Construction work

Tender description

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) requires a contractor to work at height to provide external and internal planned and reactive building fabric maintenance providing all access equipment, including to support other contractors. This includes, but is not limited to: up-keep and cleaning of building fabric of all high level areas and vertical finishes above finished floor level; the maintenance of hard and soft landscapes; bird control measures; Conditions Surveys and Statutory compliance inspection and testing with the provision related management services. Separate contractors will deal with the planned and responsive services for general building and service installation maintenance but this contractor will be required to support other contractor's access requirements. The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) requires a contractor to work at height to provide external and internal building maintenance. This includes building fabric maintenance and cleaning of all high level areas and vertical finishes above finished floor level and the maintenance of hard and soft landscapes. Some specific elements of work include: Planned Preventative Maintenance for specified external and internal building fabrics. Internal and external cleaning (including windows), maintenance and coatings/ finishes above the finished floor level. Internal and external ceiling and roof repairs. Reactive building fabric maintenance works above finished floor level, with the exception of low level minor repairs. Condition Surveys. Statutory compliance inspection and testing and the provision related management services. Minor Work, Reactive work and Project work. Maintenance of external soft and hard landscaping including cleaning, gritting and snow clearing. The provision of bird control measures e.g. netting, cleaning and active deterrent measures. The provision of all access equipment, including to support other contractors' access requirements. The management of other contractors to work at height. Separate contractors will deal with the planned and responsive services for general building and service installation maintenance together with an element of ad-hoc Minor Work, Reactive Work and Project work and low level cleaning. Lots are not applicable to this contract because due to the nature of the work and operational business needs, work priorities can often change at short notice and therefore having one contractor offers the flexibility to reprioritise resources to avoid downtime and maintain overall responsibility of meeting the maintenance programme.