Silver, BAFE SP 205 is the biz and it only asks for what you should be doing anyway, so if you are running a business (however small) professionally it should be no problem. We have got one large job in which all the competitors were selected specifically from the BAFE list, so of course the tender document did not mention BAFE cos they didnt need to. By definition, many people who keep repeating that they never see any tenders asking for it are dead right. If they dont have the certification, they will keep not seeing the tenders.
The same happens with fire alarm companies. They are always winging that they never see tenders asking for it. They will certainly never see any tenders that we manage because the companies selected to tender are pre selected on the basis of their listing.