Decision Maker: Executive Director: Growth and Regeneration
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Bristol City Council wishes to appoint an
experienced Fire Safety Consultant to carry out Fire Risk
Assessments (FRAs). The objective of the FRA’s is to assess
measures that facilitate the protection of people from fire and to
advise on compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order
2005.
The Procurement Route selected for this project was: further
Competition using an existing Framework Agreement (Procurement For
Housing: Fire Safety Consultancy Framework – Lot 1)
The tender was evaluated according to the published evaluation
criteria.
After completing the quality and social value scoring and adding
this to price weighting, the most economically advantageous tender
received was from Fire Compliance Management Services Ltd.
To award the contact for Fire Risk Assessments
to Fire Compliance Management Service Ltd.
Option 1 - Building Control have previously
provided this service for Homes and Landlord Service, but can no
longer fulfil this role due to changes in the Building Control
function responding to new Building Safety Regulations. The option
to directly employ assessors was rejected as the consultants will
add value which will assist the service significantly.
Option 2 -
Option 3 -
Publication date: 23/03/2023
Date of decision: 21/02/2023