Published date: 3 May 2022
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Contract summary
Industry
Ventilation equipment - 42520000
Engineering services - 71300000
Safety consultancy services - 79417000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£15,000
Procurement reference
KENTNHS001-DN609127-56000078
Published date
3 May 2022
Closing date
20 May 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
19 July 2022
Contract end date
18 July 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 expressions of interest in the following:- Authorised Ventilation Engineer
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust provides 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.
Background to the requirement
As directed by Health Technical Memorandum 03-01, Specialised ventilation for healthcare buildings, KCHFT have decided to introduce a Ventilation Safety Group. The group will be led by a Trust approved person (AP) with the support of an external authorising engineer (AE). The purpose of this agreement is to appoint an AE who will assist with policy, setup of ventilation group and ratify the appointment of the Trust's AP.
Requirement of the Trust
An initial high level compliance review will need to be undertaken by the awarded supplier, taking an initial snapshot of the Trust systems to ascertain current levels of ventilation safety compliance against the HTM 03-01 Specialised Ventilation of Healthcare Buildings and other mandatory requirements. The review should include:-
1. Current Policies and Procedures.
2. PPM shortfalls
3. Resource
4. Current levels of compliance systems for Ventilation safety
In Scope (based on a 3 year contract):-
• Annual audit of 2 No nominated sites fire risk assessment and PPMs.
• Annual risk-based report on findings above with executive conclusions & recommendations.
• 1 x Compliance visit and Audit Report of all specialised ventilation systems under KCHFT's direct control and ownership.
• Assessment, review and recommendation for Appointment of proposed 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).
• Emergency Telephone support 24/7 365 days a year (callouts and attendance to be charged at agreed rate).
• Adhoc advice/attendance on specific projects as and when required.
Expressions of interest (EOI) must be submitted via the Proactis procurement portal (Due North) under opportunity number DN609127. 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)
Documentation will be released to suppliers who express an interest following the closure of EOI window on the 20 May 2022.
About the buyer
Contact name
Sarah Woodcock
Address
110/120 Upper Pemberton
Eureka Park, Kennington
Ashford
TN25 4AZ
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 1233667979
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