Supply, Installation, Maintenance & Replacement of Bus Shelters

Supply, Installation, Maintenance & Repair of Bus Shelters within East Lothian.

East Lothian Council intends to appoint a supplier/suppliers to efficiently maintain existing bus shelters and repair where necessary on a like-for-like basis throughout the county.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES

1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent),

OR

The bidder must have documents policies and procedures for quality management (details in the tender documents).

HEALTH & SAFETY PROCEDURES

2. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BSOHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum.

OR,

The bidder must have a regularly reviewed and documented policy for Health and Safety (H&S) management, endorsed by the Chief

Executive Officer, or equivalent. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work and set out responsibilities for H&S

management at all levels within the organisation. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of your operations and set out your

company’s responsibilities of health and safety management and compliance with legislation.(Details in tender document).

ENVIRONMENTAL PROCEDURES

3.The Bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate,

OR

The bidder must have the following (details in tender documents):

a. A regularly reviewed documented policy regarding environmental management, authorised by the Chief Executive, or equivalent. This

policy must include and describe the bidder’s environmental emergency response procedures, including the preparedness and response

procedures for potential accidents and emergency response situations that give rise to significant environmental impacts (for example

hazardous substances spill control).

b. Procedures for dealing with waste (e.g. waste management plans, waste segregation, recycling etc.).