Asbestos removal services

Tender description

The primary purpose of this PIN is to alert the market to an anticipated competitive procurement process that Shepway District Council (SDC), as lead Authority, intends to undertake on behalf of itself, Canterbury City Council (CCC), Thanet District Council (TDC) and Dover District Council (DDC) for the provision of Asbestos Surveying & Sampling and Asbestos Removal Services prior to the publication of ITT. East Kent Housing will act as the contract administrator. The tender will cover the provision of the services in 3 lots with the intention to award either Lot 1and/or Lot 2 or Lot 3, depending on the most economical bids submitted. The lots will be divided as: — Lot 1: Asbestos Sampling & Survey. — Lot 2: Asbestos Removal. — Lot 3: Asbestos Sampling, Survey & Removal. The procurement exercise aims to award four contracts, one for each Council. A single web-based Asbestos Register portal will be required for all contracts. Surveying works shall include: — intrusive Demolition/Refurbishment Surveys for ACMs preceding programmes of planned and responsive maintenance works in accordance with HSG 264. This will include a Management Survey to the property in addition to the R&D survey, — void (empty) properties as part of remedial works to return them to EKH’s Lettable Standard prior to re-letting; and any properties to be sold under the Right to Buy scheme, — a programme of R&D and Management Surveys to the common parts of housing blocks and subsequent annual re-inspection surveys for reported or presumed ACM’s will be required. Asbestos Removals comprises the removal or encapsulation of Asbestos Containing Materials (‘ACM’s) in common areas, occupied or void properties as identified and required from asbestos surveys and as instructed by the Contract Administrator. only licensed removal Contractors will undertake removal and disposal of ACMs.