UK SBS FM17198 Testing of Wine Storage Appliances for Compliance with Eco-design and Energy Labelling Legislation

Tender 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 household wine storage appliance 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 household wine storage appliances to verify compliance with the following Regulations (and any amendments to these): (EC) No 643/2009 of 22 July 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for household refrigerating appliances. (EU) No 1060/2010 of 28 September 2010 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household refrigerating appliances. The test methods applied should follow harmonised standards EN 62552:2013 as 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. Testing shall include labelling requirements on airborne acoustical noise emissions to EN 60704-2-14:2013. For a full Specification please refer to the ITQ document