Planning

23-200 Hand Arm Vibration Monitoring Equipment

  • Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-004558

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-043927

Published 12 February 2024, 9:13am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Riverside House, Main Street

Rotherham

S60 1AE

Contact

Karen Middlebrook

Email

karen.middlebrook@rotherham.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1709334755

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.rotherham.gov.uk

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

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

23-200 Hand Arm Vibration Monitoring Equipment

Reference number

23-200

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 38434400 - Vibration analysers

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Rotherham Council is seeking to procure a combined hardware and software package that supports the health surveillance and overall management of vibratory tool use.

The Council's requirement include physical devices to assist with the measuring and monitoring of employee exposure to Hand Arm Vibrations (HAVs) caused by different pieces of equipment and their association vibration magnitude. The assets need to record the exposure of an individual to their tools and feed into a back-office system which produces data to support the management of exposure. The devices need to be suitable for a range of working environments, across teams in highways, drainage, grounds maintenance and park maintenance.

The Council are engaging in soft market testing to gain knowledge and insight from the market to inform the development of the Council's specification and other relevant information to inform a competitive procurement procedure.

The Council will be running a soft market testing day for suppliers to come and present to the Council.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 48000000 - Software package and information systems

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
Main site or place of performance

The borough of Rotherham

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Rotherham Council is seeking to procure a combined hardware and software package that supports the health surveillance and overall management of vibratory tool use.

The Council's requirement includes physical devices to assist with the measuring and monitoring of employee exposure to Hand Arm Vibrations (HAVs) caused by different pieces of equipment and their association vibration magnitude. The assets need to record the exposure of an individual to their tools and feed into a back-office system which produces data to support the management of exposure. The devices need to be suitable for a range of working environments, across teams in highways, drainage, grounds maintenance and park maintenance.

The Council are engaging in soft market testing to gain knowledge and insight from the market to inform the development of the Council's specification and other relevant information to aid a competitive procurement procedure.

The Council will be running a soft market testing day for suppliers to come and present to the Council on the following areas:

- Hardware

- Software/analytics

- Additional functionality

- Estimated pricing

- Contract length

The soft market testing will take place in person on 20 February 2024 in Rotherham.

If you are interested in participating please email healthandsafety@rotherham.gov.uk to book a suitable time. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Once you have been allocated a time, you will be sent further details of the specifics to be covered in the session.

two.2.14) Additional information

All costs associated with participation in this market engagement exercise are at the cost of the supplier.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

31 March 2024


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