Provision of kitchen duct and ventilation system cleaning

2gether Support Solutions provides facilities, property, procurement and professional services in the South East. The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts, has social values at its core.

We are seeking to appoint a professional, competent and suitably experienced contractor to carry out kitchen duct and ventilation system cleaning services across our core customer's kitchen sites, on a scheduled basis.

The successful contractor's kitchen duct and ventilation system cleaning service must:

1. deliver a standard of cleanliness that conforms to latest Building Engineering Services Association Guide to Good Practice - Internal Cleanliness of Ventilation Systems (TR19) and subsequent revisions; and

2. comply with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Government Buying Standards for Cleaning Products and Services; and

3. adhere to latest Food Safety Act and all relevant health and safety legislation requirements; and

4. include the removal of the most common cause of fires within a kitchen environment, by removing grease and carbon deposits from all component parts of the duct and ventilation system; and

5. on completion of the cleaning and system cleanliness testing, a full report (including pre and post clean measurements, photographic records and recommendations for future cleaning requirements) must be submitted within the timeframes stated in the procurement documents.

Further information about the requirements, including how the contract will be awarded, is available from the procurement documents.

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, via the BravoSolution e-Tendering system, website address: https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk.

Additional information:

Professional, competent and suitably experienced kitchen duct and ventilation system cleaning contractors wishing to Bid should:

• i)access the e-Tendering system
• ii)click "View current opportunities and notices"
• c)register for interest in the itt_4105 - Provision of kitchen duct and ventilation system cleaning.
• d)download the document titled "itt_4105 - Attachment 1 - About this Procurement" available from the Attachments section and thereafter, follow the instructions contained therein.
• e)if wishing to bid, accurately and fully complete the e-Tendering portal's Qualification and Technical Envelopes and submit your Tender by no later than 16:00 on Wednesday, 5th April 2023.

2gether Support Solutions reserves the right not to award the opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this notice.