Give customers confidence in your fire safety work with our fire detection and fire alarm systems scheme.
If you work in the fire safety market, we can help you demonstrate your competence with our route to BAFE certification.
The BAFE Approval Schemes have set the industry standards for the fire protection industry for 25 years.
The BAFE Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems Scheme (BAFE SP203-1) consists of a four-part modular scheme, covering the work associated with fire detection and fire alarm systems:
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design
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installation
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commissioning and handover
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maintenance
The advantage for your business? You can choose to be assessed only in the areas relevant to your work.
Pricing is based on the number of modules you choose, for more information review the key documents.
Scheme requirements
BAFE's SP203-1 scheme objective is to provide a means by which fire protection system users and regulatory authorities can be confident that the companies providing fire alarm systems, have processes in place to effectively undertake such activities within their defined scope of work.
The BAFE SP203-1 scheme document specifies the conditions to be met by certificated organisations.
BAFE Scheme Fees
Application fees | Fee | VAT | Total |
| Initial application fee (non refundable, for each address requiring assessment (e.g. head office and each contracting branch)) | £95 | £14 | £112 |
| One module | £840 | £168 | £1008 |
| Two modules or more* | £1775 | £355 | £2130 |
Surveillance (In the first year surveillance will be completed after 6 months and then annually thereafter) | Fee | VAT | Total |
| One module | £840 | £168 | £1008 |
| Two modules or more* | £1775 | £355 | £2130 |
| BAFE annual license fee | £265 | £53 | £318 |
*When applied for at the same time
Cancellation fees |
Fee |
VAT |
Total |
| Cancellation of scheduled assessment with 2 or less than 2 days notice (per half day assessment) | £710 | £142 | £852 |
| Cancellation of scheduled assessment with more than 2 and less than 21 days notice (per half day assessment) | £490 | £98 | £588 |
| Void fee for failure to be present or available for assessment when the assessor has attended at the scheduled time and date and no previous cancellation has been recieved (per half day) | £470 | £94 | £564 |
Other fees |
Fee |
VAT |
Total |
| Administration fee (not including additional license) | £125 | £25 | £150 |
| Pre-assessment | £935 | £187 | £1122 |
| Additional day assessment (or multiples of) | £935 | £187 | £1122 |
| Modular Certificate unique identification reference | £1 | £0.20 | £1.20 |
| Compliance Certificate unique identification reference (including payment to BAFE) | £10 | £2 | £12 |