Notice Information
Notice Title
Life Safety Services
Notice Description
We 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
Procurement Information
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.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066e00
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024775-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
50700000 - Repair and maintenance services of building installations
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £1,193,425 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Mar 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 18 Mar 20262 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW7 2RL
- 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)
- TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Electoral Ward
- Brompton & Hans Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024775-2026
18th March 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024771-2026
18th March 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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