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title: "Water Hygiene and Legionella Services"
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# Water Hygiene and Legionella Services

Buyer: ACADEMY TRANSFORMATION TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-069c58

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## Summary

The Academy Transformation Trust has finalised a contract by directly awarding it to Rock Compliance Ltd for comprehensive Water Hygiene and Legionella Services, ensuring the continuity of essential statutory services across its sites. This procurement falls under the services category tagged by CPV as Health and Safety Services. Occurring at multiple locations across the Trust estate, this award was facilitated under Inprova's Compliance Solutions Framework due to the urgent need caused by the incumbent supplier's exit. The contract, signed on 18th May 2026, avoids the need for competitive tendering, aligning with regulatory requirements. The procurement method employed was a limited award procedure, which was executed without a prior competition call due to the critical nature of the service and compliance with framework agreement terms.

This tender presents growth opportunities primarily for businesses specialising in health, safety, and environmental compliance. Companies with expertise in water system hygiene services, such as temperature monitoring, legionella testing, and water system inspections, as well as those offering web-based compliance reporting solutions, stand to benefit significantly. With this framework agreement already in place, companies ranked within can efficiently secure contracts through direct awards, ensuring streamlined operations and continuity in critical services. The contract's focus on national service delivery standards, coupled with the requirement of DBS-cleared operatives, highlights the necessity of employing skilled professionals to maintain compliance with educational safeguarding requirements.

## Notice

The Trust requires the provision of a comprehensive Water Hygiene and Legionella Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) service across all sites. The service includes delivery of all statutory and routine compliance activities in accordance with ACoP L8 and HSG274 Parts 1-3, including temperature monitoring, legionella sampling and analysis, cleaning and disinfection, inspection of water systems, and the review and update of Water Hygiene Risk Assessments and Management Plans. The contract also requires the provision of a secure online reporting platform to support compliance monitoring, auditability and management of remedial actions across a portfolio of over 5,000 water system assets.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The contract is for the provision of a comprehensive Water Hygiene and Legionella Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) service across all sites within the Trust estate. The service includes delivery of all statutory and routine water hygiene compliance activities required to ensure the safe operation and management of water systems in accordance with the Health and Safety Executive's Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) L8 and HSG274 Parts 1-3. The scope of services includes, but is not limited to, routine and risk-based PPM activities such as temperature monitoring of hot and cold water outlets, legionella sampling and laboratory analysis, cleaning, descaling and disinfection of showers and outlets, and inspection and monitoring of hot and cold water systems, including Cold Water Storage tanks and Hot Water Storage calorifiers. The Supplier shall also be responsible for monitoring associated assets including thermostatic mixing valves (TMVs), point-of-use heaters, expansion vessels and return loops. The contract requires the review, update and maintenance of Water Hygiene Risk Assessments (WHRAs) for all sites and the production of site-specific Water Hygiene Management Plans. The Supplier shall identify, risk assess and manage remedial actions, ensuring that high-risk compliance issues are addressed within defined timescales. The service will cover a portfolio of in excess of 5,000 water hygiene assets across multiple Trust locations. The Supplier shall provide a secure, web-based reporting system to enable real-time access to PPM records, temperature monitoring data, laboratory results, risk assessments, management plans, and remedial action tracking, supporting full auditability and contract performance monitoring. The contract also includes requirements for monthly performance reporting against agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), consistent national service delivery standards, and suitably qualified and DBS-cleared operatives to ensure compliance with safeguarding requirements applicable to educational environments.

Options: Initial term is 24 months, with 2x12 month optional extensions.

### Procurement Information

The contract has been awarded without prior publication of a call for competition as it is a call-off under a compliant and previously advertised framework agreement, namely Inprova's Compliance Solutions Framework (Lot 5 - Legionella Testing and Treatment), which was procured and published on the Find a Tender Service in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. In accordance with Regulation 33 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, contracting authorities may award contracts based on a framework agreement without reopening competition where the framework terms permit direct award. The framework includes a clear supplier ranking based on evaluated price and quality, and Rock Compliance Ltd is ranked as the number one supplier under the relevant lot. The direct award has therefore been conducted in full compliance with the framework's call-off provisions. The award of the contract was necessary to ensure continuity of a critical statutory service. The incumbent supplier confirmed cessation of services on 30 April 2026 with limited notice, creating an immediate risk to the Trust's ability to maintain compliance with statutory water hygiene and legionella requirements under ACoP L8 and HSG274. To mitigate any interruption to essential services and ensure the ongoing protection of pupils, staff and visitors, a direct award to the top-ranked supplier was undertaken. The use of the framework direct award mechanism enabled the Trust to secure a compliant, value for money solution within the required timescales, without the need for a new procurement exercise. The approach is lawful, proportionate, and consistent with the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the terms of the framework agreement.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045947-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 May 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 May 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £414,782 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ACADEMY TRANSFORMATION TRUST |
| Locality | SUTTON COLDFIELD |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B73 6AZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Sutton Trinity |
| Westminster constituency | Sutton Coldfield |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ROCK COMPLIANCE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 71317200 - Health and safety services
- 90714500 - Environmental quality control services

## Release History

- 19 May 2026 at 18:31 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045947-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.academytransformationtrust.co.uk/
- https://www.rockcompliance.co.uk/

## Provenance

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