Water Quality Services Contract

The London Borough of Hillingdon wishes to appoint an experienced service provider for the water quality servicing contract ensuring compliance with all relevant industry, manufacturers and safety standards. The contract is to include Hillingdon Council's housing stock and Corporate (non-housing) sites as indicated within the Pricing Schedule.

The proposed contract will be based upon the pricing schedule as shown in the tender pack and includes for the following.

1. Non-Housing Properties Full Service
2. Housing Properties Full Service.
3. Other Services rates completed in worksheet 3 within the Pricing Schedule to show the pricing of extra or additional works. The rates are for additional works only. There is no guarantee of any extra works being issued to the Contractor during this Contract, therefore any claim arising from additional works not being awarded shall not be considered. The term ‘all in’ includes all incidental costs (i.e. abortive calls travelling and exceptional condition costs) only recorded time on site will be accepted when calculating payments.

N/B The cost of servicing shall include for all sundries required to enable execution of the servicing and no claim for these items shall be accepted. (i.e. nuts, bolts, screws, raw plugs, all cleaning and de-scaling materials, distilled water, greases & fuses etc.)

The Contractor shall establish and maintain a system to ensure regular servicing as required by HSG274 Part 2 – The control of legionella bacteria in hot and cold-water systems and the actions outlined in Table 2.1 of the specification.

The Contractor shall:

a) Provide regular servicing of Cold-Water Service Tanks, Blenders/Mixers, Stop Valves, Showers and maintain a system to ensure the work is carried out at the specified intervals.

b) Provide a reactive breakdown service hot and cold-water systems

c) Provide monitoring of water quality in hot and cold-water systems as outlined in this Specification for all sites listed in the Pricing Schedule (and any sites subsequently added during the contract term) and maintain a system to ensure the work is carried out at the specified.

d) Establish and maintain a system to ensure that all buildings have an up-to-date water risk assessment and reviews in accordance with the requirements of the code of practice for the control of Legionella L8 and this Specification.

f) Detail in the Pricing Schedule the cost of each Water Risk Assessment, the Annual Monitoring Costs, and the costs of Microbiological Testing.

The cost of servicing shall include for all sundries required to enable execution of the servicing and no claim for these items shall be accepted. (dip- slides, all cleaning and de-scaling materials, distilled water, pH Test Strips etc.)

The Council intends to award a contract for these services for a period of up to three (3) years with an option to extend for up to a further two (2) years subject to agreement and satisfactory performance.