Notice Information
Notice Title
Water Hygiene Quality Monitoring Services
Notice Description
The appointment of contractors for Water Hygiene Quality Monitoring, Hygiene Remedial Works and Legionella Risk Assessments Swindon Borough Council are looking to engage with experienced contractors to provide Water Hygiene Quality Monitoring, Remedial Works and Legionella Risk Assessments Swindon Borough Council are looking to engage with suitably qualified contractors to carry out Water Hygiene Quality Monitoring on Council owned residential and corporate properties inline with legislation and governance. This contract shall comprise of the periodic inspection/testing and verification of the safety of water systems within council buildings, i.e. Civic Buildings, Sheltered Accommodations, Community Centres, Social Services Sites, Public Car Parks & Toilets and Multi-storey Flats, Domestic dwellings and Commercial Premises and legionella risk assessments and water hygiene remedial works. The contract will be split into three lots - Lot 1 - Water Hygiene Quality Monitoring and Planned Cyclical Maintenance Lot 2 - Water Hygiene Remedial Works Lot 3 - Legionella Risk Assessments All three lots can be bid for but a maximum of two lots can be won of the following combinations - Lot 1 Monitoring and Lot 3 Legionella Risk Assessments OR Lot 1 Monitoring and Lot 2 Remedial Works. This is due to the Legionella risk assessments identifying the remedial works which are required to be undertaken and would therefore be a conflict of interest. The contracts will be for a period of 3 Years with optional 2 year + 2 year extension periods and is estimated to commence 1st June 2026. Lot 1 Estimated contract spend is between PS500,000.00 - PS505,852.50 ex vat across the initial 3 year term and PS1,166,666.00 - PS1,180,322.50 across the full 7 year term. Lot 2 Estimated contract spend is between PS890,000.00 - PS895,077.00 ex vat across the initial 3 year term and PS2,076,666.00 - PS2,088,513.00 across the full 7 year term. Lot 3 Estimated contract spend is between PS287,000.00 - PS292,503.00 ex vat across the initial 3 year term and PS669,666.00 - PS682,507.00 across the full 7 year term. Full details relating to the services are provided in the tender documents. To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com Tender clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal by 2nd February 2026 15:00 hrs UK Local time. The Council's responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically on the ProContract tender portal. Tender Responses are required to be submitted no later than 9th February 2026, 15:00 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ Supplying the South West Portal, https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN802380 No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the tender documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the tender documents.
Lot Information
Water Hygiene Quality Monitoring and Planned Cyclical Maintenance
Water Hygiene Quality Monitoring and Planned Cyclical Maintenance by the periodic inspection/testing and verification of the safety of water systems within council buildings
Renewal: Option to extend contract for 2 x 24 months
Water Hygiene Remedial WorksWater Hygiene Remedial Works following a Legionella Risk Assessment (LRA) carried out by another party (and observations found during planned preventive maintenance - carried out by another party)
Renewal: Option to extend the contract for 2 x 24 months
Legionella Risk AssessmentsLegionella Risk Assessments to be carried out as per the agreed frequency
Renewal: Option to extend the contract for 2 x 24 months
Planning Information
Swindon Borough Council invites you to contribute to preliminary market engagement in relation to Water Hygiene Quality Monitoring and would therefore welcome the views of suppliers on the questions set out below. Responses to this questionnaire will be used solely for this pre-tender exercise and any responses will not be referred to during the tender evaluation. To this end, tender-style responses to this questionnaire are not necessary - the intention is to invite supplier feedback on the options, to help shape the final specification and commercial model to ensure the tender delivers the optimum outcomes for the Council. The Council intends on tendering a package of works in relation to Water Hygiene Quality Monitoring for monitoring, remedial works and for legionella risk assessments this will be across around 200 sites across the borough of Swindon and Plas Pencelli which is an outdoor education centre in Brecon, Wales. The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to gain market insight into the following aspects of the project: - Market Interest Contract/Project Length. Route to Market Timescales. Specialist knowledge To participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the PME documents. Responses are required to be submitted no later than 28th July 2025, 15:00 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055596
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001630-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
41 - Collected and purified water
44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
65 - Public utilities
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
09321000 - Hot water
31161400 - Primary water systems
38910000 - Hygiene monitoring and testing equipment
41110000 - Drinking water
44611500 - Water tanks
65100000 - Water distribution and related services
71317200 - Health and safety services
71610000 - Composition and purity testing and analysis services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,951,342 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,951,342 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Jan 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Feb 20262 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- 28 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2026 - 31 May 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Ms Jodie Wakefield
- Contact Email
- jwakefield@swindon.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SWINDON
- Postcode
- SN1 2JH
- Post Town
- Swindon
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK71 Swindon
- Delivery Location
- TLK14 Swindon
-
- Local Authority
- Swindon
- Electoral Ward
- Eastcott
- Westminster Constituency
- Swindon South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001630-2026
8th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035990-2025
30th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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