NP811/13 Maintenance of Lifts and other vertical lifting Equipment across NHS Scotland.

Descriptions

Maintenance of lifts (including scissor lifts, stair lifts and dumb waiters) and escalators (escalators optional) across NHS Scotland, including inspection, testing, servicing, maintenance, repairs, upgrades and refurbishment with objective of: ensuring safe vertical transportation of people within all locations; that NHS Scotland meets its statutory obligations; the effective and efficient operation of the equipment with the aim of reducing repairs required over the contract period. All Health Boards (all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority) (either on their own, as a collaboration or as the lead in collaborations with local authorities and PFI contractors) will be required to set up their own specific Contract under the Framework Agreement. It is envisaged that between 3 and 5 suppliers will be appointed to each lot; therefore the minimum number of suppliers under the framework agreement will be 3 and the maximum will be 30. NHSS Health Boards within the lot may collaborate with NHS Boards in another lot for the purposes of a mini-competition under the Framework Agreement. Where collaborating NHSS Health Boards span more than one lot, all Framework Participants for each of the lots will be invited to tender as part of a mini-competition. More information on this lot-spanning mini-competition is included in the Specification for NP811/13.