Published date: 19 December 2017

This notice was replaced on 20 March 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 20 March 2018)

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

  • Technical inspection and testing services - 71630000

Location of contract

TW11 0JZ

Value of contract

£15,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS FM17197

Published date

19 December 2017

Closing date

22 January 2018

Contract start date

1 February 2018

Contract end date

9 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The final date and time for the submission of bids is 22/01/2017 at 14:00

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal.


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

Suppliers are strongly encouraged to read the text at the following link in order to gain a full understanding of the role of the enforcement services with Government:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-regulation-enforcement-services

BEIS will carry out market surveillance to determine the current levels of compliance within the water storage tank sector in line with Ecodesign and Energy Labelling requirements placed on the UK market in relation to limits, labelling and Declarations of Conformity.

Tenders are invited for testing according to the requirements detailed below.

To test a selection of Ecodesign (Water Storage Tanks) to verify compliance with the following Regulations (and any amendments to these):

Regulation (EU) No 814/2013
Regulation (EU) No 812/2013

BS EN 12897:2016 - Rated Storage Volume
BS EN 13203:2015 - Tapping, Standby and V40 Tests appropriate for the appliance
BS EN ISO 7744:2010 - Sound Power Level

Testing shall include labelling requirements on airborne acoustical noise emissions.

Testing shall also include the checking of Guaranteed Sound Power Level labelling, CE labelling and checks on Declarations of Conformity.

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.

For a full Specification please refer to the ITQ document

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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

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)

Responses must be received by the date in the bid documents.

Responses received outside or concurrently using the eSourcing process will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

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

How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite

Full details of this opportunity can be found on the e-sourcing portal please follow instructions below. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'.

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk.

Your email must clearly state:
• name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• name of the registered Bidder;
• name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder.

As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event.

Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information.

For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Telephone: 0345 010 3503

Training documents to support Bidders to utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section.

About the buyer

Contact name

Rebecca Fish

Address

Polaris House
Swindon
SN2 1ET
England

Telephone

01793 867005

Email

fmprocurement@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk