Measured Term Contract for Water Quality Management Services

NAC seek to appoint a suitably qualified service provider to deliver services to manage legionella control and water quality management including regimes for temperature testing; cleaning and disinfection; sampling and analysis of results, cold water storage tank inspections; hot water storage system inspections; servicing of thermostatic mixing valves and risk assessments in North Ayrshire Council Non-Housing properties and Communal Areas within Sheltered Housing Units and Supported Living Units.

Lots are not being used for this tender for the reason(s) stated below:

Delivery of the contract is location specific.

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 a documented policy regarding quality management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1.

Health and Safety Procedures

1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with ISO 45001 (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 management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1.

Environmental Management Procedures

1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed documented policy regarding environmental management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.2.

Bidders 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.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 28017. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Community benefits will be required on a mandatory basis for:

• Employment
• Employability & Skills
• SMEs
• TSOs
• Education
• Community Wish List (http://northayrshire.community/community-benefits-wishlist- application-form/)