The Board requires ongoing maintenance and support of the Building Management System (BMS) to ensure the safe, efficient and compliant operation of the Hospital and Eye Centre chiller plant. This requirement also includes immediate reactive repairs to works to critical MRI and hospital chiller plant infrastructure.

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice. The National Waiting Times Centre Board (Golden Jubilee) intends to enter into a one year contract with Trane UK Ltd as the only supplier capable of meeting the Board’s requirements. In accordance with our interpretation of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the required service capability can only be provided by a particular provider for technical reasons. The Board requires ongoing maintenance and support of the Hospital / Hotel and Eye Centre chiller air conditioning plant and associated control systems to ensure the safe, efficient and compliant operation of critical cooling infrastructure. The system is essential for monitoring and controlling temperatures, alarms, plant performance and environmental conditions that support patient care. The services required include planned preventative maintenance, inspection, testing, software backup and support activities necessary to maintain system reliability and ensure continued performance of the chiller plant and associated controls. The requirement also includes immediate reactive repair and reinstatement works to critical MRI and hospital chiller plant infrastructure, including refrigerant circuit repairs, compressor replacement, system recommissioning and performance verification, where urgent intervention is required to maintain operational resilience and continuity of patient services and to prevent disruption to essential clinical operations.