CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Air Conditioning & Refrigeration including FGAS inspection [Maintenance of]

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Swansea Bay University Health Board (the “Health Board” or SBUHB) was established in April 2019 and covers Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.

SBUHB wishes to appoint a provider to service/maintain the air conditioning units and their associated equipment and provide the SBUHB with assurance on F-Gas checks and to ensure that it meets with any Statutory Requirements and to also encompass on review, any future changes in legislation.

This specification details the requirements for the maintenance of air conditioning units and planned inspection of Air Conditioning equipment at the hospitals and properties listed within the asset list and the contractor will issue an F-Gas certificate in accordance within the following standard;

Qualifications to work with F-Gas (published December 2014/updated March 2021 - Statutory Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (SRAC) systems (including heat pumps) qualifications;

You must have these qualifications to service and repair SBUHB equipment.

You will need the following to fulfil the requirement of the SBUHB on any equipment in relation to F- Gas,

Category 1 certificate to carry out all activities (Minimum of City &Guilds 2079-11 (FCAT1)).

Category 2 certificate to install, maintain, service and recover refrigerant from systems containing F gas equivalent to less than 5 tonnes of CO2

Category 3 certificate to recover refrigerant from systems that contain less than 3kg of F gas

Category 4 certificate to check equipment for leaks if you don’t break into the refrigeration circuit

You must have a qualification as an individual from an accredited organisation which has been appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (or an equivalent qualification that another EU member state recognises):

Refcom Certification Ltd

F-Gas Register (Quidos)

Bureau Veritas UK Ltd

The full specification which outlines the requirements will be available with the other tender documents.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=125695

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

1 year with optional 1 year plus 1 year extensions

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Service providers must be able to meet the requirements detailed in the specification documents.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

This notice has been sent as a region specific notice. If you did not receive an alert about this you are not based in the specific region selected by the buying authority. Questions on why this was sent as a region specific notice should be sent to the buying authority.

(WA Ref:125695)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice