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BlueLight Commercial

Inspection, Preventative and Remedial Maintenance Service for the National Police Air Service Fuel Farm Installations and Bowsers

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Value£350k
Deadline3 May 2022
Published28 Mar 2022
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 28 Mar 2022ClosedCloses 3 May 2022
Contract value in context
£350ktotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£2.9m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Transport Equipment band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This requirement is for both preventative and reactive maintenance of fuel tank assets.

The preventative maintenance is for routine inspection and maintenance and any repairs arising from the routine visits to fuel farm installations and mobile bowsers at various NPAS bases in England and Wales.

Maintenance and inspection of all fuel installations shall be in accordance with the Civil Aviation Authority's CAP 748 (Aviation Fuels at Aerodromes) and all work undertaken will be to the prevailing addition of JIG 4 Fuel Quality Control and Operating Standards.

The core requirement is for each fuel farm or bowser to have 2 inspections per annum at 6 monthly intervals and 1 complete tank clean every 3 years unless under advisement it is not required.

At each routine inspection the following shall be undertaken: 1.

Calibration of all fitted gauges to 0.05% ± 2.

Hose inspection and pressure test 3.

Filter inspection / change as appropriate (ensuring correct filters are used is FSII is present) 4.

Visual tank inspection 5.

Additive calibration where FSII is present 6.

Inspection and function check on fuelling equipment 7.

Inspection and report on interceptors if supplier is able to do so 8.

Legally compliant collection and disposal of waste aviation fuel from time to time, if supplier is able to do so.

9.

ATEX/DSEAR Electrical EICR Inspection and reporting yearly.

10.

Provision of full certification for items 1-5 in triplicate and report findings as appropriate for items 6, 7 and 8.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Maintenance and inspection of all fuel installations

Maintenance and inspection of all fuel installations shall be in accordance with the Civil Aviation Authority's CAP 748 (Aviation Fuels at Aerodromes) and all work undertaken will be to the prevailing addition of JIG 4 Fuel Quality Control and Operating Standards.

02

At each routine inspection the following shall

At each routine inspection the following shall be undertaken:.

03

Inspection and report on interceptors if supplier

Inspection and report on interceptors if supplier is able to do so.

04

Legally compliant collection and disposal of waste

Legally compliant collection and disposal of waste aviation fuel from time to time, if supplier is able to do so.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
62c4c797-3632-40ca-82d3-b5f64c5aace5
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
20220328090413-91087
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