This procurement is being conducted by Knightstone Housing Association, which is the contracting authority. Knightstone Housing Association (‘Knightstone’) wish to select a Contractor to carry out Periodic Inspection, Testing, Monitoring & Risk Assessments for Legionella Bacteria (L8) (together ‘the Services’) as set out in the Contract Documents. The contract is for 60 months, commencing 1.6.2016.

This procurement is being conducted using the open procedure under Regulation 27 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘the Regulations’). This ITT is available to all economic operators who express an interest in this opportunity. Any interested economic operator may submit a tender in response to the contract notice.

The closing deadline for the receipt of Tenders is 09.00 hours (9 o'clock am) on Monday 21.12.2015.

Tenders must be submitted via the Knightstone supplier portal as per the instructions in the Invitation to Tender.

Important information: This tender is being conducted through the Knightstone Supplier Portal and all documentation is only available via this portal for which the URL is:

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/knightstone

Suppliers wishing to take part in this tender are invited to express an interest upon which you will be given access to the full tender documentation through the Supplier Portal.

Tender submissions must be made via this Supplier Portal. All documents should be uploaded to the website. then be sure to press the Red button Submit Return. You will then receive a receipt.

Please allow sufficient time to submit your return as late returns are not permitted.

If you have any problems accessing the documents or any other questions, then please send a message using the correspondence function on the Supplier Portal.

Tenderers are encouraged to attend a briefing from 9 am on 7th December, when there will be presentations from Knightstone regarding Knightstone's vision, objectives and expectations and an opportunity to ask questions regarding any aspect of the procurement. At this meeting Knightstone will present their requirements, a good understanding of which will benefit Tenderers.

The briefing will be held from 9:30 am at Knightstone's offices in Worle at:

Weston Gateway Business Park, Weston-super-Mare, BS24 7JP.