Bolton FT are looking for a preferred partner to undertake a review of their estate and subsequent implementation of more energy efficient technologies and eliminate a significant portion of high risk backlog maintenance. All of which will be undertaken as an Energy and Backlog Maintenance Performance based contract where guarantees are required on the performance of the service, either in; kilowatt hours and or cash terms and or Carbon terms. Due to the extremely tight timescales for implementation, Bolton requires the preferred partner to address the cooling issues across the estate as highest priority, followed by other measures. The estate at Bolton is compact, and is complex, with an existing incineration facility for clinical waste which produces a large portion of the estates steam infrastructure network. Part of the estate may be reduced, and there is a legacy of plant which has passed its natural life. The key objectives for Bolton are to reduce operational costs, energy consumption and Carbon emissions. Bolton wish to use the competitive dialogue procedure to establish the best course of action for the trust, given the complexities in relation to the estate, the estate strategy, cooling requirements and overall operational needs. An outline of the proposed timetable is: -

— Following the PQQ, to shortlist a max of 6 providers to undertake dialogue;

— Site visits to commence week commencing 16.12.2013 and;

— Initial dialogue towards the end of that week. Bidders need to ensure availability of resources to undertake site visits and dialogue for week commencing 16.12.2013. Bidders will need to provide guarantees over a set period of time, with the term of the agreement not exceeding the maximum of 20 years, which looks to transfer a proportion of the risk to the successful preferred partner. Bidders should note that Bolton NHS Foundation Trust have engaged Ecovate Innovations Limited to undertake the e