Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment

Concepts

• firefighting equipment
• edinburgh
• participating authority
• repair and maintenance
• portable fire
• current fire safety legislation
• fire blankets
• fire
• equipment
• records of equipment

Location

Scotland:

Description

The Contractor is required to maintain service, repair, modify and replace where required all fire fighting equipment across the whole of the Participating Authority’s estate including portable fire fighting equipment (e.g. fire extinguishers and fire blankets),gas suppression, hydrants and dry risers and to ensure that all records of equipment are up-to-date and relevant. The Contractor shall ensure full compliance with all current Fire Safety Legislation and guidance including but not limited to the following: The Fire ( Scotland ) Act 2005 as Amended; The Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006; Scottish Health Technical Memorandum , Firecode 81 – 85; and BS 5306-9 2017 Recharging of Portable Fire Extinguishers; BS 750:2012 (for hydrants); BS 9990:2015 and BS 5306 part 1 (for risers): In addition to these requirements all equipment must be kite marked and CE marked as required in Scotland. The Contractor will ensure that, in the course of providing the services and any other advice or recommendations, the Participating Authority is not in breach of any legislation, regulations and SHTMs. Where required by the Participating Authority representative, the Contractor will ensure that the Contractor operatives entering any Participating Authority site are Disclosure Scotland or PVG Scheme cleared. When requested, the Contractor must provide details or copies of the following: BAFE (British Approvals for Fire Equipment) & certificate number; FETA (Fire Extinguishing Trade Association) certificate; BFC (British Fire Consortium) certificate. Equipment must not be removed without temporary replacement of identical size and type left in the place of the removed unit. The Contractor shall ensure that all Health and Safety requirements are met and that method statements and risk assessments are provided to the Participating Authority representative as required and prior to work being undertaken.

Lot Division

CPV Codes

• 50413200 - Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** *Request for Documentation/information* To support this procurement process we request that bidders provide NP (National Procurement) with supply chain detail on the replacement equipment and parts that would potentially be supplied under the framework agreement. This will support us in assessing the areas of risk in this procurement and should we opt to score at ITT stage this information will enable us to do so in an open and transparent manner with criteria that would be fair to all potential participants. Documentation for completion and return is included within this PIN:- Attachment 1: 2022-06-10 NP806-22 Supply Chain Information Document All documents are to be returned by e-mail (NSS.e-fcategory@nhs.scot) by 17:00BST on Friday 22nd July 2022. All e-mail subject title should refer to “NP806_22 MFFE -PIN Document Return” For any questions/clarifications on process or completion of documents please contact:- Andrew Crawford Commodity Manager E-Mail: NSS.e-fcategory@nhs.scot NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=697710. (SC Ref:697710)