Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-07-31
Buyer: The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35111000: Fire-fighting equipment | 35111200 | 35111300 | 35111500
Estimated value: 210000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-09-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The purpose of this tender exercise is to select a service provider whose delivery of fire fighting equipment, dry riser and hydrant periodic servicing commencing 1.10.2019 will represent value for money, high quality service; combined with the ability to identify and implement service efficiencies across the Trusts.
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust on behalf of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA) invites tenders for the servicing of various firefighting equipment across the following NHS Care Organisations:
The periodic servicing of each fire extinguisher serving the site and offsite premises in accordance with the appropriate British Standard including BS5306-3:2017, Health Technical Memorandum 05-03, Fire Safety Measures for Public Sector Buildings (HTM 05-03), other relevant codes of practice and the group’s particular requirements.
The periodic servicing of each fire dry risers and hydrants serving the sites shall be in accordance with the appropriate British Standard including BS9999:2008, HTM 05-03, other relevant codes of practice and the group’s particular requirements.
The Trusts intend to award a contract for a period of 5 years with an option to extend for a further 2 x 12 month periods.
The contract has not been split into lots on commercial, operational and contract management grounds.
Prior to contract award the successful contractor shall be required to evidence the following accreditation:
Please note that all expressions of interest must be submitted via the Due North ProContract portal, paper and emailed expressions will not be accepted.
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Eligibility requirements: Prior to contract award the successful contractor shall be required to evidence the following accreditation: — BS EN ISO9001 — 2015 or equivalent and appropriate quality management system, — BAFE SP101 or equivalent, — construction line accreditation or equivalent.

Award value: 210000