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MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT

MHCLG - Fire Safety Research; Means of Escape for Disabled People - Contract

R&DCPV 73000000
Value£129,951
Awarded26 May 2020
Published17 Jul 2020
RegionLondon

£129,951 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£130ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

This sits in the upper-middle of the Research & Development band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

The brief

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MHCLG is responsible for Government policy relating to housing, planning and building, local growth, local government, integration and community cohesion.

Its job is to create great places to live and work right across the country.

It is a ministerial department, supported by 13 agencies and public bodies.

Research contract to assess the current provisions in Approved Document B (ADB) and review alternative approaches in providing means of escape for disabled people.

This aim of the project is to ensure ADB provides adequate guidance to meet the minimum requirements under Schedule 1 of Part B1 of the Building Regulations 2010.

The project will develop robust data and evidence that will enable MHCLG to support future policy decisions for possible improvements, simplification, and changes of guidance so that people can have confidence in the regulatory standards.

This contract has been awarded following a mini competition under the CCS - Research Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) ref RM6018.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

MHCLG is responsible for Government policy relating

MHCLG is responsible for Government policy relating to housing, planning and building, local growth, local government, integration and community cohesion.

02

This aim of the project is

This aim of the project is to ensure ADB provides adequate guidance to meet the minimum requirements under Schedule 1 of Part B1 of the Building Regulations 2010.

03

The project will develop robust data

The project will develop robust data and evidence that will enable MHCLG to support future policy decisions for possible improvements, simplification, and changes of guidance so that people can have confidence in the regulatory standards.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
This contract has been awarded following a mini competition under the CCS - Research Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) ref RM6018.
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market
This contract has been awarded following a mini competition under the CCS - Research Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) ref RM6018.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
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Source
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Buyer ref
CPD/004/120/201
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