Electrical Maintenance Services - Halls and Academic

Tender description

The University of Southampton is a multi-campus educational and research organisation. Properties on the Estate range from highly serviced clean room complexes, through laboratories, sports complexes, teaching facilities, halls of residencies to residential houses. The Estates & Facilities (E&F) Department at the University are responsible for managing and maintaining the University's estate, developing and improving the environment we work, live and study in. The University has five campuses in Southampton and one in Winchester and Estates & Facilities provide a range of essential services to staff, students and visitors. To ensure reliability of services across the Estate the University appointed two separate Contractors who are wholly unrelated and independent of each other. The main work undertaken by the Contractor under Lot 1 - Halls of Residence will cover: (i) Routine Maintenance and installation in accordance with BS7671, Building Testing in accordance with BS7671 as described in IEE Guidance note 3, in service inspection and testing of electrical equipment in accordance with the IET Code of practice and Annex 3 of this tender document and any other current legislation. (ii) Defect rectification and upgrade work as directed by the Contract Administrator to a maximum value of £50,000 per order. The Contractor will be required to submit a quotation for larger projects in excess of the above value. The execution of works can only start on formal approval by the University (iii) Provide 24-hour Call-out breakdown service with maximum 2-hour response time. (iv) Other duties as per Annex 3, and as instructed by the Contract Administrator The main work undertaken by the Contractor under Lot 2 - Academic will cover electrical installation works. This procurement process was conducted as a restricted procedure consisting of both Selection and Invitation to Tender stages.