WHSCT - DESIGN TEAM APPOINTMENT - UPGRADE OF CRITCAL CARE SYSTEMS & STREET LIGHT

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The WHSCT are seeking to appoint a design team for the proposed upgrade of identified electrical installations specifically:  Partial upgrade of critical care electrical installations (Altnagelvin Hospital).  Street lighting installations (Trustwide). The Trust wish to improve these installations in these areas in line with the current DHSS guidance. The works will be carried out in a live hospital environment. These Trust Facilities will be some of the busiest within the Trust and the works must be designed and phased in such a way as to cause the minimum amount of disruption to the service. It is anticipated that complex electrical services, will be required as part of the works and the team should have adequate experience of same. Complex electrical services include the following: IPS/UPS electrical supplies to a critical care environment complying with the MEGAN regulations and HTM guidance. The works are to be completed and handed over before the end of the current financial year, 31st March 2015. The WHSCT confirm that the following consultants will be required to form part of the design team; Lead Consultant, Electrical Engineer, Building Surveyor, Quantity Surveyor and CDM coordinator. Schedules of duties for these consultants will be included in ITT. It is anticipated that the lead consultant (contract administrator) will be the Electrical Engineer. The contract period (for consultant services) is 7 months, September 2014 – March 2015, not including the defects liability period.