Asbestos Testing

The Council delivers services throughout Oxfordshire through a wide range of buildings, e.g. County Hall, fire stations, libraries, schools, etc. The corporate buildings are managed by the Joint Property Team within the Commercial Development Assets and Investments team.

The service is to provide an asbestos consultancy service for Oxfordshire County Council (OCC).

The service is required to ensure that the council understands the current condition of asbestos in its portfolio to mitigate risk, comply with current asbestos regulations and to support future programmes of works to ensure that the buildings are suitable for future operational activity, including

Ongoing management of the portfolio in accordance with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 R&D surveys for Minor Works programmes, e.g. refurbishment of boiler rooms, flat roofing, carbon reduction projects R&D surveys for Major Projects, e.g. extensions to existing buildings Asbestos management surveys associated with acquisitions The proposal is to engage with one contractor to deliver this service.

The authority identified this need through the Fusion 21 Building Safety and Compliance - Lot 1 - Asbestos Surveying & Consultancy exercising the direct award procedure. This is owned and managed by Fusion21