Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser

Tender description

2gether Support Solutions Ltd. (herein referred to as "our" or "us" or "we") was formed in April 2018 as a new, wholly owned subsidiary company of one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust"). We provide essential support services to the Trust, from facilities and property management to catering, procurement and portering. We are seeking to appoint a professionally qualified, competent and suitably experienced Dangerous Good Safety Adviser to: • assess, and prevent, the risks involved in the carriage of dangerous goods. This includes risks to people, property and the environment; and • oversee, and ensure, our compliance with Health Technical Memorandum 07-01: Safe and sustainable management of healthcare waste, along with supporting the drive to net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Other DGSA responsibilities shall include: • monitoring compliance with the legal requirements governing the carriage of dangerous goods; • providing advice on how to transport dangerous goods safely; • investigating any accidents or infringements of regulations and keeping records of them through reports; • monitoring the provision of training and advice to other 2gether staff; • reporting incidents and accidents to the Department for Transport; and • based on their findings, completing annual audit reports on our performance. Further information about the requirements, including how the contract will be awarded, is available from the published Bid Pack within the Atamis e-sourcing portal. If you are a professionally qualified, competent and suitably experienced Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser, are capable of delivering the requirements described and interested in helping support us, then you are invited to submit a bid in accordance with the instructions set out in the Additional information section of this notice. Additional information: 2gether Support Solutions Ltd. reserves the right not to award this contract opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this notice. Further information about 2gether Support Solutions Ltd. is available from https://2gethersupportsolutions.org. To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk This contract opportunity may be used by other Contracting Authorities including any of the following: a) other public sector bodies located in, or around, Kent and Medway, including Clinical Commissioning Groups or GP Practices and any other provider of primary medical services; or local authorities or NHS Foundation Trusts / NHS Trusts; or social enterprises or subsidiary companies of any of the above; and b) any statutory and any other successor organisations to the above and any of the foregoing contracting authorities.