Published date: 1 August 2022
Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.
Contract summary
Industry
Engineering services - 71300000
Health and safety services - 71317200
Health and safety consultancy services - 71317210
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£15,000
Procurement reference
KENTNHS001-DN625616-24076177
Published date
1 August 2022
Closing date
10 August 2022
Closing time
11:59pm
Contract start date
1 October 2022
Contract end date
30 September 2025
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?
No
Description
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust are looking for EOI in the following:- Authorised Fire Engineer
The Trust provide wide-ranging NHS care for people in the community, in a range of settings including people's own homes; nursing homes; health clinics; community hospitals; minor injury units; a walk-in centre and in mobile units.
We are one of the largest NHS community health providers in England, serving a population of about 1.4 million. We employ over 5,500 staff, including doctors, community nurses, physiotherapists, dieticians and many other healthcare professionals. KCHFT have 9 Community Hospitals with a bed capacity of approximately 20 beds per hospital.
Background
As directed by Health Technical Memorandum 05-01, Managing healthcare fire safety, KCHFT has a dedicated Fire Safety Group. The group will be led by KCHFT's Fire Safety Manager with the support of an external authorising fire engineer (AE).
In Scope (based on a 3 year contract):-
Initial high level compliance review to be reported to the first Fire Safety Group meeting within the first 3 months of contract start:-
Current Policies and Procedures and in house training review (desktop review)
PPM shortfalls review (desktop review based at a KCHFT site)
Assurance that the right resources are in place and recommendations if not.
Current levels of compliance systems for Fire safety to include recommendations
Ongoing tasks:-
• Annual review of 2 fire risk assessments
• Annual review of PPMs (based at a KCHFT site) observing contractors and reviewing paperwork
• Annual risk-based report on findings above with executive conclusions & recommendations. 1 day preparation and 1 day presenting
• Annual review of KCHFT Authorised Persons.
• Free to service technical support by telephone and email (detailed document checks and other works requiring attendance over 1 hour to be charged at agreed rate).
• Adhoc advice/attendance on specific projects as and when required to be charged at daily rate/half day rate as appropriate
Attendance at Fire Safety Group (FSG) Meetings
The Trust would require attendance at the FSG Meetings based on the following structure (via Teams):-
Year 1 - Month 3, 6 and 12
Year 2 - Month 6 and 12
Year 3 - Month 6 and 12
Contract
3 year contract initially with the option to extend by 2 x 12 month tranches.
Expressions of interest (EOI) must be submitted via the Procontract procurement portal (Proactis) under opportunity number DN625616. Any correspondence to the Authority's staff email address will be disregarded. Please log-in via the following link to EOI if already registered, or the link will also allow you to register and then EOI. https://procontract.due-north.com/login (https://procontract.due-north.com/login)
ITT documentation will be released following EOI closure on the 11 August 2022
About the buyer
Contact name
Sarah Woodcock
Address
110/120 Upper Pemberton
Eureka Park, Kennington
Ashford
TN25 4AZ
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 1233667979
Website
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