Fire Safety Order Guidance-Tranche 3

Concepts

• fire prevention
• fire safety order
• new guides
• fire safety order guidance-tranche
• fire safety
• fire safety provisions
• fire doors
• third tranche of our programme
• primary fire safety changes
• new guides of fire safety guidance

Location

United Kingdom: UK wide

Description

As part of its overhaul of guidance on The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 – the Fire Safety Order (FSO) - the Home Office is seeking to externally commission new guides and updates to existing guidance documents. The guidance in this requirement, which is the third tranche of our programme, will be needed by Q3 of 2022 when the fire safety provisions in the Building Safety Bill may be enacted. Five new guides are required including a brief explainer on fire doors that captures any regulatory changes, a summary of the sanctions available for breaches of the FSO, an implementation guide for the primary fire safety changes planned through the BSB, a comprehensive overarching fire risk assessment guide and an overlap guide explaining the difference between a Responsible Person and an Accountable Person under the BSB. We are also looking to rationalise and update all of the premises specific guides on GOV.UK as well as the Specialised Housing and Means of Escape for Disabled People guides. The final element will be the requirement to update all the guides we publish in Tranche 2 of our programme to make sure they include the fire safety changes made through the BSB. All guides must be consistent with the FSO at the time of publication. All these guides must be accessible and provide details for the Responsible Person, fire risk assessor or enforcing authority on how to discharge their duties. All guides should be displayed as a PDF, or where appropriate, be turned into HTML text on GOV.UK where we intend to host them.

Total Quantity or Scope

Review and update and produce new guides of fire safety guidance for responsible persons.

Renewal Options

Option of 6 month extension for extra time to complete.

CPV Codes

• 75251110 - Fire-prevention services
• 45216000 - Construction work for buildings relating to law and order or emergency services and for military buildings
• 71310000 - Consultative engineering and construction services
• 71317100 - Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services
• 75251100 - Firefighting services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This procurement will be managed electronically via the Home Office’s eSourcing Portal (JAGGAER). To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the eSourcing Portal. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Portal, this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com by following the link ‘To register click here’. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Once you have registered on the eSourcing Portal, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing collaborativeprocurement@homeoffice.gov.uk and quoting "Fire Safety Order Guidance-C21572" in the title to request access to the ITT documents. Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the registered supplier; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. The eMail will be processed and then the buyer will enable the supplier to access the procurement online via the eSourcing Portal. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. For technical assistance on use of the eSourcing Portal please contact the JAGGAER Supplier Helpdesk at customersupport@jaggaer.com or 0800 069 8630 (0800 - 1800hrs).