Water Treatment Management Services (Domestic and Commercial)

Water Treatment Services Framework Sub-Lot1 Midlands will provide EEM Members in the Midlands with a compliant route to procure Water Treatment Management Services to support their domestic and commercial properties and any other works associated with this framework.

Services covered by this framework cover but are not limited to the below:

• Water System Risk Assessment services (WRA) services

• Legionella Risk Assessment, Written scheme of examination

• Reporting and Recommendations on results

Water hygiene monitoring and remedials services will include but not be limited to:

• Legionella Control - works associated with the water monitoring and maintenance programme for the prevention of legionella for domestic hot and cold-water services.

• Water System Monitoring - Recording of water temperatures, recording of the condition of cold-water storage tanks and hot water calorifiers.

• Legionella Sampling and Analysis - Provision of labour for drawing off and bottling sample.

• Cleaning and Disinfection of Water Storage Tanks, Upgrade Cold-water Storage Tank.

• Clean and Chemically Disinfect Hot Water Systems

• Replace Existing Cold-water Storage Tank and Chemically Disinfect the System

• Correct operation of thermostatic mixing valves together with corrective measure

• Removal of Dead Ends and Dead Legs on Hot and Cold-water Systems

• Removal of Generic Flexible Hoses on Hot and Cold-water System (excludes Flexes incorporated into tap design).

• Maintaining a water hygiene logbook specific to the site

• Thermostatic Mixing Valves Installation/Replacement

• Delivery to UKAS accredited laboratory

Additional information: The call-off contracts to be awarded pursuant to the framework agreements to be entered at conclusion of the procurement exercise may extend for a duration of up to 5 years beyond expiry of the 4-year framework term. Please note that the total potential framework value stated within this notice is in relation to the full 4-year framework and takes into consideration the lot structure, length of call off contracts and that the EEM membership may grow over the framework lifetime. Where the contract notice states a maximum of suppliers to be appointed to the Framework, this means within each lot. (EEM) on behalf of their members and the other organisations described below as being authorised users. The following contracting authorities will be entitled to agree and award contracts under this framework agreement as Authorised Users:

1. any Member of EEM which for the avoidance of doubt currently includes 3 partners consortia - Westworks(www.westworks.org.uk)

Advantage South West (www.advantagesouthwest.co.uk

and South East Consortium (www.southeastconsortium.org.uk)

A full list of current members is available www.eem.org.uk

2. any future member of EEM or our partner consortia and in all cases being an organisation which has applied to join EEM or our partner consortia in accordance with the applicable constitutional documents.

3. An EEM participant being an organisation which is neither a current or EEM member (as defined at 1 above) nor a future member of EEM (as defined at 2 above) based within England and Wales which owns and/ or maintains/manages housing stock in one or more geographic area in which it operates and/or is an NHS Trust (which includes acute trusts, mental health trusts, care service trusts and ambulance trusts) or an organisation, police authority, fire authority, ambulance trust, university, higher/further education college, school or academy or other public sector organisation. Further details regarding the authorised users of this framework can be found within the tender documents.