Contract

Framework Agreement for the Provision of Service and Testing of Domestic Water Systems

  • Staffordshire County Council
  • Cannock Chase District Council
  • South Staffordshire District Council
  • Stafford Borough Council
  • Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-028019

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-046fea

Published 3 September 2024, 7:40am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Staffordshire County Council

Tipping Street

STAFFORD

Email

michelle.davies@staffordshire.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG2 - Shropshire and Staffordshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Homepage.aspx

Buyer's address

https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login

one.1) Name and addresses

Cannock Chase District Council

Cannock

Email

michelle.davies@staffordshire.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG2 - Shropshire and Staffordshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/

one.1) Name and addresses

South Staffordshire District Council

Codsall, South Staffordshire

Email

michelle.davies@staffordshire.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG2 - Shropshire and Staffordshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.sstaffs.gov.uk/

one.1) Name and addresses

Stafford Borough Council

Stafford

Email

michelle.davies@staffordshire.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG2 - Shropshire and Staffordshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/

one.1) Name and addresses

Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Staffordshire

Email

michelle.davies@staffordshire.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG - West Midlands (England)

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.staffordshire.police.uk/

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

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

Framework Agreement for the Provision of Service and Testing of Domestic Water Systems

Reference number

IA3337

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 65100000 - Water distribution and related services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This contract is for the servicing, testing, planned preventative and the responsive maintenance of Hot and Cold Domestic Water Systems inclusive of the monitoring requirements of:

I) Approved Code of Practice L8 for the Control of Legionella

II) The Prevention of Scalding

III) Water Regulations Compliance

The tender shall be for the provision of all labour, specified materials, transport for the maintenance, servicing and testing of Domestic Water Systems in the establishments detailed in the Pricing Matrix and any others added in accordance with the terms below.

The systems to be covered by this Framework are both hot and cold domestic systems, together with any permanently connected equipment including rainwater harvesting systems but excluding air conditioning equipment, swimming pools and hydrotherapy pools.

Most properties rely solely upon temperature for the control of legionella bacteria and follow the guidance set out in HSG274. Many properties have type 3 thermostatically controlled mixing valves fitted to some or all outlets to address the scalding risks to vulnerable persons caused by doing so. Hot water temperatures are to be controlled at thermostatically controlled outlets in accordance HELA LAC note 79/5 unless specifically stated the clients' policies. Any variation will be formally agreed by all parties.

All planned maintenance shall be in accordance with the relevant British Standards and Codes of Practice, and the current Health and Safety Legislation and include the additional requirements of this contract where applicable and requested.

Responsive Maintenance

A working hours callout facility is required to deliver responsive maintenance activities as described later in this document with a 4-hour response limit deliverable 24/7.

Properties

This framework is to enable the servicing of Staffordshire County Council's Corporate properties and LEA Maintained Schools.

Additionally, the Managing Agent may use the framework for some or all its customers' 200+ Academy, Fire Service and other properties.

There are currently approximately 498 properties on contract that are expected to be transferred to this framework. Most are in Staffordshire, with a small number located in Cheshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire and the West Midlands.

The properties include all types of buildings operated by a Local Authority including educational, residential care homes, civic buildings, offices, fire stations, enterprise centres and small industrial units.

Please note this is a Single Supplier Framework.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £1,600,000 / Highest offer: £1,900,000 taken into consideration

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 31161400 - Primary water systems

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

Staffordshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Open above threshold process to award a Single Supplier Framework Agreement.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 40

Price - Weighting: 60

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Options to extend for a further 2 x 12 month to the 9th October 2027 and 9th October 2028.

two.2.14) Additional information

Please note Stafford Borough Council, Cannock Chase District, South Staffordshire Council and Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service are not responsible for this procedure, they are a named organisation who may call off from the Framework.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2024/S 000-018405


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

28 August 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

HSL Compliance Limited

Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH2 - Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Companies House

02425951

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £1,900,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Staffordshire County Council

Stafford

Country

United Kingdom