Tender: Maintenance and Servicing of Mulberry Place Ornamental Water Feature – Daventry

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The Council is seeking a supplier for routine maintenance, servicing and repair provision for the ornamental water feature at Mulberry Place, Daventry NN11 4GU. The feature comprises 14 jet pumps set in a triangular formation within the paving, fitted with integrated coloured lighting and operating on a pre-programmed cycle; it runs daily from 08:00 to 22:00 between March and October, with the jet pumps shut down in winter while the water treatment system continues to recirculate. The publicly accessible feature is routinely accessed by children and dogs and includes extensive filtration and sanitation plant such as coarse straining, sand filtration, ultraviolet, bromine and acid treatments. Formal laboratory testing for legionella and biological content is carried out by others, while the successful contractor must perform routine precautionary flushing, monitoring and testing of cold water supplies within the plant room. The required scope covers all routine service operations specified in Appendices 2, 3, 4 and 5, including weekly/fortnightly, monthly, quarterly and annual inspection and servicing, water quality tests, supply and replacement of consumables and provision/replacement of major service items; the contractor must also provide a repair service, noting that repairs will be arranged and funded outside this contract.