Proc-25-3124 - Water Management Risk Assessments

The Scottish Police Authority (known as the “the Authority”) requires a Contract in place for water management risk assessments to be carried out. The Authority is tendering this opportunity to appoint a suitably experienced and competent Contractor.

Under the Health & Safety at Work Regulations (1974), The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (1999), and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH), concerning risk from exposure to Legionella bacteria, the Authority has a duty of care towards their users (e.g. staff, officers, members of the public) to protect them from contracting Legionella and other microbial infections through providing a safe water supply system fit for human consumption and culinary purposes throughout their premises and estates. This duty of care also extends to the susceptibility of the local population to the risk of exposure to the Legionella bacteria.

The Authority currently has a requirement for circa 330 Buildings across Police Scotland’s Estate covering the whole of Scotland including island locations. This list will be updated during the Contract period and is not a fixed site list, or amount of properties and can be increased or reduced during the Contract term.

The Contractor shall carry out ACoP L8 legionella Water risk assessment services and Written Schemes for controlling risk, in line with HSE ACoP L8 and BS 8680:2020 Water quality – Water safety plans – Code of Practice, referred to in this document as BS 8680:2020, or any superseding codes of practice. The requirement may include but not limited to: The identification of systems of risk The review of existing risk assessments Production of up to date Schematics of the water system Appraisal of system condition including accessible equipment Management of Log Books Water Management review Provision of a Legionella Risk Assessment Production of Written Scheme Analysis of Drinking Water systems Supply on-going technical advice on compliance with current legislation and codes of practice including definition of responsibilities and duties of Responsible Person. An Online/web-based portal provided by the organisation will be used by Contractor to upload and store the Control Manuals, Log Books with WRA reports and any associated files to allow to have a login access to Organisation account with a file download functionality