Asbestos Services

LHC is a central purchasing body providing procurement service to contracting authorities (Clients) throughout England, Wales and Scotland, as described on LHC's Buyer Profile (www.lhc.gov.uk/24 for England and Wales, www.procurementalliance.scot/24 for Scotland) and on behalf of partners of the Scottish procurement alliance and the Welsh procurement alliance.

As a not for profit organisation, LHC returns surplus Levy income to our clients to support social value initiatives in the local communities they serve.

LHC sets up competitively tendered framework agreements in respect of building works, supplies or services and includes public sector refurbishment, maintenance and new build projects.

AS2E Asbestos Services - England.

The framework is divided into the following workstreams:

Workstream 1: Domestic asbestos consultants. Workstream 2: Commercial asbestos consultants. Workstream 3: Domestic asbestos removal and remediation. Workstream 4: Commercial asbestos removal and remediation. Workstreams and regions operate independently of one another.

In order to ensure this opportunity is available to SME's, the framework will be divided into regional lots: Lot KX: South West. Lot K3: Cornwall. Lot I: Greater London. Lot JW: Home Counties West. Lot JS: Home Counties South. Lot HX: Home Counties North. Lot G: West Midlands. Lot F: East Midlands. Lot H1: East Anglia. Lot E: Yorkshire & Humber. Lot DX: North West.

LHC's Clients have diverse property portfolio with different volumes of asbestos removal and remediation services required, due to day-to-day maintenance and repairs to large-scale planned replacement projects.

The types of properties typically managed are: Domestic: - single occupier and multiple occupier dwellings - houses and flats, - common areas of residential blocks, - low, medium, and high-rise, - residential homes including those with vulnerable persons, - common areas other areas such as garages and loft spaces. Commercial: - Managed Residential Blocks, - care homes and sheltered accommodation, - commercial offices buildings, central or local housing team offices, halls, and day care centers, - Municipal buildings such as libraries, sports hall, museums etc, - other public building such as conference centers and other commercial buildings, - Educational buildings such as universities, schools, and colleges, - Research establishments, - Hospitals/hospital-related properties, including health centers and GP surgeries, - Blue light Buildings.