21-01 - Repair, maintenance, upgrading and replacement of Fire alarm, detection

The University of Wolverhampton (the ‘University’) (including any entity which from time to time is a subsidiary of the University of Wolverhampton and any entity over which from time to time any of the entities defined in this paragraph either directly or indirectly exercises management control, even though it may own less than (50%) of the shares and is prevented by law from owning a greater shareholding) wishes to enter into a contract (the “Contract”) with a Contractor (the ‘Contractor’) to supply repair, maintenance, upgrading and replacement of Fire alarm, detection and control systems to the University and its Entities. The University is seeking an agreement via competitive Tenders (“Tenders”) from suitably qualified organisations (“Tenderers”) in response to this Invitation to Tender (“ITT”) for the provision of the aforementioned services (‘Services’) and/or works (‘Works’).

In order to allow this contract to be used for potential European Union funded projects we are notifying all tenderers that some works might be subject to part funding by the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme for England or any other European Union Funded Programme.

The University seeks an experienced Contractor to:

• Carry out servicing, repairs and maintenance to all fire alarm and detection systems situated throughout the University as described within the Particular Specification.
• Upgrade existing systems or install new equipment throughout the University where required as described within the Particular Specification.

The term of the Contract shall be for a period of three (3) years , with an optional extension of up to an additional two 12 month periods, at the sole discretion of the Employer and subject to satisfactory performance by the Contractor and prior written confirmation by the Employer. The maximum Contract duration is therefore five (5) years. Additional information: However, in order to allow this Contract to be used for potential Funded projects we are notifying all tenderers that some works might be subject to part funding by, for example, the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme for England (ESIF), European Regional Development Fund. (ERDF) or any other EU Funded Programme, or other Funding Body e.g. Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP)