BS 5266 (emergency lighting)
Standards the work must meet · awarded by BSI · serves: Lighting contractors
- Notices demanding it
- 28
- a floor
- Said “must”
- 4
- explicit obligation
- Open right now
- 0
- Value gated
- £2m
- a floor
Published values on the notices that demand it — a floor, not a total.
The demand curve
Notices demanding it per 10,000 published, by year — rate-normalised so corpus growth never masquerades as demand. Complete years only.
The pale bars are 2025 onward. The Procurement Act went live on 24 February 2025 and changed how notices are written, so the step across that date is partly a change in convention and not only a change in demand. We have not measured how much of it is which, so please do not read this as a trend.
The receipts
Notices that demand it, and the sentence each demand was found in. Nothing is counted here without one.
- **Abandoned Project** - XXX Duchy College Stoke Climsland Accommodation Lighting Project XXXmandatory
Cornwall College e-Tendering
The works must conform to BS5266-1:2016.
- LED lighting Upgrademandatory
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS
Emergency lighting and escape signage shall be designed and installed in accordance with BS 5266-1:2016 Code of Practice for the Emergency Lighting of Premises including reference to BS EN 1838:2013.
- Emergency Lightingmandatory
UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)
It is part of the fire safety provision of a building and a requirement of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 any work on emergency lighting systems shall be carried out to the current BS 5266
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
All works executed under this contract shall be carried out in strict accordance with BS5266:Part 1:2011, BS5266:Part 8:2004 and BS7671 17th Edition and the complete satisfaction of the Trust.
Karbon Homes
…cordance with BS 5839-1:2017 / BS 5839-6:2013 including ancillary equipment along with annual servicing of emergency lighting systems in strict accordance with BS 5266- 1:2011 / BS EN 50172 2004 all in conjunction with relevant manufacturer's recommendations.…
University of Salford
BS 5266 series for emergency lighting
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
…Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems in Buildings and subsequent amendments, BS 4737-4.3: 1988 Intruder Alarm Systems in Buildings and subsequent amendments, BS 5266-1:2011 code of practice for emergency lighting of premises, The Electricity at Works Regulations 1989.…
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Please Note: ERYC are aware that the British or Harmonised Standards BS 1838:2013 - Lighting applications - Emergency Lighting, BS 5266-1:2016 - Emergency Lighting - Code of Practice for the Emergency Lighting of Premises and BS EN 50172:2004/BS 5266-8:2004 - Emergency Escape Lighting Systems are being replaced by new…
EU SUPPLY LIMITED
BS5266 - emergency lighting
BANK OF ENGLAND
All works to conform to BS 5266-1 standard.
Ministry of Defence
Emergency Lighting to BS 5266
Citizen
The lighting in Sam Vale and William Batchelor House is to be all upgraded due to lux levels being very low in various areas and not complying with BS5266-1:2016.
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Get set up free →Method: Every count here is a floor. We match the text of the notice, and a notice description is a summary — most tender packs demand things it never mentions.“Said must” counts only explicit obligation language in the matched sentence itself; anything ambiguous is counted as a mention, never as mandatory. Trend compares rates per 10,000 notices per complete calendar year.