Barts Health NHS Trust, as the Authority, intends to put in place a Framework Agreement for the supply of water and wastewater services including ancillary goods, works and services. The Framework Agreement will be available to NHS organisations to provide the Goods and Services throughout England. The duration of the Framework Agreement is for a three (3) year period with an option to extend for one (1) year.

The Framework Agreement will include the following services:

— Water and waste water services and Sewerage Services,

— Ancillary Services.

This Framework Agreement will provide a greater degree of control and transparency of pricing; new connections and site-works; metering; demand side management and innovations delivering water conservation measures; Automatic Meter Reading; Water reduction/management advice and guidance and implementation of recommendations (which may include sourcing of third- party services/technology.

1) The Supplier shall be required to hold and maintain throughout the Framework Agreement and any Call Off Contracts, a valid Water Supply and Sewerage Licence formally granted by the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) in accordance with Section 17a of the Water Industry Act 1991 as substituted by Section 1 of the Water Act 2014. The Supplier shall comply with the requirements of the associated Wholesale Retail Code, the Market Arrangement Code and the Wholesale Contract as specified by the Regulator Ofwat.

The Supplier shall be required to deliver associated services in connection with the supply of water and sewerage services as required by the Contracting Authorities at Call Off stage:

— Account Management including customer service,

— Billing,

— Metering including, Meter Reading (Including acceptance of AMR reads),

—Management of sites and meters (including new connections and switching),

— Meter installation/removal/resizing/accuracy tests,

— Data Management,

— Roads and Property Drainage,

— Sewerage services including Trade Effluent,

— Emergency Contingency Planning,

— 24/7 Emergency support,

— Automatic Meter Reading

— Guaranteed standards of service.

2) The Supplier shall provide the Ancillary Goods and Services listed below as a minimum. The Ancillary Goods and Services are pertaining to the management, conservation, reduction and data management of water consumption as requested by the Contracting Authorities in order to deliver efficiency, financial and consumption savings. The efficiency or savings measures may include provision and installation of new equipment, optimisation of equipment (including existing equipment) and provision of related services. Additional services may be required to improve the environmental conditions at Contracting Authority sites. The scope includes provision for the Supplier to offer its own or third party financing options on request by the Contracting Authorities, to support delivery of the Ancillary Goods and Services listed below.

These Ancillary Goods and Services are:

— Water footprint assessment,

— Tariff optimisation and benchmarking,

— Water audit site surveys,

— Leak detection and repair,

— Contingency planning,

— Legionella risk assessments

If the Authority decides to enter into a Framework Agreement with the successful Supplier(s), this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent Call Off Contracts being awarded or that there is an exclusivity in any way in respect of the relevant services. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of Potential Providers. Any Orders placed under this Framework Agreement will form a separate Call Off Contract under the scope of this Framework Agreement between the Supplier and Contracting Authority