Audit of Corporate Property Drainage Charges

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City of Edinburgh Council is considering coming to the market place for the following services: Full Audit of property drainage (Surface Water) throughout properties in City of Edinburgh Council. The overall objective is to secure cost reduction and recovery of drainage charges by challenging the Water Retailer and Wholesaler Scottish Water. This Notice is to ascertain who can provide these services to City of Edinburgh Council. Lot 1: This Notice is to ascertain who can provide the following services to City of Edinburgh council. Carry out a full Audit of waste water and property drainage (Surface Water) throughout properties in City of Edinburgh council. The overall objection is to secure cost reduction and recovery of waste water charges by challenging the Water Retailer and Wholesaler Scottish Water. Contractors will need to present competency of the following skillsets: Understanding of the adoption processes of sewers in Scotland with expertise to establish ownership of sewers and drainage assets. “Sewers for Scotland - A technical specification - for the design and construction of sewerage infrastructure” Produced by Scottish Water and WRc plc. Understanding of historic and modern drainage infrastructure and SUD’s design. A background with competency in infrastructure design such as Civil and Structural Engineering. On site surveying capabilities, with OS or GIS remote mapping solutions being able to identify, trace and plot drainage infrastructures including rainwater pipes, gullies, ACO Channels, catch pits, inspection chambers, fuel interceptors, pumping stations, attenuation chambers with hydra-brake releases, soakaway systems, balancing ponds and outfalls to watercourses. This would include the abilities to track infrastructure over long distances including; dye testing, sound testing, and CCTV. Mapping services – recreate site services drawings such as a detailed and accurate record of external underground infrastructures such as a “site drainage layout” showing site services such as: water supply network, wastewater network and surface water drainage network. Contractors will be required to collect evidence files recording factual information regarding drainage arrangements, including obtaining public sewer records, as built construction drawings, and evidence of asset ownership or asset transfer. Contractors would need to provide legal standard administrative levels of competency and experience to submit and process claims to licensed Retailers and Scottish Water with the objective to negotiate to settlement, and to secure cost reduction and recovery for ECC. Contractors would be required to notify ECC of infrastructure in need of maintenance and repair and notify ECC of any environmental breach and outline remedies.