Decision details

Fire Door Installation Programme (Phase 1)

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To ensure that we are compliant with UK fire safety laws, the Fire Safety Works team have identified the need to under a comprehensive program to install and upgrade fire doors across the borough. This programme will involve works to approximately 1682 residential blocks containing circa 11,735 doors. This programme will also place an emphasis on 247 high-rise buildings which contain five stories or more as legislation requires to prioritize these properties.

To manage this programme, we propose awarding a contract to work through two thirds of our phase 1 plan. This relates to 2800 doors (which is 67% of the total 4161 doors identified in phase 1). The cost is projected at a total of 7 million pounds.

To source a contractor to undertake these works, we are seeking approval to undertake a mini competition via the Fusion 21 Building Safety and Compliance Framework, ‘Passive Fire Protection - Fire Doors’ category. We are anticipating starting these works by the end of summer 2024.

Decision:

  1. To note that Appendix 1 is not for publication on the basis that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) as set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 

  1. For Cabinet to approve the procurement strategy to undertake a mini-competition via the Fusion 21, Building Safety and Compliance Framework, ‘Passive Fire Protection - Fire Doors’ category for works relating to phase 1 Fire Door Works.

 

Report author: Richard Buckley

Publication date: 08/10/2024

Date of decision: 07/10/2024

Decided at meeting: 07/10/2024 - Cabinet

Effective from: 12/10/2024

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