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Market Engagement – Supply and Installation of Fire Extinguishers
Housing 21 · Housing
In brief
Housing 21 has announced plans to buy fire safety work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The notice does not state a value.
The contract runs for 5 years, up to 10 years with extensions, starting 5 October 2026.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Usually low: a median of 2 bids per contract for this buyer (from 11 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Housing 21 wishes to conduct a market engagement exercise to support specification development for our future planning for the supply, installation of P50 Fire Extinguishers.
We are particularly interested in receiving feedback on our specific design and understanding market capabilities in this area. With this in mind we have designed some questions that will shape our planning which we invite you to complete and return as per the instructions in this document.
Housing 21 will be conducting a tender exercise during 2026, the bulk of the fire extinguishers will be installed over an 18-month period starting October 2026.
Over 4000 fire extinguishers will be installed during the contract term across over 500 courts.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Birmingham:-Fire-extinguishers./5JQF498JN7
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5JQF498JN7
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 015084-2026
About the buyer
Housing 21Last 12 months
Procurements
136Awards
112Suppliers it has used most for fire safety
- Quartzelec Ltd1 contract
- Safelincs Limited1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open fire safety tenders- £8mestimated
- £1.54bnframework ceiling
- £1.54bnframework ceiling
- £391kestimated
- £95.9mestimated
From notice 015084-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 19 February 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.