Inspection of ventilation system

Tender description

The contract is for the provision of risk assessment, routine inspection and cleaning of ductwork and ventilation systems, and routine inspection and testing of fire and smoke dampers, throughout the University. The University of Wolverhampton (the “University”) (including any entity which from time to time is a subsidiary of the University of Wolverhampton and any entity over which from time to time any of the entities defined in this paragraph either directly or indirectly exercises management or financial control, even though it may own less than (50 %) of the shares and is prevented by law from owning a greater shareholding) wishes to enter into a contract (the “Contract”) with a contractor (the “Contractor”) to carry out the provision of risk assessment, routine inspection and cleaning of ductwork and ventilation systems, and routine inspection and testing of fire and smoke dampers to the University and its Entities. The University is seeking an agreement via competitive tenders (“Tenders”) from suitably qualified organisations (“Tenderers”) in response to this Invitation to Tender (“ITT”) for the provision of the aforementioned services. The term of the contract shall be for a period of 3 years commencing 1.12.2018 with an optional extension for up to 2 further 12-month periods. Mandatory requirements include: — the tenderer must have a minimum annual turnover of 700 000 GBP, — the tenderer must have a credit safe score of ≥30, — the successful contractor must have 5 000 000 GBP public liability insurance, — the successful contractor must have 5 000 000 GBP employer’s liability insurance, — the tenderer must hold an accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS OHSAS 18001 /a relevant Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) certificate, — the tenderer must hold an accredited independent 3rd party certificate of compliance with ISO 9001 (quality management), — the tenderer must be a member of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) or equivalent. Note if the Tenderer is a member of an equivalent association they must provide evidence clearly outlining its equivalency to BESA, — the tenderer must provide evidence that all engineers who will be involved in delivering this contract are trained to BESA TR/19, — the tenderer must provide evidence that the engineer(s) involved in delivering this contract are a BS9999 competent person(s). This requirement is not split into lots. The need to coordinate the different contractors for the lots could seriously risk undermining the proper execution of the contract. In order to allow this contract to be used for potential European Union funded projects we are notifying all tenderers that some works might be subject to part funding by the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme for England (2014-2020) or any other European Union Funded Programme. The opportunity will also be available for use by other public bodies in Wolverhampton and Partner Authorities in the West Midlands combined authority.