PFI PPP Safety Audit
Dear Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
This request for information is an attempt to seek reassurance about the safety of public buildings in the light of the findings revealed in the Inquiry commissioned following the collapse of a school building wall in Edinburgh and subsequent closure of 17 schools.
Please answer the following for each PFI/PPP schemes in your health trust treating each scheme as a separate request.
Please provide all documents showing how your organisation has responded to the findings contained in the report on Edinburgh Schools Construction by John Cole: including, but not limited to memos, emails, minutes, reports.
I would like to understand the expertise and resource committed by your organisation to the management and oversight of PFI schemes from procurement through to ongoing contract operation. Please provide documents relating to the PFI Team(s) allocated to each project its makeup and structure of the team during each project phase. This may comprise terms of reference, organisation chart, post titles and role profiles.
Provide the deed of appointment for the Independent Certifier and any other documents setting out the scope of that role. Please confirm the level of indemnity insurance and liability period.
Please confirm whether your organisation employed a member of the Institute of Clerk of Works or an inspector of similar standing and assigned them to each construction site. If someone in this role was employed please confirm their level of qualification, the salary associated with this role and how much time was allocated to per project/site.
Please provide a list of all enforcement or improvement notices served; investigations carried out and reports commissioned into fire safety (include dates and specify who commissioned or issued these) Please provide copies of all items listed.
Provide details of all attempts to make deductions relating to structural defects for each project. Confirm the amount, what it was for, and when the deduction was made.5
Yours faithfully,
Megan Ingles
Dear Ms Ingles
Request under the Freedom of Information Act
I am writing to acknowledge your request for information which was
received on 6 June 2017.
We are making enquiries with respect to the information requested and will
return to you. We aim to respond within 20 working days but if you have
any enquiries in the meantime please get in touch.
Yours sincerely
Catherine
Catherine Brewster
Medico Legal Secretary
Complaints and Legal Services
Tel: 01603 289671 (Ext. 5671)
Fax: 01603 286605
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