Containment Expertise Service - Weybridge

Development of APHA and Defra containment requirements from inception/business case stage to a position at which they can be procured under this or other appropriate lots

• Provide design services where capital work within a containment environment is more complicated and crosses services undertaken by multiple lots. Design may be passed across to the Lot 1 contractors at RIBA 2 or 3 on a design and build basis or may continue through to RIBA 4 under this lot with construction support services from Lot 1 from RIBA 5 through to 6 and handover. Defra will be responsible for procuring the work under Lot 1 in both scenarios
• Undertaken Hazop and SIL assessments on behalf of Defra / APHA or on behalf of contractors from other lots
• Creation and agreement of containment-based documentation, supporting operational improvements or regulatory requirements. Examples would be legislative compliance audits, site standards, test plans for FAT and SAT and verification of current safety systems
• Provision of advice, guidance and support to the current operational teams
• Walkdowns of containment facilities and identification of areas for improvement
• Review of technical responses or design gateway material from this framework or other contractors employed by Defra / APHA
• Witnessing and management of the testing and commissioning process and on the validation on behalf of Defra / APHA the satisfactory operation and handover of works
• designing, validating and verifying works under ACDP 3 and SAPO 4 containment facilities.