Mini- Competition for Annual Heating Servicing and All Inclusive Repairs & Maintenance for Domestic Council Properties in East Lothian

East Lothian Council is awarding to a Contractor to carry out Mini- Competition for Annual Heating Servicing and All Inclusive Repairs & Maintenance for Domestic Council Properties.

East Lothian Council is seeking to appoint a contractor for Annual heating & hot water servicing and all-inclusive 24 hour, 365/366 day repairs & maintenance of gas installations & appliances (circa 8470 properties); air source heat pumps (circa 150 properties); electric storage heaters (circa 350 properties); solid fuel appliances (circa 30 properties); solar panel systems (circa 150 properties); and unvented hot water storage systems (circa 300) in approximately 9000 domestic Council & Mid-Market homes (currently 52) within the boundaries of East Lothian.

East Lothian Council also undertakes a significant modernisation programme embracing a wide range of physical alterations to premises that might affect the safety of gas fittings e.g. extension, extracting/installing insulation, installation of kitchens and windows, etc. The contractor will be required to provide domestic gas engineering resource to support these programmes.. 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. This includes an employer’s obligations under National Minimum Wage Act 1998 and the Equality Act 2010.

Community Benefits are a requirement of this contract.

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

The Service Provider shall engage with the Council with regard to delivering proportionate Community Benefits in relation to the Contract in terms of social, economic, and environmental benefits, in order to achieve sustainability and best value from public spending to benefit the community.