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Ministry of Defence

Supply Chain Notice: COMP/WAT22 Compliance water hygiene and Legionella Sampling

Furniture & FurnishingsCPV 39000000 39300000
ValueValue not published
Deadline24 Mar 2023
Published17 Mar 2023
RegionSouth East
Timeline
Published 17 Mar 2023ClosedCloses 24 Mar 2023
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The brief

The Tenderer should be aware that the works detailed in this package are constrained due to the nature of the location they are to be conducted in.

Project location HM Naval Base Portsmouth The Contractor shall be expected to adhere by the HMNB site security requirements, all Contractors and Sub-Contractors shall be BPSS security vetted and will be required to hold the relevant site security passes.

The Contractor shall be expected to hold the following levels of insurance £10m Public Liability, £10m Product Liability, £5m Professional Indemnity.

Project description To conduct water hygiene works to hot and cold water systems at Portsmouth Naval Base in support of the management of legionella.

All works to be conducted in compliance with current regulations and industry best practice, including but not limited to: Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002 L5.

The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 HSR25.

Legionnaires' disease: The control of legionella bacteria in water systems.

Approved Code of Practice L8 (Fourth edition) HSE Books 2013 HSG274 Part 2: The control of legionella bacteria in hot and cold water systems BS 8580:2010 Water quality.

Risk assessments for Legionella control.

Code of practice The control of legionella: A recommended Code of Conduct for service providers The Legionella Control Association 2013 www.legionellacontrol.org.uk Water systems: Health Technical Memorandum 04-01: The control of Legionella, hygiene, 'safe' hot water, cold water and drinking water systems BS 7592 Sampling for Legionella organisms in water systems.

Code of Practice

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Tenderer should be aware that

The Tenderer should be aware that the works detailed in this package are constrained due to the nature of the location they are to be conducted in.

02

The Contractor shall be expected to adhere

The Contractor shall be expected to adhere by the HMNB site security requirements, all Contractors and Sub-Contractors shall be BPSS security vetted and will be required to hold the relevant site security passes.

03

The Contractor shall be expected to hold

The Contractor shall be expected to hold the following levels of insurance £10m Public Liability, £10m Product Liability, £5m Professional Indemnity.

04

To conduct water hygiene works to hot

To conduct water hygiene works to hot and cold water systems at Portsmouth Naval Base in support of the management of legionella.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

3 named in obligation language, 1 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

BPSS (baseline personnel security standard)says mustPersonnel clearance & vetting · per person
The Contractor shall be expected to adhere by the HMNB site security requirements, all Contractors and Sub-Contractors shall be BPSS security vetted and will be required to hold the relevant site security passes.
Employers' / public liability insurancesays mustFinancial standing & cover
The Contractor shall be expected to hold the following levels of insurance £10m Public Liability, £10m Product Liability, £5m Professional Indemnity.
Professional indemnity insurancesays mustFinancial standing & cover
The Contractor shall be expected to hold the following levels of insurance £10m Public Liability, £10m Product Liability, £5m Professional Indemnity.
BS 8580 (legionella risk assessment)Standards the work must meet
BS 8580:2010 Water quality.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Stage
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