Waste Water Containment Dams

Water Containment Pillow/Bladders/Dams: 1.1 Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority (MFRA) on behalf of the Mass Decontamination (MD) Capability - National Resilience, invite bids for waste water containment pillows/bladders as part of the Mass Decontamination systems. 1.2 The MD Capability assets deploy Nationally under the National Co-ordination Advisory Framework. 1.3 The primary role is to provide decontamination for members of the public in the event of a CBRN(e) event. 1.4 As part of the decontamination process, the Fire and Rescue Services are required to contain waste water generated through the decontamination process, to prevent discharge in to drainage systems and mitigate against environmental pollution. 1.5 Waste water is contained from both firefighter and public decontamination showers. 1.6 As part of the asset refresh programme and review of current safe systems of work, the aim of the procurement is to replace the current open containment dams with sealed pillows or bladder type, containment solutions. 1.7 MD equipment, may be deployed to areas commensurate with industrial/building sites. 1.8 This equipment will need to operate in extreme weather conditions as experienced in the UK.