BS 8572:2018 pdf free download.Procurement of facility-related services – Code of practice.
Facility-related services form supporting structures to the core business of an organization. The range and extent of such services can be broad and are subject to the specific needs of the procurer and its end users. Facility-related services might include, for example, cleaning, security, waste disposal, inspection, pest control, building maintenance, building services maintenance, minor construction works, reprographics, help desk, catering, energy supplies and IT. In procuring facility-related services externally, an organization has taken the decision to outsource. However, the procurement of such services extends beyond purchase and supply decisions to represent a major and integral part of an organization’s facilities management. For this reason, it is important to ensure that it is carried out in a way that is both consistent and thorough, taking into account all necessary factors that are most likely to result in end-user satisfaction and the selection of a service (or services) that demonstrates best value for money.
While this British Standard has been developed on the basis that contracts for the provision of facility-related services are likely to be awarded following a tender competition, it is also acknowledged that it is possible to procure facility-related services in other ways. For example, a contract could be negotiated with one or more service providers or a partnership could be formed between the procurer and the service provider. in such cases, procurers are not precluded from using the recommendations rn this standard, but are advised to decide which clauses apply and which (10 not, and to communicate this to the other parties involved.
Other aspects of the procurer, such as its size and the size of its facilities, can be factors in determining the extent to which some areas of this standard apply. In such cases, the approach might be scaled so that benefits from following an integrated method and procedures are realized. Where multiple facilities or locations are involved, application of this standard across all facilities can bring additional benefits from a more consistent approach to procurement. These include improved transparency within the decision-making process and the ability to benchmark performance and costs, thus enabling inefficiencies and waste to be highlighted and removed. Ultimately, the procurer is likely to gain advantage from an increasingly efficient use of resources and a defined and streamlined approach to procurement.
This British Standard gives recommendations and offers guidance for the procurement of a broad range of services that are required to support the physical assets making up a facility and the needs of users of that facility who are the ultimate recipients of the services, i.e. its end users. It covers both new and existing facilities.
This British Standard is applicable to organizations facing retendering of facility-related services and those entering directly into the later stages of the procurement process, notably mobilization and performance review.
While this British Standard covers the procurement of facility-related services within the private sector, it does not cover those areas of public sector procurement of facility-related services which are subject to public procurement regulations. Notwithstanding, the standard indicates where certain practices might strengthen the approach that has to be taken.BS 8572:2018 pdf free download.