UK SBS FM17077 Water Hygiene Statutory Inspections, treatment and monitoring

The final date and time for the submission of bids is 02/10/2017 at 14:00

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The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a centre of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and is its principal supplier of national capability in geoscience.

BGS need to appoint a knowledgeable and competent contractor to carry out statutory inspections, monitoring and treatment of the water services at its headquarters site in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire

The contractor shall ensure that all water hygiene activities are carried out as required under the Approved Code of Practice (L8), Health and Safety technical guidance (HSG) 274, COSHH Regulations 2002, Industry Guidance (INDG) 458 and any other relevant statutory instruments, Codes of Practice and industry standards that are in force either currently or introduced during the contract period.

The contractor will follow the Legionella Control Association (LCA) Recommended Code of Conduct for Service Providers.

TVC and bacteriological tests are to be carried out by a UKAS accredited laboratory for potable and process waters.

The Contractor will be required to provide all labour, plant and material resources necessary to fulfil the obligations under this contract at all times. Additional charges will be permitted for consumables for dosing and additional authorised work outside the contract requirements.

The contract requires the following services fully detailed in the specification below and as recommended in the current Legionella Risk assessments

The Contractor shall exercise all reasonable skill, care and diligence in the discharge of all duties performed by him.

The contractor will, whenever practicable, use the same personnel to carry out the servicing to ensure familiarity and continuity.

Site visit to BGS, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG will be held on 21/09/2017 at 10:00, please send a message to UK SBS through the Sourcing portal to confirm your attendance to this site visit.

We strongly recommend that you attend a site visit in order to gain complete clarity of our requirements and the environment that you will be working in.

Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control

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This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document.

How to Apply

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