Water Systems Monitoring and Inspection Shropshire
The monitoring and inspection of the water systems is intended to demonstrate compliance with the HSE Approved Code of Practice L8 (Fourth edition) — Legionnaires’ disease: The control of legionella bacteria in water systems.
United Kingdom-Shrewsbury: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
2014/S 193-340986
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Shropshire Council
Shirehall, Abbey Foregate
For the attention of: Nigel Denton, Procurement Manager
SY2 6ND Shrewsbury
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1743252993
E-mail: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1743253910
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.Shropshire.gov.uk
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Principal Committee Officer, Shropshire Council
Shirehall, Abbey Foregate
For the attention of: Principal Committee Officer, Legal and Democratic Services
SY2 6ND Shrewsbury
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1743252993
Fax: +44 1743253910
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
Shropshire Council is purchasing on behalf of itself and any wholly owned local authority company or other entity that is deemed to be a contracting authority by virtue of the Council’s involvement.
Shirehall, Abbey Foregate
SY2 6ND Shrewsbury
UNITED KINGDOM
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 19: Water transport services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Shropshire
NUTS code UKG22
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The work consists of carrying out routine monitoring and inspection of the water systems, at approximately 350 sites all located in Shropshire, over which the Client has day to day control, to ensure that the traditional temperature regime method employed to control the multiplication of legionella in hot and cold water services systems, remains valid and is proving to be effective.
The objective of the contract is for the Contractor to provide a comprehensive and accurate record of the temperature regime employed to control legionella, exposure to legionella and cleanliness. The Contractor shall record compliance and non-compliance in accordance with the relevant statutory provisions, standards and industry guidance such that the Client may assess condition, minimise and manage risks and discharge its duty under the law. The Contractor shall utilise and update the Client’s existing on-site water logbooks. The Contractor shall also provide and utilise a legionellosis management and control data collection and defect management & reporting web based electronic logbook system.
Where required and authorised by the Client the Contractor shall undertake cleaning and de-scaling of shower-heads and the cleaning and chemical disinfection of cold water storage tanks.
Membership with CHAS (Contractor’s Health & Safety Scheme) and LCA (Legionella Control Association) or EU equivalent are mandatory requirements for the contractor wishing to undertake this contract.
Enhanced disclosures or DBS checks are required for all employees who may undertake monitoring duties at school sites as part of this contract.
The contract will be for a period of up to 4 years commencing on 1.4.2015.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
71600000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
See tender documents.
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision: See paragraph II.5 above.
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 4 years
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
Applicants wishing to tender for this requirement should request a tender pack in writing or by email to procurement@shropshire.gov.uk as set out para 1.1 above. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award a contract or to award any option(s) it so wishes. The closing date for receipt of completed tenders is 12:00 noon, 24.11.2014.
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
see I.1 above
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: