National Portable Appliance Testing (Operational)

Tender description

In compliance with the requirements of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, the IET Code of Practice for In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment 4th edition, Environment Agency Code of Practice for Electrical Safety (OI 14_13) and PUWER 1998, Environment Agency require their non-office based hand-held; portable; movable and fixed electrical equipment to be inspected and tested by a competent person. The Environment Agency is seeking to award a single contract to one supplier who can provide the service of inspecting and testing of operational appliances throughout Environment Agency depots (including large scale machinery and charging leads for Electric and Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles) and wider Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) facilities (if required). T The inspection and testing of the appliances will be required to be logged onto a web-based system which will list and highlight when items needs re-testing.