Notice Information
Notice Title
PS-25-227 - Supply & Maintain Water Coolers
Notice Description
The Council require to put a new call-off contract in place for the supply of chilled drinking water throughout Council offices, depots and schools, including some properties located within the South Ayrshire area which form part of the Ayrshire Roads Alliance.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Council require to put a new call-off contract in place for the supply of chilled drinking water throughout Council offices, depots and schools, including some properties located within the South Ayrshire area which form part of the Ayrshire Roads Alliance. The council currently has approximately 115 plumbed-in water coolers (mains fed) which provide safe chilled drinking water. We also have 10 freestanding bottled water coolers. Annex A details numbers, type and location of coolers currently in place. Quantities may vary throughout the term of the contract and the total number is not fully guaranteed. If a cooler is removed from one of our units, a 28-day invoicing period will apply. The removal of a unit does not constitute a variation or termination under the contract terms and conditions.
Renewal: 3 x 1-year extension options.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000816610
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV544290
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
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- CPV Codes
31141000 - Water coolers
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Nov 20251 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Dec 20252 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Yes, in three, four, five or six years subject to extensions invoked.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- jack.hunter@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1563576000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KILMARNOCK
- Postcode
- KA3 7BU
- Post Town
- Kilmarnock
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM9 Southern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire
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- Local Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Electoral Ward
- Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
- Westminster Constituency
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV544290
PS-25-227 - Supply & Maintain Water Coolers - The Council require to put a new call-off contract in place for the supply of chilled drinking water throughout Council offices, depots and schools, including some properties located within the South Ayrshire area which form part of the Ayrshire Roads Alliance.
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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