TR/NWAS/05/13 - Vehicle Deep Cleaning.

Descriptions

The North West Ambulance Service (NHS) Trust (NWAS) Trust wishes to identify and procure the services of an organisation to provide a quality assured scheduled programme of vehicle deep cleaning. The Trust has a range of different vehicles in front line operation covering approximately 5 400 square miles in the North West of England, and situated within the geographical boundaries of Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria. The strong preference will be for a single organisation to provide the services for the whole Trust across North West England. However, there may be a requirement to divide the contract into lots based on geographical boundaries. It is anticipated that the initial contract term will be for three years, with the option to extend the term annually (every 12 months) for a further three years, making the maximum possible contract term six years.NWAS seek to promote high standards of cleanliness across all operational vehicles, minimising cross contamination and maximising patient safety, therefore the scope of the service may comprises (but is not limited to) scheduled cleaning (may include hazardous material) internally and externally of vehicles, reactive cleaning: responses to ad hoc needs e.g. spills, other ad hoc services as defined within a schedule of rates, the provision of janitorial products, equipment, uniform and personal protective equipment (PPE) required to perform the service – conducive with the need to provide a high quality fully managed service. Over the course of the contract the service required may evolve as the Trust undertake further re-organisation and change projects, in particular a make ready vehicle preparation system could be a development of the deep clean service that could offer a perceived demonstrable benefit to the Trust. A decision on the future requirements has not yet been made therefore NWAS reserve the right to run the contract for the total duration solely as a deep cleaning service.