Refurbishment work

Description

The domestic property portfolio of the Council comprises a mixture of social housing (approximately 13 500 properties in number) and other properties. Maintenance of these properties is undertaken by the Council via a mixture of in house provision and external contractors. Dwellings will vary in age and condition and bidders are advised to make due allowance for this. This tender process is in relation to repairs to vacant domestic properties. Vacant repairs works: This work will generally comprise of: — work in unoccupied properties and occasionally garage sites/traveler sites/hostels, — work is generally instigated at the request of the employer (void management unit), — predominantly this will be multiple activity work. However, on occasion it may be singular activity work such as electrical/gas checks or changing of locks for example). The domestic property portfolio of the Council comprises a mixture of social housing (approximately 13 500 properties in number) and other properties. Maintenance of these properties is undertaken by the Council via a mixture of in house provision and external contractors. Dwellings will vary in age and condition and bidders are advised to make due allowance for this. This tender process is in relation to repairs to vacant domestic properties. Vacant repairs works: This work will generally comprise of: — work in unoccupied properties and occasionally garage sites/traveler sites/hostels, — work is generally instigated at the request of the employer (void management unit), — predominantly this will be multiple activity work. However, on occasion it may be singular activity work such as electrical/gas checks or changing of locks for example). There are 5-main priorities of work: — urgent quick turnaround (urgent QT): completion within 2 working days. (Subject to the property requiring no asbestos removal works and already has an asbestos survey), — minor works quick turnaround (QT minor works): completion within 5 working days. (Subject to the property requiring no asbestos removal works and already has an asbestos survey), — pre-works: completion within 5 working days, — minor works vacant: completion within 10 working days, — major works vacant: completion within 20 working days Bidders should allow for welfare facilities, site set up, mobilisation, hoardings and signage provision within their tendered rates. For guidance, the following is intended as an example of the kinds of work included in the above categories: Urgent quick turnaround vacant (urgent QT) — gas/electric safety checks, — shower curtain, toilet seat (shower rail if damaged), — lock change, — key safe. Minor works quick turnaround vacant (minor works QT) — as urgent QT plus: —— further minor electrical/gas works, —— minor carpentry/decorations work, —— clean and clear (including loft spaces), — minor garden work. Pre-works: — R&D/asbestos surveys where there is no previous asbestos survey, — clean and clear (including loft spaces), inclusive of needle sweeps and hazardous/biological waste removal. Minor works: — inclusive of pre-works (if prior asbestos survey is available; or if the extent of required clearance does not prohibit the schedule of works), — as QT minor works plus full decorations work, — e.g. plastering, painting, minor alterations, tiling and hanging lining paper, etc. Major works: — inclusive of pre-works (if prior asbestos survey is available; or if the extent of required clearance does not prohibit the schedule of works), — full refurbishment including as minor works plus: —— asbestos removal, —— garden work, —— WHQS kitchens/bathrooms.