This notice concerns the establishment of a National Framework Agreement, regionally awarded, for the provision of Specialist Engineering Maintenance Services with an additional option for suppliers to provide a Fully Managed Building and Engineering Maintenance Service.

This framework enables participating organisations to conduct further (mini) competitions with selected service providers as and when their organisation's requirement arises. The framework is divided into Lots to cover specific areas of Maintenance Services. The lots have been separated into 2 categories:

1. Maintenance Service Lots.

2. Geographic Regions.

1. Maintenance Service Lots

The Maintenance Services are given in the Lots listed below:

Lot 1 — Fully Managed Building and Engineering Maintenance Service

Lot 2 — Cooling and Refrigeration — Chillers, Condensers, Split A/C's,

Lot 3 — Air Handling Units, Filters, Ventilation and Extraction,

Lot 4 — Lifts, Escalators and Conveyance Systems,

Lot 5 — Patient Hoists,

Lot 6 — Water Systems — Servicing, Legionella Testing, Thermostatic mixing valves, Water Hygiene and associated plant.

Lot 7 — Fire Systems — Fire alarm systems, Smoke/Heat detection Systems, Sprinkler Systems, Extinguishers, Hose Reels.

Lot 8 — Boilers and associated plant,

Lot 9 — Building Management Systems & Automatic Control Systems,

Lot 10 — Security, Access Control, Intruder and CCTV systems,

Lot 11 — UPS and Generators

Lot 12 — Portable Appliance Testing (PAT), Fixed Wire Testing

Lot 13 — Automatic Doors

Lot 14 — Medical gas pipeline and equipment maintenance

The services in Lots 1-14 include the planned preventative maintenance and the reactive and repair maintenance aspects of these services.

2. Geographic Regions

The scope of this framework is the NHS Trusts across NHS England. The areas and Trusts covered by NHS England, has been used to define the Geographic Lots:

— London (Region A),

— North England (Region B),

— Midlands and East of England (Region C),

— South of England (Region D).