Published date: 22 November 2016

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 10 October 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Electrical installation work - 45310000

  • Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment - 50532000

  • Technical inspection and testing services - 71630000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£15,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

RE160377/3

Published date

22 November 2016

Closing date

10 October 2016

Contract start date

27 October 2016

Contract end date

27 October 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Regulatory Delivery Directorate is the appointed market surveillance authority, responsible for enforcing the Ecodesign for Energy Related Products and Energy Labelling Regulations within the UK.

Tenders are invited to test a selection of wine coolers (wine storage appliances) to verify compliance with the following Regulations (and any amendments to these):
• EC No 643/2009 (Ecodesign requirements for household refrigerating appliances).
• EU No 1060/2010 (Energy labelling of household refrigerating appliances).

Testing shall include labelling requirements on airborne acoustical noise emissions.

The test methods applied should follow harmonised standards the reference numbers of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, or other reliable, accurate and reproducible calculation and measurement methods, which take into account the generally recognised state of the art.

About UK Shared Business Services
Putting the business into shared services
UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our customers improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise.
It is our vision to become the leading provider for our customers of shared business services in the UK public sector, continuously reducing cost and improving quality of business services for Government and the public sector.

Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations.

Core services include Procurement, Finance, Grants Admissions, Human Resources, Payroll, ISS, and Property Asset Management all underpinned by our Service Delivery and Contact Centre teams.
UK SBS is a people rather than task focused business. It's what makes us different to the traditional transactional shared services centre. What is more, being a not-for-profit organisation owned by its customers, UK SBS' goals are aligned with the public sector and delivering best value for the UK taxpayer.
UK Shared Business Services Ltd changed its name from RCUK Shared Services Centre Ltd in March 2013.
Our Customers
Growing from a foundation of supporting the Research Councils, 2012/13 saw Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) transition their procurement to UK SBS and Crown Commercial Service (CSS - previously Government Procurement Service) agree a Memorandum of Understanding with UK SBS to deliver two major procurement categories (construction and research) across Government.
UK SBS currently manages £700m expenditure for its Customers, our growth projections anticipate this will rise to £1bn in 2013/14.
Important information

From the 2nd April 2014 the Government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications (GSC) classification scheme to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme (G


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

UK SBS Testing of Refrigeration appliances - Wine Coolers - for compliance with Ecodesign and Energy Labelling legislation EC No 643/2009 and EU No 1060/2010

  • Opportunity
  • Published 19 September 2016

Additional text

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Award information

Awarded date

22 November 2016

Contract start date

22 November 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2017

Total value of contract

£17,418

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Danish Technology Institute

Address

Gregersenvej 1
Taastrup
2630
Denmark

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Address

North Star House
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

research.tenders@uksbs.co.uk