The work covered by this contract is intended to meet the continual servicing and monitoring requirements of approved code of practice L8 (the control of legionella bacteria in water systems) and HSG274 to minimise the risk from legionella bacteria and the scalding risk from hot water. Essentially the purpose is to ensure that all domestic hot water and cold water systems are maintained in a safe and hygienically satisfactory condition through a process involving biannual inspection and testing. For the purpose of the tender the systems to be covered by this contract are hot and cold domestic systems, together with any permanently connected equipment (e.g. Rainwater Systems) but excluding air conditioning equipment, swimming pools and hydrotherapy pools. Please note this is a single supplier framework.

The tender opportunity will be undertaken through the Authority's e-tendering system 'Proactis'. Please do not contact the buyer direct.

Suppliers should set up a profile on Proactis by completing their company details first (pages 3-8 of the user guide). Then registering their interest to this specific tender opportunity by searching under reference SREQ1005101 or the title framework for service and testing of domestic water systems (pages 10-11 of the user guide). Any questions regarding this opportunity should go through the 'message function' when on the project page of Proactis (see page 17 of the user guide).