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Fire Safety Systems

Construction MaterialsCPV 44480000

Value£600k

Deadline16 Oct 2026

Published8 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 8 Sept 202637 days leftCloses 16 Oct 2026

Who to contact

Michael Carlyon

michael.carlyon@fxplus.ac.uk

+44 13261475

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£600ktotal contract value

median £135k

this tender£0£4.1m

This is a large award for Construction Materials & Structures — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 10,341 valued Construction Materials & Structures tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Falmouth Exeter Plus publishes Construction Materials & Structures work continuously — 5 notices, roughly one every 85 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

10% of Falmouth Exeter Plus’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Falmouth Exeter Plus (FXPlus) is looking to appoint a single contractor to carry out a range of Fire Safety Systems services to the University Campuses at Falmouth (Woodlane, Falmouth) and Penryn (Treliever Road, Penryn).

The contract will be for 36 months with the option to extend for a further period of 2 x 12 months at the agreement of both parties.

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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