Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy

Tender description

UUW has a responsibility to its employees to ensure safe and suitable working conditions are provided, and also a responsibility to our customers to ensure there is no damage to properties or such damage is rectified where appropriate. In order to achieve this, United Utilities are procuring a Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy framework with the following lot structure: Lot 1a - Building Compliance Risk Assessments Lot 1b - Remedial Work relating to Asbestos Lot 2 - Structural Engineering Surveys Lot 1a: Building Compliance Risk Assessments • Water Hygiene (Legionella) Risk Assessment Surveys of domestic and operational water systems at various sites throughout the Northwest. • Sampling, monitoring and analysis relating to Water Hygiene (Legionella) at various sites throughout the Northwest. • Specialist consultancy advice relating to Water Hygiene (Legionella) and discharge of statutory building compliance requirements under ACOP L8 and all relevant legislation. • Fire Risk Assessment Surveys at various properties throughout the Northwest. • Specialist consultancy advice relating to fire safety and discharge of statutory building compliance requirements under Fire Safety Order (2005). • Specialist consultancy advice relating to the resolution of Fire Safety actions. • Asbestos Management Surveys of various buildings, engineering structures throughout the Northwest. • Asbestos Refurbishment and Demolition Surveys, of various buildings and engineering structures throughout the Northwest. • Sampling and analysis relating to Asbestos at various sites throughout the Northwest. • Project supervision and Asbestos Analyst activities during asbestos abatement projects at various sites throughout the Northwest. • General/specialist consultancy advice and training to the Company in matters relating to Legionella, Fire and Asbestos as required. Lot 1b: Remedial Work relating to Asbestos • Asbestos removal, clearance and abatement activities at various sites throughout the Northwest. • General / specialist advice and training to the Company in matters relating to Asbestos remediation as required. Lot 2: Structural Engineering Surveys The Contract is for the provision of consultant structural and building engineering services in relation to projects within the Company’s capital investment programme (Programme Services), Network Services (Water and Wastewater Business Operations) and Property Services (Operational Property). The services under this Contract are the execution of duties by suitably qualified Chartered Building Surveyors or Chartered Civil or Structural Engineers with relevant experience under the following categories of work: • Pre Construction Report (External only) • Interim Construction Report (External only) • Post Construction Report (External only) • Pre Construction Report (External & Internal) • Interim Construction Report (External & Internal) • Post Construction Report (External & Internal) • Structural Surveys for one-off property • Full Structural Engineering Report (SER) • Full SER plus Invasive Investigation • Full SER & Calculations/drawings • Civil/Structural Engineering Advice • Civil/Structural Advice/Expert Report for Litigation purposes • Building Surveying Advice/Expert Report for Litigation purposes