(Please note that Orbit are acting as the procurement consultant on behalf of Raven Housing Trust facilitating this exercise).

Raven Housing Trust seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to manage the risk of the legionella bacteria forming in water systems, through site based water hygiene risk assessment and monitoring, cleaning and disinfection of water storage tanks and systems, in compliance with the Approved Code of Practice (L8), and recognised current ‘best practice’ within properties under its control.

Properties located in the following areas

The Districts of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, The London Borough of Sutton, Tandridge District Council, Mole Valley District Council, Epsom and Ewell Borough Council, Woking Borough Council, Crawley Borough Council, Mid Sussex District Council.

Scope of services include

Temperature monitoring of communal Hot Water Storage Tanks (HWSTs) and sentinels.

Monitoring of communal showers.

Monitoring of cold water storage tanks, including inspection and sampling.

Monitoring of the condition of system and supplies of Cold Water Storage Tanks (CWSTs),communal Hot Water Storage Vessels (HWSVs), CWSTs and outlets

Disinfection of Cold Water Storage Tanks (CWSTs) (communal Hot Water Storage Vessels (HWSVs), CWSTs, supplies and outlets

Provision and maintenance of a full site risk assessments, including schematic plans of systems

Review of risk assessments.

Draft tender documents of the services required can be download by expressing an interest in the project via website www.housingprocurement.com