Asbestos Management Services Framework (AMS2)

Asbestos Management Services Framework (AMS2) Framework Details 1.1.1. Cardiff City Council, Bridgend County Borough Council, Vale of Glamorgan Council, Monmouthshire County Council and Torfaen County Borough Council are looking to appoint suitably qualified and accredited Contractors who can deliver high quality Works and Services to meet the Council’s Asbestos Management requirements on the second iteration of the Framework. 1.1.2. Cardiff Council manages approximately 388 corporate domestic & non-domestic properties across the city. Bridgend County Borough Council manages approximately 276 properties across the city. To meet its obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012), the Council requires comprehensive asbestos management services. 1.1.3. The Framework will be awarded for a fixed term of 2 years with the option to extend by 2 x 12 months. 1.1.4. The estimated value of the Framework (being the maximum amount the Contracting Authority could expect to pay under the Framework, including the value of Services and Works, if any option to supply additional Goods, Services, Works were exercised and/or if any option to extend or renew the term were exercised) is £4,000,000.00 (exclusive of VAT). The Contracting Authorities wishes to appoint (twenty-two) provider(s) to deliver the Asbestos Management Services Framework in the following structure: Lot 1 – Air Monitoring and Four-Stage Clearance (7 Contractors) Requirements usually take the form of the following: • Personal sampling for the assessment of respirator protection • Static sampling to assess background levels • Air monitoring during asbestos removal works • Air monitoring after asbestos removal works are complete • Four-stage clearances • Certificates of reoccupation This is not an exhaustive list, and other forms of air monitoring may be required or specified. As a minimum Tendering Organisations must be able to provide air monitoring in the forms set out above. Lot 2 – Asbestos Removal (5 Contractors) Asbestos Removal requirements will typically take the form of the following: • Small scale localised licensed removal works in Contracting Authority owned domestic and non-domestic properties • Large scale licensed removal works encompassing entire domestic and non-domestic Contracting Authority owned properties • Non-licensed, notifiable removal works in Contracting Authority owned domestic and non-domestic properties • Non-licensed removal works in Contracting Authority owned domestic and non-domestic properties • Removal of fly-tipped waste • Decontamination of waste bins and waste trucks • Collection and disposal of asbestos items from specified sites Lot 3 – Asbestos Surveys (5 Contractors) The Contracting Authority commissions asbestos surveys (‘Survey’) of Contracting Authority owned or managed properties in order to ensure compliance with CAR 2012 and Regulations 3 & 10 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Non-Domestic Survey requirements will take the form of Refurbishment and Demolition (‘R & D’) surveys as set out in HSG264 either to parts or the whole of corporate buildings unless otherwise specified and agreed. Due to the nature of this work, Surveys will be subject to rigid turnaround timescales. Survey requirements will typically be required on a per project basis and therefore work volumes are subject to requirements. However, Contractors should note that work is likely to peak during certain periods of the year when some buildings are unoccupied. Lot 4 – Bulk Sample Analysis (5 Contractors) Employees of the Contracting Authority will take samples as part of their duties and leave them at designated offices, along with a completed cover sheet detailing key information such as purchase order number, sample details, requester information, and required turnaround time. Samples are labelled by urgency - Category A (24 hours), B (48 hours), or C (5 days). …