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title: "Request for Information: Provision of an Occupational Exposure Monitoring Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0396ff"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING EXECUTIVE"
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# Request for Information: Provision of an Occupational Exposure Monitoring Service

Buyer: NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING EXECUTIVE  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0396ff

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## Summary

The Northern Ireland Housing Executive has issued a Prior Information Notice (PIN) titled "Request for Information: Provision of an Occupational Exposure Monitoring Service" for health and safety consultancy services. The procurement process is in the planning stage, with a future notice date of 1st June 2023. Businesses in the health and safety consultancy services industry may consider this opportunity to provide occupational exposure monitoring services to the Housing Executive by submitting cost estimates before the deadline of 31st January 2023.

The Housing Executive is seeking information and cost estimates for monitoring services to ensure the occupational health and safety of their staff working in various settings, including hazardous work areas. Interested suppliers should engage with Tricia Durnin at tricia.durnin@nihe.gov.uk for further details and submission guidelines. This opportunity primarily suits businesses in the health and safety services sector, particularly those with expertise in occupational exposure monitoring, noise monitoring, and vibration monitoring services.

## Notice

The Housing Executive requires information regarding potential costs in the provision of an occupational exposure monitoring service. Please see Section II.2.4 Description for further details.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Housing Executive is considering arranging a service to carry out occupational exposure monitoring of staff in our Direct Labour Organisation (DLO). DLO is the Housing Executive's in-house maintenance service. DLO staff are direct employees of the Housing Executive and cover Grounds Maintenance, Response Maintenance and Electrical Inspection. The Housing Executive may require a service to carry out exposure monitoring for: (1) Static work sites within our DLO Depots including: welding stations, mechanical work areas and stores which includes exposure to: hazardous vapours, fumes or dusts e.g. chemicals, paints, solvents, wood dusts, or as identified by the COSHH Risk Assessment process; vibration when using vibrating tools or equipment, such as sanders, hand and bench grinders, reciprocating saws, air ratchetts, portable hand drills etc.; and noise from tools/plant and processes; and (2) A representative sample of staff working on transient work sites, where staff carry out various operations when undertaking Grounds Maintenance (outdoors) and Response Maintenance operations (mostly indoors); which includes exposure to hazardous vapours, fumes or dusts, noise and vibration. Techniques for noise must include personal monitoring and static/background monitoring, for hazardous substances must include personal monitoring and static monitoring where deemed necessary. On-tool monitoring is to be used for vibration. The Housing Executive request that interested suppliers provide us with estimated costs for an occupational exposure monitoring service. An information document containing further information about DLO and a breakdown of what monitoring services we estimate is required is available on request. Please see Section II.2.14 on how to obtain further information. Additional information: To request the information document please email Tricia Durnin tricia.durnin@nihe.gov.uk providing your organisation name, contact name and contact email address no later than 12pm Friday 20 January 2023. Cost estimates must be returned to tricia.durnin@nihe.gov.uk via email no later than 4pm Tuesday 31 January 2023.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000995-2023 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Jan 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 31 May 2023 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING EXECUTIVE |
| Locality | BELFAST |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT2 8BP |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast |
| Local authority | Belfast |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Belfast South and Mid Down |
| Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71317200 - Health and safety services
- 71317210 - Health and safety consultancy services

## Release History

- 12 Jan 2023 at 15:30 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000995-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

## Provenance

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