Scottish Water has awarded a framework contract for the supply, installation and maintenance of fixed standby generators with an estimated total value of £25 million excluding VAT.

Scope of the comtract coverss design, manufacture, works testing, delivery, installation, commissioning, site testing, servicing, maintenance and refurbishment of standby generators and all necessary ancillary equipment for new sites and to refurbish and/or replace existing installations throughout all Scottish Water areas including Highlands and islands.

The framework will include:

• supply of “diesel” standby generators (fixed and mobile)
• all ancillary equipment
• generator control panels
• fuel bulk and day storage tanks and transfer systems
• pipework, cabling, instrumentation, acoustic coverings/containers, gauges & valves and optional extra metering to demonstrate power supplied.
• nstallation and maintenance of external power supply intake sockets and internal mains/generator changeover switches, and all other necessary ancillary equipment to permit the connection of mobile generators at new sites, or at existing sites without mobile generator connection.

When it went out to Scottish Water specified that standby generators must be capable of operating on both diesel and HVO fuel types, although the company anticipated that HVO fuel would be used as standard throughout its sites. However, the water company flagged that it may require to switch to diesel as required from time to time and the generator sets should allow this.

Initial contract term is 4 years with the options to extend for up to a further 4 years in total.

Five companies tendered for the work - Dieselec Thistle Generators Ltd and Ross-shire Engineering Ltd (RSE) have both been awarded contracts.