Published date: 16 May 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 2 March 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) - 44000000

  • Fire doors - 44221220

  • Fireproofing work - 45343100

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £3,000,000

Procurement reference

20230516141003-72814

Published date

16 May 2023

Closing date

2 March 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

15 May 2023

Contract end date

30 April 2026

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The Contractor will be requested to provide the Employer with Passive Fire Safety works / services including but not limited to the following areas:
• Compartmentalise a building through use of fire-resistance rated walls and floors, keeping the fire from spreading quickly and providing time to escape for people in the building.
• Fire Doors help compartmentalize a building, while giving its occupants means of escape.
• Fire Walls and Floors to separate the building into compartments to stop the spread of fire/smoke from room to room.
• Fire Compartmentalisation including fire stopping replacement, supply, and installation of the above.
• Remedial works ordered from Fire Risk Assessment report recommendations.

The Employer requires the use of third-party certified products which have been independently certified by a UKAS accredited organisation.
This provides the following required layers of protection.
• A manufacturers declaration of performance.
• An original test report.
• An effective quality management system in the factory to ensure quality of manufacture.
• A regular and independent third-party factory audit.
• Product support identification.
• Random audit and testing in a furnace
• Detailed parameters of usage.
• Control of cascaded evidence.
• Standardised installation and maintenance information.
• Full traceability via permanent labelling or markings.
The Employer requires third party accredited and competent installers to ensure that the tested and approved materials are competently installed in accordance with manufacturers test evidence and documentation.
The third-party certified Contractors will be required to label and verify the installations specification and prove conformance.
Regarding fire door installations the Contractor is required to be a member of a relevant fire door installation certification scheme such as FIRAS/BM TRADA. (Other schemes are available). New fire door installations require certification to prove manufacturers and installation conformance. It i


Award information

Awarded date

10 May 2023

Contract start date

15 May 2023

Contract end date

30 April 2026

Total value of contract

£3,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Gunfire Limited

Address

Endeavour House
Compass Point
St Ives
Cambridgeshire
PE27 5JL

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Jack Swindells

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Telephone

+44 1235465318

Email

Jack.swindells@ukaea.uk

Website

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority