Posted By Brenda H Would anyone be willing to e-mail me a copy of tender documenation that has been put together when tendering for an asbestos surveyor? Obviously it would be dealt with in strictest confidence. Cheers

Posted By Ron Hunter It does really depend on what you are engaging them for? If this is for type 2 survey work (?) be very specific about what you want and how you want it presented.Before you invite to tender you have to be clear about the way you intend to manage your ACM risks. Try to avoid duplication of effort in producing Asbestos Risk Registers for your premises. Ideally the Surveyor could directly populate your Registers by way of type 2 surveys? Make sure that you ask for a determination for all floors, walls and ceilings - areas of "silence" in survey reports can be a problem. Do you have a way of including photgraphs in your Registers? You are also going to need some good floor plans and a coherent room numbering system for all your premises before the survey work starts. MDHS100 and HSG227 is required reading, and someone (your H&S Adviser) should also be reasonably familiar with HSG248 & MDHS100 & L127! ISO 9001 systems compliance is I think a must for any Surveyor you engage.

Posted By Mitch Brenda, Our insurers gave us a list of approved (by them) companies, not sure of the criteria, I cannot lay my hands on it right now, if I find it I will forward it Regards Mitch

Posted By Chris L I would absolutely insist on references for similar work for similar clients to yourself. The tender stage can be completed by long experienced staff with all the qualifications and insurances you need, but if they then send 6 month experienced P402 'qualified' surveyors to do the work, it's not worth a damn. I seem to recall you work for a Housing Association Brenda? References from other HA's that you can phone up and discuss with are absolutely priceless. I would also ask that the tendering companies supply the names and CV's of the staff who will actually be doing the work, to avoid the substitution I mention above. There are a lot of good surveyors out there, but I'm afraid they're rather outnumbered....

Posted By Brenda H Thanks for your comments, will take them on board:)