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Fire engineering contracts

UK public sector · 65 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
65
Last 12 months
Median contract
£64k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£5.9m
57 of 61 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
48
Suppliers
39

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most fire engineering contracts took 40% of them (26 of 65).
  • The median contract, £64k, is 20% below the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).
  • London had the most contracts: 21, or 32% of the total.

Who buys fire engineering

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1City of London Corporation5 contracts
  2. 2Clarion Housing Group3 contracts
  3. 3Peabody3 contracts
  4. 4Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  5. 5Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust3 contracts
  6. 6Hull City Council2 contracts
  7. 7London Borough of Lewisham2 contracts
  8. 8Dacorum Borough Council2 contracts
  9. 9London Borough of Enfield2 contracts
  10. 10Plymouth Community Homes2 contracts

Top fire engineering contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1OFR Consultants8 contracts
  2. 2PART B GROUP LTD6 contracts
  3. 3Harmony Fire Limited5 contracts
  4. 4BB74 contracts
  5. 5Firntec3 contracts
  6. 6Frankham Consultancy Group3 contracts
  7. 7WSP2 contracts
  8. 8PRP Architects2 contracts
  9. 9Tetra Tech2 contracts
  10. 10Arup2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

15Q4 2025*21Q1 202615Q2 202614Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 61 · Scotland 3 · Wales 1

London21South West8South East7North West6Yorkshire and The Humber5West Midlands3North East2East of England2East Midlands1Wales1Scotland1UK-wide or not stated8

What is included

Fire engineers producing fire strategies, fire safety design advice, sprinkler and fire system design and compliance advice for buildings and facilities.

  • Fire engineering consultancy
  • Fire strategy development
  • Sprinkler and fire system design
  • Fire consultant roles on design teams
  • Fire integrity advice

What is not included

  • External wall fire risk appraisals, external wall investigations and EWS1 (see External wall fire risk appraisals (FRAEW and EWS1))
  • Building regulations principal designer and Building Safety Act dutyholder support (see Building Safety Act compliance consultancy)
  • Authorising engineer (fire) (see Authorising engineer)
  • Cladding remediation design (see Architectural design services)
  • Fire risk assessments (see construction trades (con.fire.fire risk assessments))
  • Cladding remediation works (see construction trades (con.fabric.cladding and overcladding))

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