Road-maintenance materials

Tender description

Dublin City Council proposes to establish a framework agreement for 4 years for each of the following lots. Suppliers can apply for as many lots as they want to: Lot 1: Permanent Cold-Lay Surfacing Material; Lot 2: Laying and Jointing Materials (to BS 7533-12:2006); Lot 3: Bedding Mortar for Chambers and Gratings. Surface defect repairs that may be appropriate for remedial treatment with PCSM’s include potholes, delamination, and previously patched areas. All sites (including roadways and footways) with such surface defects should be considered suitable for treatment with PCSM’s. Dublin require a PCSM that can carry out the above function and should have the following characteristics: 1) One material shall be capable of undertaking all surface defects as described; 2) The PCSM material complies with the PCSM and PCSC requirements of the guideline for the approval and certification of permanent cold-lay surfacing materials (section 5) PCSM material is to comply with the BBA/HAPAS guideline for approval and certification of permanent cold-lay surfacing materials (PCSM's); 3) PCSM shall be produced in plants that are independently accredited whose quality management system is certified/registered as being in conformity with BS EN IS0 9001, 14001, and OHSAS 18001; 4) The material must be permanent, workable, quick and simple to use; 5) The material must be able to be used in depths from 10 mm to 100 mm; 6) The material must be suitable for both asphalt and concrete roads and footpath; 7) The material must be suitable for trafficked roads; 8) It should require the minimum of excavation or specialist equipment; 9) It should be capable to be used all year round in wet, freezing or hot conditions; 10) Polished stone value should be at least 60 PSV; 11) It should be capable to be instantly open to traffic; 12) Containers/bags should not weigh more than 25 kg; 13) Each container/tub/bag should be resealable; 14) The material should not degrade during storage and transport. The product should have a minimum shelf life of at least 6 months; 15) The product should be non-hazardous and must have a material data sheet and COSHH risk assessment. Where reference is made in this tender document to a particular make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, this is not to be regarded as a de-facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended. Laying and jointing material to be in accordance with BS 7533-12:2006. Where reference is made in this tender document to a particular make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, this is not to be regarded as a de-facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended. Bedding mortar for chambers and gratings shall comply with TII specification CC-SPW-00500 Series 500 Clause 507 Chambers point 17. Frames for chamber covers and gratings shall be set in cement mortar designation (i) complying with Clause 2404 or a proprietary quick setting mortar of equivalent strength. The mortar shall have the following properties: (i) the material shall be non-shrink; (ii) the material shall have a minimum workable life of 15 minutes; (iii) the compressive strength of the material shall exceed 30N/mm2 in 3 hours; (iv) the tensile strength of the material shall exceed 5N/mm2 in 3 hours; (v) easy to use; (vi) containers/bags should not weigh more than 25 kg; (vii) the product must have a material data sheet and COSHH risk assessment. Where reference is made in this tender document to a particular make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, this is not to be regarded as a de-facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended.In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended.