Services available from FDS Associates Limited

Management Advisory Services

• Client assistance in project development including tender bids and evaluations
• Drafting technical specifications and tenders
• Selection of suppliers in general
• Assistance with terms and conditions of contracts
• Assistance with tender evaluations
• Creation of studies evaluating "value for money" in various areas of foodservice operations
• Food and beverage control evaluations and advice on reating improved profitability
• Advice on labour schedules and costs in relation to sales
• Hygiene and Health & Safety audit controls
• Creation of studies to evaluate outsourcing both Foodservice Operation (Contract Caterers) and/or Commodities
• Project Management and Contract Monitoring service

Operations and Overviews

• Feasibility Studies, Personnel
• Training Programmes
• Quality Control and HACCP Control Implementation
• Business and Marketing Plans
• Operational Briefs and Appraisals
• Specific Training Programmes involving practical implementation of systems within foodservice operations

Design & Planning and Contract Management

Scheme Design

• Design Brief development
• Initial space requirements
• Space relationship drawings (CAD generated)
• Schematic layouts (CAD generated)
• Full colour perspective drawings (artists' impressions)
• Interior design schemes
• Materials sample boards
• Briefing documents for Architects
• Briefing documents for Building Services Engineers
• Preliminary schedules of services
• Preliminary schedules of finishes
• Budget costs Liaison with Building Control
• Liaison with Environmental Health Officers
• Liaison with Fire Officers

Detailed Design

• General arrangement drawings (CAD generated)
• Cut sheets
• Building services termination drawings (CAD generated)
• Builders' work requirement drawings (CAD generated)
• Shopfitting drawings (CAD generated)
• Catering equipment specifications
• Builders' work and finishes specifications
• Signage and graphic design
• Furniture schedules
• Contract documentation
• Competitive tendering

Tender analysis Construction

• Project management
• Drawing approvals
• Payment application certification
• Site inspections

Defects surveys Post Contract

• Project monitoring
• Diagnosis and ongoing operational advice

Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance

It is the policy of FDS Associates to provide Professional Indemnity to cover our Clients on Management Services and Design/Planning projects.

The limit of the indemnity is £1 million worldwide (except USA & Canada),and the policy is placed with Hiscox Underwriting Ltd.

In addition we have in force Public Liability insurance of £1 million and Employers Liability insurance of £10 million.