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****This is not a call for competition****Contract was procured via direct award under Crown Commercial Services Framework RM971 Non Medical Non Clinical to supply a Technical Analyst for UK Shared Business Services
The Crown Premises Fire Inspection group conducted a Fire Safety Inspection in May 2016 over two days, meeting key stakeholders and inspecting Building 01 only. The Inspector followed up in August 2016 with a letter identifying numerous deficiencies identified during their inspection.
Fire Risk assessments were subsequently completed by an independent consultant in January 2017, and in accordance with Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Fire Risk assessor was competent in terms of their educations, skills, training, experience and they were an accredited IFE Fire Risk Assessor (Life Safety). Further Risk Assessments were completed in June 2018 by a separate independent consultant.
The Fire Risk Assessments identified several issues requiring immediate attention and this project addresses three of the major issues.
This phase of the project shall be to upgrade the existing fire alarm and voice alarm. The existing system has been identified as generally being a Category L5 system. The Fire Risk Assessments have recommended the systems be upgraded to a Category L3 system. This phase shall also address shortfalls in the loop capacities of some of the existing fire panels and issues with headend equipment for the voice alarm.
This Contract Award Notice is for the purpose of transparency only. The services have been procured through a one stage open procurement process. The contract term will be for three years, with an option at the discretion of the Council, to extend for a further period or periods not exceeding two years. The funding provided to the contract by Hampshire County Council will be a fixed figure of £120,000 per annum. The service provider will be expected to allocate annually from this £120,000 a minimum of £20,000 per annum for use as discretionary funding (to be spent only with the prior approval of the Council) to enable the installation of practical measures, where no alternative source of external funding can be secured. The total maximum contract value over the contract term (and including any periods of contract extension) will equate to £600,000.
The University of Southampton has successfully concluded and awarded a contract for the provision of Four Rigid Inflatable Boats to its Sport & Wellbeing department.