A Service Provider is needed for high level building fabric maintenance at the Scottish Parliament, including planned and reactive maintenance, cleaning, landscaping, and pest control, requiring specialized rope access capabilities.
High Level Maintenance. The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) requires a Service Provider to deliver high level building fabric maintenance services. This involves Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), reactive, minor and project change works activities to be undertaken on the high level internal and external building fabric at the Scottish Parliament Building, Holyrood, Edinburgh. The service will also include hard and soft landscaping maintenance and bird pest control. Due to the design and complexity of the building, much of the fabric maintenance is only accessible via rope access. It is considered the highest risk work activity that is undertaken on-site at the Parliament. The SPCB therefore require a specialist Service Provider, with a team based on-site at Holyrood who report directly to the SPCB Facilities Management Team. The Service Provider must hold full Industrial Rope Access Trade Association (IRATA) Operator membership and maintain this for the duration of the Contract.
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) requires a Service Provider to carry out all high level, internal and external aspects of building fabric maintenance including building and window cleaning. The range of services includes: - all planned preventative maintenance for all the external and internal fabric of the buildings - all reactive building fabric maintenance work on an ad-hoc basis above finished floor height - external cleaning (including windows) - internal cleaning (including windows) - maintenance and coatings/finishes from the finished floor upwards - internal and external ceiling and roof repairs - cleaning and maintenance of external landscaping - the provision of bird control measures such as, netting, cleaning and removal - minor works and project change works. - snow clearing, proactive and reactive winter gritting - operation and maintenance of specialist access, lifting and cleaning equipment. - operation of flying drone survey equipment. It is anticipated that the contract work will be delivered by a combination of the Service Provider's in house resource and key subcontracts. The Service Provider must hold full Industrial Rope Access Trade Association (IRATA) Operator Membership and maintain this for the duration of the Contract. Payment of the Real Living Wage is mandatory as part of the contract conditions. Further information can be found within the tender documentation. Additional information: Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations 2006 apply to this Contract.