CBC-0841-T-LS The Repairs Maintenance and Capital Works Programme

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Central Bedfordshire Council (the 'Authority') is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers to enter into a Term Contract for the delivery of repairs and maintenance Services and planned capital investment Works (together the 'Services') to various of its residential housing stock comprising approximately 5,600 properties of which approximately 350 are leasehold. The Authority intends to enter into a Term Alliancing Contract, TAC-1 2016 for an initial period of ten (10) years extendable at the Authority's sole discretion for a further five (5) years to a maximum of fifteen (15) years. The Services include for the following twelve Core Services: i) A 24/7/365 day to day responsive repairs and maintenance service including electrical repairs and void (empty) property repairs and refurbishment; ii) Replacement of flat entrance and internal doors to individual dwellings; iii) Replacement of communal doors and entry systems to blocks of flats; iv) Installation and maintenance of Aids and Adaptions equipment for residents with reduced mobility; v) A programme of electrical rewiring following periodic testing; vi) Passenger and goods lift maintenance and repairs; vii) Domestic stair lifts and Aids & Adaptation equipment maintenance and repairs; viii) Statutory compliance testing, inspections, maintenance and surveys to include for: • Asbestos removal; • Firefighting equipment (including replacements where necessary); • Water hygiene treatment; • Electrical installation and PAT testing; • Communal and Emergency Lighting testing; and, • Lightning protection. ix) Routine servicing, maintenance and repair of communal alarm systems in supported and sheltered housing units; x) Planned preventative maintenance to sump and booster pumps; xi) A programme of pre-paint repairs and cyclical decorations; and, xii) Surveys of existing trees for insurance and arboriculture purposes. The Authority may, at their sole discretion and on the agreement of the Provider, include the following works and services to the Term Programme at any time post award: (i) Planned internal capital investment works to the housing stock including but not limited to replacement kitchens, bathrooms, commercial and domestic boilers, and heating systems; (ii) Planned external capital investment works including but not limited to roof refurbishment and renewals, and window replacements; (iii) A Three-Star gas servicing, maintenance and repair service; (iv) Estate services including cleaning and window cleaning; and, (v) Various property refurbishment works.