Buyer	Royal Berkshire Fire Authority — not a council we hold
Supplier	Zurich Insurance Company Ltd

The Authority has a requirement for engineering inspection services to inspect its Lifting equipment and other equipment to ensure the safety of the machinery, systems and personnel who interact with these equipment. It is essential that lifting equipment are inspected at regular intervals to identify any faults and defects in machinery before they present risk and for the Authority to take remedial actions to correct any problems that might have identified during an inspection. Under this contract, the majority of the equipment to be inspected are lifting equipment which comes under Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) which stipulates inspections as frequently as 6 or 12 months. Failure to inspect and correct any defects identified runs the risk of incurring fines if found to be in breach of health and safety law under the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)'s Fee for Intervention (FFI) cost recovery scheme. The contract was direct awarded on YPO Framework 1014 - Engineering Inspection Services Including Insurance. Reference Number - 2022/S 000-010906

Runs	1 Nov 2023 to 31 Oct 2028
OCID	ocds-b5fd17-49f53f08-3fb1-4cc6-a28a-2df0ebbd9796
Notice	Read it on Contracts Finder

Figures are as published An award value in OCDS may be a framework ceiling rather than a sum anyone expects to spend, so a large figure here is not evidence of a large purchase.