# MHCLG - Fire Safety Research; Trigger Heights and Thresholds

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT](/buyers/ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: BRE GLOBAL LIMITED
- Award value: £185,933
- Tender value: £185,933
- Award date: 1 September 2020
- Published: 17 November 2020
- Contract start: 1 September 2020
- Contract end: 31 December 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6cea0099-42fc-433b-b6f1-8efd995280ae-393798
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7df5ec91-ea40-4ab9-b25e-1d0d18953d45

## Description

This contract has already been awarded and is published for transparency purposes\. MHCLG is responsible for Government policy relating to housing, planning and building, local growth, local government, integration and community cohesion\. Its job is to create great places to live and work right across the country\. This research contract is awarded to identify and review the trigger thresholds used throughout Approved Document B \(ADB\)\. This review should include the use of purpose groups used to trigger different fire safety provisions, and the height threshold used in Regulation 7\(4\) of the Building Regulations 2010\. The aim of this project is to ensure that the thresholds used in the guidance are based on relevant and up to date evidence and provide adequate guidance to designers\. This research project is expected to identify the basis and underpinning evidence for trigger thresholds used throughout ADB and in Regulation 7\(4\) of the Building Regulations 2010\. It will also support a review of the current provisions in ADB and alternative approaches\. This contract has been awarded following a mini competition under the CCS - Research Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing System \(DPS\) ref RM6018\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6cea0099-42fc-433b-b6f1-8efd995280ae-393798)