Fixed Wire Installation Inspection and Testing Services

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust on behalf of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA) invites tenders for the inspection and testing of fixed wire installations across the following NHS Care Organisations: - The Royal Oldham Hospital - North Manchester General Hospital - Fairfield General Hospital - Rochdale Infirmary (Including Birch Hill) - Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust Plus the following off site areas which are within ½ mile from the main Salford Royal site: - Summerfield House - Hope Library - Cleveland House - Turnpike House

The contractor shall carry out 100% inspection and testing of the NCA wide electrical infrastructure with nolimitations (as far as is reasonably practicable as defined in the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989).

Inspection and Testing of the Fixed Wiring will be carried out over a 5 year period with the programme agreed between the successful company and the NCA Supervising Officer with no less than 20% being completed in each contractual year. 20% of all lighting circuits must be completed per annum with no less than 10% of these being in general ward areas.

The Trusts intend to award a contract for a period of 5 years with an option to extend for a further 2 x 12 month periods.

Additional information: Please note that all expressions of interest must be submitted via the Due North ProContract portal, paper and emailed expressions will not be accepted. If you are not already a registered supplier on Due North, please follow this link to register for free: https://procontract.due-north.com/register Once you have successfully expressed your interest via the portal, you will be sent an email directing you to the ProContract site from which you will be able to access and download the tender documentation and any other relevant information. All documents pertaining to this opportunity will be available for download via the ProContract portal from the outset. Please ensure you are able to download all files immediately after accessing the ProContract portal. Tenderers should also note that final submissions must be made via ProContract, no other submission route is permitted. Failure to follow this path will result in the tender submission being disregarded. The uploading process when submitting a Tender via ProContract may take some time. Tenderers should therefore start this process in sufficient time to allow for the complete uploading of their tender submission by the Tender Return Time and Date.