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Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Low Voltage Infrastructure and Generator Replacement at Police HQ Portishead

Electrical EquipmentCPV 31000000
Value£1.6m
Deadline15 Dec 2017
Published5 Nov 2017
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 5 Nov 2017ClosedCloses 15 Dec 2017
Contract value in context
£1.6mtotal contract value
median £94k
this tender£0£2.3m

This is a large award for Electrical Machinery & Apparatus — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,617 valued Electrical Machinery & Apparatus tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The requirement is for an Electrical Contractor providing the role of Main Contractor whom shall be responsible for the appointment of an appropriate generator specialist, orders and all liaisons with the Client, Avon & Somerset Constabulary.

SDS have been employed by Avon & Somerset Constabulary based on a traditional contract with Contractor's design portions for selected specialist items as detailed in the relevant sections of the specification.

Project Scope Avon and Somerset Constabulary propose to carry out replacement and improvements to their LV mains switchgear and associated equipment due to the majority of the fittings being time expired or in poor condition.

Tenderers are required to submit a tender for 2 No. separate packages of works. • Sports and Amenities works only for form package one • Sports and Amenities AND Admin Works to form package two Proposed Works The proposed works include the following main elements: Mechanical & Electrical: • Installation of temporary supply arrangements to maintain existing site infrastructure. • Replacement of life expired LV switchgear. • Disconnection of existing site generators redundant from these works. • Provision of 4No. new 800kVA generator sets. • Provision of new Uninterruptible Power Supply cabinet to support the existing critical services. • Alteration of existing site infrastructure.

Fabric: • Builders work covers drilling and/or plugging walls, floors, ceilings etc for fixings for services and such work is included in the contracts works.

Provide all supporting steelwork brackets, clamps and fixings as necessary for the complete installation.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The requirement is for an Electrical Contractor

The requirement is for an Electrical Contractor providing the role of Main Contractor whom shall be responsible for the appointment of an appropriate generator specialist, orders and all liaisons with the Client, Avon & Somerset Constabulary.

02

Tenderers are required to submit a tender

Tenderers are required to submit a tender for 2 No. separate packages of works.

03

• Installation of temporary supply arrangements

• Installation of temporary supply arrangements to maintain existing site infrastructure.

04

• Provision of new Uninterruptible Power Supply

• Provision of new Uninterruptible Power Supply cabinet to support the existing critical services.

05

Provide all supporting steelwork brackets, clamps

Provide all supporting steelwork brackets, clamps and fixings as necessary for the complete installation.

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