Legionella Management Services

Derby City Council require a Legionella management service that provides a basic preventative service, i.e. inspection and monitoring to assist and advise the Council to meet the requirements of L8 the Management of Legionella Bacteria, for a range of properties including advice/business training centres, bus stations, carparks, children centres, community care centres, day centres, libraries, markets, offices, public entertainment venues, residential children's centres, residential elderly care, shops and schools. We anticipate the contract to commence 1.1.2021 and last for an initial 24 month period, with 2 options to extend in annual increments.

We anticipate spend across the Council to be in the region of around 70 000 GBP per annum during the contract. The closing date and time or expressions of interest is 21/10/2020 at 10:00 and the closing date and time for bids is 22/10/2020 at 10:00.

Additional information: This tender is being managed electronically. Please go to www.sourcederbyshire.co.uk and look for the contract advert under 'live contracts' section, select the relevant contract notice.

Select the 'apply online' link in the bottom right hand corner of the contract notice. This will transfer you to the Council's e-tendering system athttps://www.eastmidstenders.org where you can express interest and obtain the documents.

To access the tender documentation and to be able to submit your response, you must first register your organisation on EastMidsTenders (unless you have done this previously). To register: On the opportunities portal home page (https://www.eastmidstenders.org) there is an option to 'Register' link in the top right hand corner of the screen, click this to begin the registration process, which is step by step where you need to enter your details and your own company's details.

Further information can be found in the user guide 'how to do business on the portal' which can be found in the 'Help' section at the top right of the homepage. Once you have received the system generated emails confirming your user name and password you can search for new opportunities from the supplier home page.

To search: On the opportunities portal home page (https://www.eastmidstenders.org), click on 'view opportunities'. On the 'Find Opportunities' page you can narrow your search.

The 'Organisation' field allows the organisation you are searching on to be chosen. Click the arrow to bring a drop down menu displaying the various organisations.

Select 'Derby City Council', then click on the 'Update' button to return the results. This will then return all the opportunities that are applicable to Derby City Council.

You can narrow the search further using the 'keyword' option. To view the further details of the opportunity, click the corresponding contract title and click on the Login and Register Interest button and login to the EastMidsTenders system to start the tender process.

The EastMidsTenders system is a very secure site and is simple to use. However, if this is the first time you will be using the system for submitting documents you should read the comprehensive ProContract reference guides which will provide the guidance required by clicking the 'Help' icon that is located on the home page on the top right of the EastMidsTenders System.

Once you have registered your interest, the tender information will be moved to, and can be found on, the 'My Opportunities' page on the EastMidsTenders page once you are logged in. You will be able to view and download the documents for completion, along with instructions on how to make a submission.