ESPO, the public sector owned professional buying organisation, has gone out to tender with a contract for water system risk assessment and water hygiene monitoring services worth an estimated £16 million.

ESPO, which is managed by six member authority councils: Leicestershire County Council, Lincolnshire County Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, Norfolk County Council, Warwickshire County Council, and Peterborough City Council, is one of the country’s largest professional buying organisations (PBO).

ESPO is looking to put a multi supplier framework agreement in place for the provision of water system risk assessments and water hygiene monitoring services.

The contract is being tendered in three separate Lots:

Lot 1 Water System Risk Assessment

Lot 2 Water Hygiene Monitoring Services

Lot 3 Water System Risk Assessment and Water Hygiene Monitoring Services

Contract start date will be 1^st December 2020 and will run until 30^th November 2020, with a further 24 months extension option. Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 9^th November 2020 – click here to access the tender documentation.