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title: "Water Hygiene Safety & Maintenance Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ee00"
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# Water Hygiene Safety & Maintenance Services

Buyer: University of Exeter  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ee00

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## Summary

The University of Exeter is seeking water hygiene safety and maintenance services across its estate. The work covers monitoring, testing, inspection and maintenance of water systems to control legionella bacteria, following the requirements of current legionella risk assessments. Suppliers will need to deliver the parameters and performance requirements set by those assessments and comply with HSG 274 Part 2 where applicable. This is a specialist water hygiene and legionella control service, with related mechanical engineering and technical inspection and testing activities. The buyer is the University of Exeter, a public authority. The requirement is for services rather than construction works or the supply of standalone goods, and is presented as a single service requirement.

The process has reached tender: the buyer invited offers using an open procedure. It is a single-lot procurement with an estimated value of £1,000,000 excluding VAT and £1,200,000 including VAT. Enquiries were due by 17 September 2026 at 1:00 pm, and offers were due by 25 September 2026 at 11:00 am. The anticipated award decision date was 12 October 2026. The contract period is 26 October 2026 to 25 October 2029, with two optional 12-month extensions available, giving a maximum end date of 25 October 2031. Evaluation is weighted 60% to quality and 40% to price. The opportunity is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises.

This opportunity suits specialist water hygiene contractors with practical experience of legionella risk control across an estate. Relevant capability includes planned and reactive monitoring, sampling and testing, inspection of water systems, maintenance activity, record keeping and responding to requirements arising from legionella risk assessments. Suppliers should be able to work to the performance requirements set for each system and apply HSG 274 Part 2 where relevant. The scale and multi-year nature of the service favour businesses able to provide dependable technical resource, inspection and testing expertise, maintenance capacity and consistent service management. Small and medium-sized enterprises are expressly considered suitable, so the requirement is not limited to large national providers. No specific accreditation is stated in the procurement information.

## Notice

The University of Exeter requires the monitoring, testing, inspection and maintenance of water systems for the control of legionella bacteria across the estate in accordance with the recommendations of the current legionella risk assessments. The parameters and performance requirements for this will be detailed in the legionella risk assessments and will be in accordance with HSG 274 Part 2 where applicable.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081938-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 25 Sep 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 26 Oct 2026 - 25 Oct 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,000,000 |
| Lots value | £1,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | University of Exeter |
| Locality | EXETER |
| Postcode area | Exeter |
| Postcode | EX4 4QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon |
| ITL 3 | TLK43 Devon CC |
| Local authority | Exeter |
| Electoral ward | Duryard and St James |
| Westminster constituency | Exeter |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71333000 - Mechanical engineering services
- 71630000 - Technical inspection and testing services

## Release History

- 27 Aug 2026 at 16:32 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081938-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081938-2026
  27th August 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=108620&TID100113679&B=
- https://www.exeter.ac.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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