and this value is exclusive of VAT. The Procurement was carried out in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 under the Open Procedure.
Lot Information
Lot 1
OPSS intend to assess and investigate selected products by testing a variety of Fire Door-Sets and Component Devices against performance criteria outlined in their designated product standard - BS EN 14351-1 and BS EN 16034. This procurement was to establish contractual grounds for undertaking the testing work. This award notice relates to a secondary contract that will only be used in instances where the primary contract cannot be utilised. This approach was fully articulated in the procurement documents.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-047c60
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071985-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
71600000 - Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 20 Aug 2024Expired
- Award Date
- 31 Oct 20253 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS AND TRADE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- commercialbpo@businessandtrade.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1A 2DY
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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