Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-01-10
Buyer: Sussex Partnership Truss plus Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71317210 | 79417000
Submission deadline: 2019-02-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The authority is looking to secure the services of several suitably skilled, qualified and experienced Authorising Engineers across a range of Categories to act as Authorising Engineers (AE).
An authorising is an independent engineer or other appropriately experienced and qualified individual appointed to take responsibility for the effective management of the safety guidance recommended by the Department of Health.
The Authorising Engineer will act as an independent professional adviser to the healthcare organisation. The Authorising Engineer should be appointed by the organisation with a brief to provide services in accordance with the relevant Health Technical Memorandum (HTM). The professional status and role required may vary in accordance with the specialist service being supported. Both Sussex partnership trust and surrey and borders partnership Trust may contract with successful bidders.
The Authorising Engineer: must be a member of an appropriate professional body with extensive experience in fire safety plus specifically within healthcare fire safety.
The Authorising Engineer will act as an independent professional adviser to the healthcare organisation. The Authorising Engineer will act as assessor and make recommendations for the appointment of Authorised Persons, monitor the performance of fire safety management, and provide an annual audit to the board level director (with fire safety responsibility).
The Authorising Engineer will act as an independent professional adviser to the healthcare organisation. The Authorising Engineer should be appointed by the healthcare organisation.
The Authorising Engineer is a chartered engineer with appropriate experience, whose appointment is the responsibility of the Designated Person. The person appointed should possess the necessary degree of independence from local management to take action within this guidance including the implementation, administration and monitoring of the safety arrangements defined in BS 7255.
The Authorising Engineer will act as assessor and make recommendations for the appointment of Authorised Persons, monitor the performance of the service, and provide an annual audit to the Designated Person. To effectively carry out this role, particularly with regard to audit, the Authorising Engineer should be independent of the operational structure of the authority (see also Health Technical Memorandum 06-02).
Carry out the role of Authorising Engineer Medical Devices on behalf of the Director of Estates and Facilities.
Advise on the minimum health and safety standards required to enable the authority to demonstrate that its’ medical devices comply with statutory regulations and health technical memorandums.
Ensure that health and safety standards with respect of medical devices are understood and fully maintained by the workforce.
The Authorising Engineer is appointed to act as the independent professional adviser on mechanical systems and deliver the range of Authorising Engineer services required.
To provide to Management and others, general and impartial advice on all matters concerned with electrical services supply and distribution safety: this will include design of facilities, specification and procurement of mechanical systems, etc.
To assess and recommend in writing the number of Authorised persons to provide the necessary cover for all systems and installations for which management has responsibility (modified versions of the HTM 06-02 series of documents may be used for this purpose).
— attend your water safety management group providing formal evidence and demonstrating management of water hygiene risks,

Eligibility requirements: Suitably skilled, qualified and experienced persons only.