Contract award · 25 Mar 2025

THE PROVISION OF RESEARCH INTO FIRE SAFETY ACCESS AND FACILITIES IN BUILDINGS

Health and Safety Executive awarded “The Provision of Research Into Fire Safety Access and Facilities in…” to Bureau Veritas UK Limited for £131k.

Research & developmentNorth East

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Health and Safety Executive · Body governed by public law
Value
£130,700
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Research & development · Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date25 Mar 2025
  2. Published23 Dec 2025Published 273 days after the contract date

Description

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a Crown non-departmental public body with specific statutory functions in relation to health and safety. It is appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and employs around 3,500 staff including policy advisers, inspectors, technologists and scientific and medical advisers. HSE's job is to prevent people being killed, injured or made ill by work. The Technical Policy Team is part of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) which sits within the Health and Safety Executive. It is responsible for developing and maintaining the technical guidance that supports the Building Regulations. Their work also involves the identification of emerging risks and provision of expert advice to the Government. The technical guidance sets the standard for new buildings and work to existing buildings, and the BSR utilises this guidance, in the form of the Approved Documents, to improve the safety, accessibility, liveability, function and sustainability o…

About the supplier

More from Health and Safety Executive

All contracts

More won by Bureau Veritas UK Limited

All contracts

Recent research & development contracts

Sector overview