Fire Alarm Upgrades to 14 Supported & Sheltered Housing Schemes

The appointment of a contractor for Fire Alarm Upgrades to 14 Supported & Sheltered Housing Schemes. To be responsible for the end-to-end process of ensuring that fire alarm systems are correctly installed, configured, and operational in accordance with the requirements of this specification, industry standards and regulatory requirements to 14 supported and residential Housing schemes. SBC have previously commissioned a specialist consultant to design fire alarm systems for SBC sheltered and supported housing schemes to meet L1 and LD1 grade A requirements. These designs have now been taken up-to concept/spatial design stage (RIBA 3) identifying the component locations, wiring loops for the alarm systems and performance parameters. We are now appointing a specialist contractor to carry on from the consultants RIBA 3 (developed design) stage, from RIBA stage 4 Technical design through, the supply/manufacture, installation, handover and use of a compliant operational fire alarm system (RIBA stages 4-7). This design shall incorporate the grading requirements of the fire alarm system, as well as remote monitoring and testing abilities identified within the Initial concept design. The contract will be for a period of 18 months with no extension periods and is estimated to commence 1st June 2026. We are entering into a voluntary standstill period.