Asbestos Services Framework - Domestic Property

The City of Edinburgh Council has approximately 20,000 Council homes, including 44 multi storey blocks. The Council carries out approximately 120,000 repair and maintenance jobs annually to these properties, using in house Craft Operatives and a framework of R&M contractors. This Service covers emergency (24hrs, 7 days a week), urgent, appointed and routine servicing works.

Asbestos work and Services are required to carry out UKAS accredited Asbestos management, refurbishment, demolition and re-inspection surveys as well as sampling, analytical services, removals, encapsulation, disposal works in all blocks and common areas as described above.

Contractors are also required to undertake Licensed and Non Licensed Work in addition to Notifiable Non Licenced Asbestos work in relation to all aspects and areas of the fabric of Council Homes including all services, utilities and apparatus contained within whether operational or redundant.

In order to maintain Service levels, at times, Asbestos information is required in a timely manner to prevent delays to work.

It is expected that as part of this framework tenderers will bid for;

Asbestos consultancy – surveying, laboratory testing and air testing (UKAS accredited)

or

HSE licensed asbestos removal contractors (LARC’s) - physical removal and remediation works

In order to maintain independence it is the preference to have separate organisations for each workstream.

It is a mandatory requirement of this Framework Agreement that a prompt payment clause is present in all supply chain Contracts used in the delivery of the requirements. This ensures payment of sub-contractors at all stages of the supply chain within 30 days and includes an obligation to provide a point of contact for sub-contractors to refer to in the case of payment difficulties. This will require active monitoring of payment performance as well as the provision of evidence and reports to the Council on request