Materials Marketing Contract

Concepts

• chelmsford
• refuse and waste
• ecc
• materials marketing contract
• provision of materials marketing services
• disposal of material
• material
• materials
• authorities network
• waste disposal authority

Location

CHELMSFORD

Description

ECC is seeking to award a contract for the provision of materials marketing services. The successful contractor will be required to broker waste collected from across the Authorities network of recycling centres and other collection points. The contractor will be required to deliver the most economical outcome for treatment and disposal of material.

Total Quantity or Scope

ECC is the Waste Disposal Authority for Essex and is responsible for the management of circa 700,000 tonnes of varying types of household waste per annum. The Authority operates a network of 21 Recycling Centres for Household Waste and works with our 12 district and borough councils that make up the Waste Collection Authorities across Essex. This contract is being procured to ensure that collected material is disposed of through the most economically advantageous outlets. The successful contractor will broker materials on ECC's behalf to obtain optimum value. The contractor will ensure that material is moved up the waste hierarchy to maximise reuse, recycling and recovery, whilst ensuring that end destinations remain compliant with relevant legislation. The contractor may be required to broker waste collected at additional collection points as required. The contract is for a duration of 3 years with an option to extend the term for up to a further 3 years if agreed by the Authority and otherwise provided for in the contract. Full details of the requirements of this tender can be found in the ITT pack.

Renewal Options

Up to an additional 36 months contract extension, exercisable at the Authority's discretion and in such increments as the Authority deems necessary or as otherwise provided for in the contract

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Award on basis of price.

Other Information

Mandatory to complete all sections of the SSQ - failure to pass any pass/fail questions will result in immediate rejection of the bid. A Maximum of 3 bidders will be invited to submit a full tender. Bidders will be scored based on responses to SSQ, the top three scoring bidders will be invited to submit a tender in stage 2. This is procurement is being undertaken through a competitive procedure with negotiation, however, ECC reserves the right to award based on initial tender submissions where they satisfy the contract requirements. Suppliers are advised that ECC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 & the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Full information can be found in the downloadable Bidders Guidance Bidders are required to accept the terms of the draft contract issued with the tender - see the Bidder Guidance document issued with the tender documents for guidance on and requirements in relation to raising clarifications during the tender process. Any selection of the successful tenderer will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. For this tender ECC will be using the Proactis e-sourcing portal https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/ Please refer to the information available in the downloadable Bidder Guidance