Provision of Fire Risk Assessment for Network Rail, Transport for Wales and Great Western Railway

A Tender Notice
by NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Services)
Duration
3 year
Value
£22M-£3M
Sector
DEFENCE
Published
14 Nov 2025
Delivery
01 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2029
Deadline
n/a

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Location

United Kingdom:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

To provide fire risk assessments or reviews as directed at specified locations. The contractor(s) will provide where requested, fire engineering support, guidance and direction for both projects and actions, which may include Landlord Consents, Project Site Visits, Project Plan review, but not limited to those. Fire training for persons who are responsible for sites will be provided under the appropriate lot where required meeting legislation, site requirements and use of current systems to support those requiring the training. Contractors will also carry out, where required, assessments for Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres in accordance with current regulations and, where applicable, company policies or requirements. These should be carried out at the same time as any other assessments to reduce the number of times required to visit sites and mitigate duplication. Contractors may be required to either interface via API or manually to client systems to add actions from any assessments which are undertaken or provide data in a set format. All Assessments are to be based on the Risk Base platform for record keeping and provide access to all clients where required. 1. Conduct fire risk assessments or reviews at specified locations as directed. 2. Provide fire engineering support, guidance, and direction for projects and actions, including, but not limited to, Landlord Consents, Project Site Visits, and Project Plan review. 3. Offer fire training for site-responsible personnel as required under the appropriate lot to meet legislation, site requirements, and current system usage. 4. Perform assessments for Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres according to current regulations, company policies, or requirements, concurrently with other assessments to minimize site visits and reduce duplication. 5. Interface via API or manually with client systems to add actions from assessments undertaken or provide data in a set format. 6. Base all assessments on the Risk Base platform for record keeping and provide access to clients where needed.

Lot Division

1 Fire Risk Assessments – Non-Critical Locations
  • Value: £3M

Occupied (staffed) and unoccupied (unstaffed) locations such as, depots, offices, small stations
2 Fire Risk Assessments – Critical Locations
  • Value: £3M

Key locations such as, larger stations and other premises as designated by respective companies
3 Fire Strategy
  • Value: £3M

Railway stations and premises, while aligning with standards like BS 8644-1 and incorporating lessons from the Grenfell Inquiry to ensure safe design, operation, and emergency preparedness. This will also need to align for NR locations with NRs 6-step procedures
4 Fire Engineering Support
  • Value: £3M

Fire engineering guidance for projects by a chartered fire engineer to assess and design bespoke fire strategies—especially for complex or non-standard buildings—ensuring compliance with legislation, enhancing safety outcomes, and enabling efficient, risk-informed solutions beyond prescriptive standards.
5 Fire Training
  • Value: £3M

This lot involves training for fire risk assessors ahead of expected legislation changes. External companies currently cover this training
6 DESEAR
  • Value: £3M

Where required outside a normal fire risk assessment, DSEAR (Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations) risk assessment is a structured process to identify, evaluate, and control risks from flammable substances or explosive atmospheres in the workplace, ensuring compliance with legal duties and implementing safe systems of work to protect people, property, and operation.
7 Tunnels
  • Value: £3M

To undertake risk assessment on tunnels using the NR Technical Authority approved tool. Any bidders in this lot will need to have been approved by the TA on the use prior to bidding and have a chartered fire engineer in place to support.
8 GWR Fire Risk
  • Value: £3M

Fire Risk Assessments (Non-Critical), Fire Risk Assessments (Critical), Fire Engineering Support & Fire Training (Great Western Railway)

Renewal Options

1+1

Award Criteria

Technical Technical - 20 Lot specific technical- 20 Safety - 10 Social Value - 5 Innovation - 5
Commercial Commercial & Pricing Evaluation

CPV Codes

  • 75251110 - Fire-prevention services

Indicators

  • Renewals are available.

Other Information

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Reference

  • ocds-h6vhtk-05473a
  • FTS 073942-2025

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