Compliance and Maintenance - Asbestos Abatement: Asbestos Removal Award of Contract

 

 

REPORT TO; Assistant Director, Property, Procurement and Commercial

 

DECISION DATE: 19th May 2025

 

SUPPORTING ANNEX; This report includes a supporting Annex which contains exempt information as described in paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 

PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION

 

To award a contract for Compliance and Maintenance - Asbestos Abatement: Asbestos Removal for North Yorkshire Council, following the completion of a procurement exercise to:

·         European Asbestos Services

 

BACKGROUND TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION

 

A decision was made to undertake a procurement exercise to establish a new contract for the Compliance and Maintenance - Asbestos Abatement: Asbestos Removal, as the contracts established by the former County Council for this are due to expire on the 31st August 2025.  The new contract includes provision to provide all relevant servicing and maintenance for additional Council properties as other contract arrangements expire, as well as provision for Property’s Traded Service Property Solutions clients. 

 

The intention to procure was entered onto the forward plan in May 2024 and the decision to procure was made on the 10th January 2025, with the procurement being a key decision.

 

The contract awarded will be for a duration of three years with options to extend for a further two – two-year periods (resulting in a maximum contract period of seven years). 

 

LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE COMPLIANCE

 

The procurement exercise was undertaken by the Council’s Procurement and Contract Management Service January to April 2025.

 

The procurement of the contract was a key decision.  The proposal to procure was entered on the forward plan in May 2024.

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

That the contract be awarded for Compliance and Maintenance - Asbestos Abatement: Asbestos Removal be approved.

 

Compliance and Maintenance Contract Award – Asbestos Abatement

Katherine Edge, Senior Property Officer

19th May 2025