The contract is to supply and manage building and facilities maintenance services in relation to Aylesbury Vale District Council's operational buildings and facilities. The services required include (inter alia):

(i) the provision and management of suitably qualified and trained maintenance operators in the Aylesbury Vale District Council area;

(ii) undertaking planned and reactive maintenance and repairs to the Council's operational buildings and facilities (including lifts, fire alarms and monitoring, Intruder alarms, access control door systems, sprinklers, automatic doors and roller shutters), in accordance with the Council's requirements;

(iii) undertaking planned and reactive maintenance and repairs to the public water feature situated in Kingsbury Square, Aylesbury, in accordance with the Council's requirements;

(iv) the provision of all requisite and appropriate materials for use in maintaining the Council's buildings and facilities;

(v) the self-monitoring of the contractor's performance of the contractual requirements and regular reporting back to the Council of performance (minimum monthly frequency);

(vi) providing continuous improvement of the service delivered.

The contractor is permitted to sub-contract some of the more specialist activities to appropriately qualified and experienced sub-contractors, but the contractor is expected to provide the majority of the services himself.