The council on the centre of the Grenfell Tower tragedy has introduced new contracts value £750m for hearth security work.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) revealed the specialist contractors that can work on its property portfolio of multi-dwelling buildings and particular person homes.
Contracts have been divided into three heaps together with deliberate upkeep, refurbishment and enchancment works, in response to a web based discover yesterday (19 November) from RBKC.
The framework agreements cowl a interval of 4 years with an choice to increase for as much as two additional years.
Work contains hearth stopping, compartmentation and hearth doorways. There may even be work to overtake lively hearth safety methods together with moist, dry and lateral rising mains.
As a part of the works, the contractors will set up hearth alarms and sprinkler methods.
Additional contracts cowl flame-retardant coating methods, hearth extinguishers provision and evacuation alert methods for use by London Fireplace Brigade.
The council has operated social housing within the borough since 2018 when it took over accountability from the tenant administration organisation that had been in cost. This adopted the June 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower in which 72 people died.
The council’s assertion mentioned: “RBKC considers that the circumstances, atmosphere and challenges which RBKC and the development market face justifies an prolonged framework settlement.”
The earlier contracts ended on 1 November.
Lot 1 protecting hearth stopping, compartmentation and hearth doorways was awarded to Gemini AMPM Ltd, primarily based in Hailsham, East Sussex, and Bell Group Ltd of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire.
Additionally in that lot are Hollington & Sons of Swanley, Kent; OpenView Safety Options Ltd of Romford, Essex; RAAM Development Ltd of Enfield, London; and Swanley-based Path Group Ltd.
The specialist contractors in Lot 2, protecting lively hearth safety methods are Triangle Fireplace Methods Ltd of Hastings, East Sussex, and Concord Fireplace Ltd primarily based in Yeovil, Somerset.
Lot 3 protecting escape, hearth detection and smoke air flow methods was additionally shared between a number of companies.
They have been ABCA Methods Ltd of Tyne & Put on; BCS (Electrical & Constructing) Companies Ltd of Rotherhithe, London; Electroplan Contracting Ltd from Romford, Essex; RGE Companies Ltd primarily based in Chigwell, Essex; and Concord Fireplace Ltd of Yeovil, Somerset.
Bid standards included high quality of supply at 30 per cent, well being and security at 15 per cent and social worth of six per cent.
A criticism by Grenfell Tower residents, pre-dating the hearth, was that they weren’t consulted correctly when the flawed refurbishment was carried out, beginning in 2015. Resident engagement within the new contracts was weighted at 15 per cent.
