Tender 02/2021 - Appointment of Electrical Contractor to carry out General Electrical Maintenance, Repair and Minor Electrical Works

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (the Council) wish to engage a suitable and experienced electrical contractor for the provision of a 3-year electrical maintenance facilities management contract for all Council properties across the district.

The contract has two distinct work streams. Firstly, there will be day to day general electrical maintenance tasks, and secondly there will be a requirement to undertake minor electrical works projects. General electrical maintenance tasks will be the bulk of the contract both in terms of the number of work requests, time commitment and overall cost of the contract. Work requests will be undertaken during normal working hours (Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm) but there will be occasions when work must take place outside these hours due to operational needs.

Typical day to day general electrical maintenance tasks include lighting repairs (internal and external), checking faulty electric sockets or damaged sockets. An example of a minor electrical works projects would be the installation of a mini-pillar.

The expected annual spend on the contract is £150,000 with two thirds of this spend expected to be on general maintenance tasks. As part of the general electrical maintenance tasks the appointed Contractor will be required to meet key performance indicators concerning response times to requests and they must also provide an out of hours emergency response service.

The appointed Contractor will be a National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (NICEIC) Approved Electrical Contractor and they must operate a Licence to Practice system. They will be able to demonstrate that they have delivered similar contracts in the past five years.