North Ayrshire Council has awarded £750k a measured term contract for water quality management services with a total estimated value of £754,662 (excl VAT).

The Council went out to tender to appoint a suitably qualified service provider to deliver services to manage legionella control and water quality management including:

• regimes for temperature testing;
• cleaning and disinfection;
• sampling and analysis of results, cold water storage tank inspections;
• hot water storage system inspections;
• servicing of thermostatic mixing valves and risk assessments in North Ayrshire Council Non-Housing properties and Communal Areas within Sheltered Housing Units and Supported Living Units.

Herefordshire firm hsl Compliance Ltd has been awarded the contract,one of ten companies in the bidding for the work.

Initial contract term is 36 months with a potential extension option of up to a further 24 months.