Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
2 Adelaide Street
Belfast
BT2 8BP
Contact
Tricia Durnin
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Buyer's address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Request for Information: Provision of an Occupational Exposure Monitoring Service
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71317210 - Health and safety consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Housing Executive requires information regarding potential costs in the provision of an occupational exposure monitoring service. Please see Section II.2.4 Description for further details.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 71317200 - Health and safety services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Housing Executive is considering arranging a service to carry out occupational exposure monitoring of staff in our Direct Labour Organisation (DLO). DLO is the Housing Executive’s in-house maintenance service. DLO staff are direct employees of the Housing Executive and cover Grounds Maintenance, Response Maintenance and Electrical Inspection.
The Housing Executive may require a service to carry out exposure monitoring for:
(1) Static work sites within our DLO Depots including: welding stations, mechanical work areas and stores which includes exposure to: hazardous vapours, fumes or dusts e.g. chemicals, paints, solvents, wood dusts, or as identified by the COSHH Risk Assessment process; vibration when using vibrating tools or equipment, such as sanders, hand and bench grinders, reciprocating saws, air ratchetts, portable hand drills etc.; and noise from tools/plant and processes; and
(2) A representative sample of staff working on transient work sites, where staff carry out various operations when undertaking Grounds Maintenance (outdoors) and Response Maintenance operations (mostly indoors); which includes exposure to hazardous vapours, fumes or dusts, noise and vibration.
Techniques for noise must include personal monitoring and static/background monitoring, for hazardous substances must include personal monitoring and static monitoring where deemed necessary. On-tool monitoring is to be used for vibration.
The Housing Executive request that interested suppliers provide us with estimated costs for an occupational exposure monitoring service. An information document containing further information about DLO and a breakdown of what monitoring services we estimate is required is available on request.
Please see Section II.2.14 on how to obtain further information.
two.2.14) Additional information
To request the information document please email Tricia Durnin tricia.durnin@nihe.gov.uk providing your organisation name, contact name and contact email address no later than 12pm Friday 20 January 2023. Cost estimates must be returned to tricia.durnin@nihe.gov.uk via email no later than 4pm Tuesday 31 January 2023.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 June 2023
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is a request for information only. No award of contract will be made resulting from this PIN . There is no guarantee the Housing Executive will undertake a procurement competition for this service.