Issue details

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.