Intrusive Surveys Framework Restoration and Renewal Programme

The Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme (R&R Programme) is the biggest heritage restoration project ever undertaken in the UK. It offers suppliers, service providers and contractors a unique opportunity to contribute towards saving the seat of parliamentary democracy. The Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority Ltd (the Delivery Authority) is a company limited by guarantee, established for the purpose of fulfilling those duties set out in s.3(4) of the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019. It works to the specifications set by the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body (the Sponsor Body). The Delivery Authority is in charge of the day-to-day management of contractors and the supply chain and will be the 'Employer' under the Framework Agreement. The Delivery Authority is seeking to establish a multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of intrusive surveys, and associated works and services required to facilitate those surveys, for the R&R Programme. Surveys are to be undertaken in the Palace of Westminster and other buildings outside the Parliamentary Estate which may be used for decant facilities. The Framework Agreement will be awarded in the following Lots:

Lot 1: Civil and Structural Surveys

Lot 2: Ground Investigation and Geotechnical Surveys

Lot 3: Instrumentation and Monitoring Lot 4 Environmental & Ecological Surveys

Lot 5: Asbestos Removal

Lot 6: Mechanical, Electrical & Public Health

Lot 7: Archaeology

Lot 8: General Conservation Contractor The scope of these work and services are further detailed in the Pre-Qualification Pack (PQP). The Framework Agreement is being procured by and for the use of the Delivery Authority for the use of the R&R Programme to deliver information for the design and development of the Palace of Westminster and the QE2 Conference Centre refurbishment. Surveys will be coordinated and managed by a Construction Manager engaged by the Delivery Authority. The Framework Agreement may also be used by those Contracting Bodies referred to in VI.3 (Additional Information) below. The Delivery Authority intends to invite 5 Candidates to tender for each Lot and to award 3 places on the Framework Agreement for Lot 1 to 7 and award 2 places on the Framework Agreement for Lot 8.

The Contractor shall provide geotechnical and geo-environmental data for design development. Works will take place in a heritage environment (Grade I listed building), with significant constraints on access and security restrictions. No gross contamination of the soil or groundwater is suspected, though local contamination by hydrocarbons in some areas of the site has been reported. Works will in general be undertaken to the UK Specification for

Site Investigations, published by the ICE, to be the edition current at the time of the works, unless agreed otherwise. Typical requirements will include; Utility surveys in accordance with PAS128 (Survey Type B: detection as a minimum; survey Type A: verification may be required); Enabling works to include breaking out, careful removal, storage and replacing of materials, erection of protective tracking or other materials, and making good upon

completion of the works. Hand digging of starter pits at all investigation locations.

Excavation of trial pits by machine or by hand, for geotechnical, geoenvironmental and structural purposes, the construction of a number of exploratory boreholes using techniques to include Cable Percussion boring and Wireline Coring, and potentially Sonic Coring, construction of boreholes using window-sampling and windowless sampling, for geotechnical and geo-environmental investigations, completion of field testing (to include SPTs and variable head permeability testing) within the boreholes, recovery of disturbed and undisturbed samples, logging and photographing of samples, the extruding, splitting,

logging and photographing of cores and other samples from selected boreholes, installation and monitoring of standpipes, standpipe piezometers, vibrating wire piezometers, gas

monitoring standpipes, and subsequent permeability testing. Determination of soil moisture content, groundwater flow rates and temperatures, monitoring and sampling of ground water to determine chemistry, including for aggressive ground conditions and for geoenvironmental purposes, and to provide an accurate record of groundwater levels over time. Sampling of hazardous or volatile materials if encountered / suspected, for chemical analysis, including by PID (headspace analysis), monitoring and if applicable sampling of gas wells, Self-boring pressuremeter tests, laboratory testing of soil samples for geotechnical purposes, including routine classification, strength and stiffness testing, and also for 'advanced' testing (for example for small strain stiffness), laboratory testing of soil samples for geo-environmental purposes including waste classification, the supply of all field and laboratory data in digital format (including provision of AGS data to AGS 4.1 standard where practical), completion of a Ground Investigation Report (as per BS EN1997-1 / Eurocode 7) and completion of a topographic survey. The Contractor will provide surveys in other locations outside the Palace of Westminster, including but not limited to the QEII

conference centre. These surveys will include trial pits to identify position of LUL assets and trial pits in the highway, providing traffic management services and setting out any below

ground services, and provision of geotechnical data. At ITT stage, Tenderers may be required to submit their Tender in two parts: Part One will be a Tender for a place on the Framework

Agreement for this Lot and Part Two will be a Tender for the first Call-Off Contract for this Lot. Further details of the requirements for the Part One and Part Two Tenders will be produced by the Delivery Authority and provided to Tenderers at ITT stage. The Delivery Authority intends to invite five Candidates to tender for this Lot and award three places on the Framework Agreement for this Lot. Additional information: II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents