Closed
This consultation is now closed.
The draft Procurement and Commercial Fire Standard has been developed with subject matter experts from the network of Fire and Rescue Service procurement managers, Home Office specialists, representatives from the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Strategic Commercial Board, as well as other key stakeholders.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
For the purposes of this consultation, you are provided with a consultation pack which contains the following:
- The Draft Procurement and Commercial Fire Standard
- A copy of the consultation questions (allows you to prepare your response in advance before entering your answers online)
Consultation Pack
You will be asked to provide your name, role, organisation and email address in case of any technical issues or if we need to contact you to clarify anything about your response.
It is not mandatory to respond to all of the questions in the survey; you are welcome to only complete those areas that you have an interest or expertise in.
When you are ready, please start the consultation survey.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE CONSULTATION HAS CLOSED?
All responses will be considered following the consultation. Should any responses result in significant revisions to the Fire Standard, a further consultation may be initiated.
Following this, the Fire Standard will undergo a quality assurance process before the final Fire Standard is proposed to the Fire Standards Board for approval.
If you have any questions about the consultation process, please email [email protected]
CONSIDERATIONS AND NOTES
Hyperlinks to places within this draft Fire Standard, or to other sections of guidance may not currently function; this will be addressed at point of publication.
We recognise that fire and rescue services must comply with a broader list of legislation to undertake their duties, which would be applicable to all standards. The legislation which applies to all Fire Standards can be found on the Fire Standards Board website. In the draft for consultation, legislation pertinent to this topic has been included, the consultation enables suggestions for any further consultation to be made.
Any illustrations are not currently in high-definition, to allow for email limitations; this will be addressed at point of publication.