What is B&W INFRA Services?

B&W INFRA Services Ltd is a specialist Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) consultancy with 15+ years of experience in PFI/PPP contracts, providing compliance audits, risk profiling, project management and FM support across the UK.

What is the day rate for M&E consultancy?

B&W INFRA charges £600 per day or £100 per hour for M&E consultancy engagements. Long-term arrangements are available at negotiated rates.

Which sectors does B&W INFRA serve?

B&W INFRA works across Healthcare (NHS), Public Sector, Commercial Real Estate, and Technology/Data Centre environments, with deep expertise in PFI and PPP contract frameworks.

How quickly can B&W INFRA mobilise?

B&W INFRA can mobilise within 48 hours of initial engagement for urgent or crisis situations, providing immediate senior-level M&E expertise on site.

Does B&W INFRA offer HTM 06-01 compliance support?

Yes. B&W INFRA provides HTM 06-01 compliant design specifications, compliance audits and infrastructure risk registers for NHS and healthcare estates.

What areas of the UK does B&W INFRA cover?

B&W INFRA operates nationwide across the United Kingdom, with completed projects in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Cambridge, Norwich and Lincolnshire.

Can B&W INFRA help with PFI contract management?

Yes. B&W INFRA has over 15 years of hands-on experience across the full lifecycle of PFI and PPP contracts — from mobilisation and operational delivery through to compliance management and contract handback.

What is an M&E compliance audit?

An M&E compliance audit is an independent technical inspection of mechanical and electrical building systems to verify they meet statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements. B&W INFRA conducts audits aligned with HTMs, British Standards and JSP frameworks.

Does B&W INFRA offer retained or long-term advisory arrangements?

Yes. For embedded support, retained advisory or ongoing management cover, B&W INFRA offers discounted long-term arrangements to provide continuity of service at below-market rates.

What to Do When Your FM Contractor Goes Insolvent Mid-Contract

The Risk Nobody Plans For

FM contractor insolvency is a relatively rare event — but when it happens, it can leave organisations managing complex, multi-site estates without mechanical maintenance cover overnight. The consequences range from statutory compliance breaches to genuine safety risks for occupants.

This article sets out a practical response framework based on our direct experience managing emergency FM transitions for public sector clients.

The First 72 Hours

The moment you learn of an insolvency event (or impending one), your priority is triage — not procurement.

Immediate actions:

Identify all buildings currently under the insolvent contractor's scope
Categorise each by occupier risk and statutory compliance criticality
Establish which PPM tasks are due in the next 30 days
Contact your insurers to notify them of the change in circumstances
Preserve all compliance documentation held by the contractor

Navigating Emergency Procurement

For public sector bodies, the instinct is often to assume that emergency procurement is incompatible with PCR 2015 or the Procurement Act 2023. This is a misconception.

Both frameworks provide for genuinely urgent procurement that bypasses standard competition requirements — provided the urgency is genuine, documented, and not of your own making. A contractor entering administration clearly meets this test.

Key routes:

Crown Commercial Services (CCS) frameworks — FM-related lots exist and appointments can often be made within 5–10 working days
Direct award under urgency provisions — requires clear justification documentation
Interim appointment with competition to follow — appoint immediately, then run a compliant competition for the substantive contract

Protecting Your Legal Position

Document everything. The insolvent contractor's administrators will be looking to maximise recoveries from the estate. You need a clear, contemporaneous record of:

What compliance work was outstanding at the point of insolvency
What the transition cost you (interim procurement, remediation, etc.)
Any failures or safety incidents that occurred during the transition

This documentation supports both your insurance recovery and any contractual claim against the insolvent estate.

How B&W INFRA Can Help

We've managed emergency FM transitions for local authorities and NHS clients — triage, procurement management, interim compliance, and transition reporting. We can mobilise quickly.