Repair and Maintenance of Air Conditioning and Cooling Systems

Concepts

• wolverhampton
• cooler groups
• university of wolverhampton
• air conditioning installation
• repair and maintenance
• maintenance of air conditioning
• cooling systems
• maintenance of all air
• repair
• university estate

Location

United Kingdom: West Midlands

Description

The Contract is to cover the repair and maintenance of all air conditioning, cooling and refrigeration plant throughout the University Estate as described within the Specification. From time to time there may be a requirement for upgrading existing systems or the installation of new plant and equipment. All new systems must be backwards compatible.

Total Quantity or Scope

The University of Wolverhampton (including any entity which from time to time is a subsidiary of the University of Wolverhampton and any entity over which from time to time any of the entities defined in this paragraph either directly or indirectly exercises management or financial control, even though it may own less than (50%) of the shares and is prevented by law from owning a greater shareholding) wishes to enter into a contract (the “Contract”) with a Contractor (the ‘Contractor’) to provide the repair and maintenance of Air Conditioning and Cooling Systems to the University and its Entities. The University is seeking an agreement via Competitive Tenders (“Tenders”) from suitably qualified organisations (“Tenderers”) in response to this Invitation to Tender (“ITT”) for the provision of the aforementioned Services. In order to allow this Contract to be used for potential Funded projects we are notifying all tenderers that some works might be subject to part funding by, for example, the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme for England (2014-2020) or any other European Union Funded Programme, or other Funding Body. The opportunity will also be available for use by other Public Bodies in Wolverhampton and Partner Authorities in the West Midlands Combined Authority. … From time to time there may be a requirement for upgrading existing systems and equipment. … The term of the Contract shall be for a period of three (3) years commencing on 1st October 2021 with an optional extension for up to two further 12-month periods. The maximum Contract duration is therefore five (5) years. This requirement is not split into Lots. The need to coordinate the different contractors for the lots could risk undermining the proper execution of the contract. The Qualification Assessment is scored on a Pass/Fail basis in accordance with the standard qualification questions implemented by the Crown Commercial Services (CCS)/Cabinet Office and as detailed in the Scoring Methodology (Appendix 1). The requirements here include: • The Tenderer must have a minimum annual turnover of £1.2M • The Tenderer must have a Credit Safe Score of ≥30 • The Successful Contractor must have £5m Public Liability Insurance • The Successful Contractor must have £5m Employer’s Liability Insurance • The Tenderer must be F-Gas Registered • The Tenderer must be Refcom Elite registered. • The Tenderer must be an SFG20 member. • The Tenderer must be a Mitsubishi Electric Approved installer. • The Tenderer must hold an accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS OHSAS 18001 / a relevant Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) certificate • The Tenderer must be a member of the Institute of Refrigeration (or EU Equivalent body) • The Tenderer must hold ISO 14001 • The Tenderer must hold ISO 9001 • The Tenderer must be able to arrive on site within 1 hour of receiving an emergency call-out request • All Engineers must have minimum NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) and 3 years post-qualification experience. Additional information: However, in order to allow this Contract to be used for potential Funded projects we are notifying all tenderers that some works might be subject to part funding by, for example, the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme for England (ESIF), European Regional Development Fund. (ERDF) or any other EU Funded Programme, or other Funding Body e.g. Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP)

Renewal Options

Contract will be re-procured in line with expiry.

CPV Codes

• 50730000 - Repair and maintenance services of cooler groups
• 42512000 - Air-conditioning installations
• 45259000 - Repair and maintenance of plant

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.

Other Information

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