Authorised Ventilation Engineer

Concepts

• ventilation equipment
• ashford
• kent community health nhs foundation trust
• engineering services
• current levels of ventilation safety compliance
• ventilation engineer
• audit report of all specialised ventilation systems
• support of an external authorising engineer
• setup of ventilation group
• ventilation

Location

Description

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust are looking for expressions of interest in the following:- Authorised Ventilation Engineer Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust provides wide-ranging NHS care for people in the community, in a range of settings including people's own homes; nursing homes; health clinics; community hospitals; minor injury units; a walk-in centre and in mobile units. We are one of the largest NHS community health providers in England, serving a population of about 1.4 million. We employ over 5,500 staff, including doctors, community nurses, physiotherapists, dieticians and many other healthcare professionals. Background to the requirement As directed by Health Technical Memorandum 03-01, Specialised ventilation for healthcare buildings, KCHFT have decided to introduce a Ventilation Safety Group. The group will be led by a Trust approved person (AP) with the support of an external authorising engineer (AE). The purpose of this agreement is to appoint an AE who will assist with policy, setup of ventilation group and ratify the appointment of the Trust's AP. Requirement of the Trust An initial high level compliance review will need to be undertaken by the awarded supplier, taking an initial snapshot of the Trust systems to ascertain current levels of ventilation safety compliance against the HTM 03-01 Specialised Ventilation of Healthcare Buildings and other mandatory requirements. The review should include:- 1. Current Policies and Procedures. 2. PPM shortfalls 3. Resource 4. Current levels of compliance systems for Ventilation safety In Scope (based on a 3 year contract):- • Annual audit of 2 No nominated sites fire risk assessment and PPMs. • Annual risk-based report on findings above with executive conclusions & recommendations. • 1 x Compliance visit and Audit Report of all specialised ventilation systems under KCHFT's direct control and ownership. • Assessment, review and recommendation for Appointment of proposed Authorised Persons. • Free to service technical support by telephone and email (detailed document checks and other works requiring attendance over 1 hour to be charged at agreed rate). • Emergency Telephone support 24/7 365 days a year (callouts and attendance to be charged at agreed rate). • Adhoc advice/attendance on specific projects as and when required.

CPV Codes

• 42520000 - Ventilation equipment
• 71300000 - Engineering services
• 79417000 - Safety consultancy services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

Expressions of interest (EOI) must be submitted via the Proactis procurement portal (Due North) under opportunity number DN609127. Any correspondence to the Authority's staff email address will be disregarded. Please log-in via the following link to EOI if already registered, or the link will also allow you to register and then EOI. https://procontract.due-north.com/login (https://procontract.due-north.com/login) Documentation will be released to suppliers who express an interest following the closure of EOI window on the 20 May 2022.