SH05244 - Licensed Asbestos Stripping to Council Housing Service

This Contract will appoint a licenced asbestos remover to carryout removal works on R & M, Voids and to support future capital programme works. They will undertake planned removal of licensed Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM's) that pose a hazard to residents in line with the Asset Management Plan. This will effectively manage medium risk asbestos materials that are showing signs of deterioration as per the Asbestos Management Policy. This contract will support the Insourced HRM service who do not have an asbestos licence.

There are 4 main strands to the project:

1. Responsive Repair Works - Our R & M contractor do not carry out licensed asbestos removal therefore our current contract with Aspect delivers this work, a replacement contractor is required from 2017/18.

2. Asbestos Removal from Vacant properties to enable fit to let work to be completed. Aspect also remove licenced ACM's that are identified in void properties

Work strands 1 and 2 are revenue funded and typically cost £60k per annum

3. Capital projects for small scale removals, this allows the service to keep tight controls of cost and avoid additional project management and prelim costs if delivered directly through a capital project.

4. Planned removals of asbestos identified as potentially hazardous in line with the Asbestos Policy. These medium risk areas have been identified through surveys and undertaking a material and priority risk assessment in line with HSE guidance.