QUB/1882/20 — Contract for the Provision of Waste Management Services

Queen’s generates a variety of general waste streams across the University campus including general waste, dry mixed recyclables (DMR), food, glass, garden, metal, wood, plastic bottles, cardboard bales and bulky waste. The waste management Contractor will provide all external Eurobins (or equivalent), skips and glass bottle banks for these waste streams across the campus and ensure that regular and ad-hoc collections are completed for each waste stream. The contractor will apply the Waste Hierarchy to recycle and recover as much waste as possible. Aligned with a key contract objective, the contractor will, during the lifetime of the contract, advise and assist on where Queen’s can introduce new practices or processes which will reduce the volume of waste, or processes for certain waste streams that are more sustainable.

The contractor will provide a combined pick up service for both confidential and non-confidential paper from collection points across the Queen’s Campus. Queen’s staff will be responsible for the separation of waste into clearly identifiable confidential and non-confidential paper waste streams in accordance with Queen’s Policies and Procedures. Queen’s will put in place the appropriate policies, procedures and training to allow the operational delivery of the contract. Additionally, the contractor will provide an enclosed lockable 35 yard Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) skip (or alternative as agreed with Queen’s) at the University’s central waste management facility at Rugby Road for the storage of non-confidential waste paper. Uplifts will be arranged as required. There may be ad hoc requirements for other services including (but not limited to): • onsite shredding of confidential paper waste; • removal of other confidential waste such as such CDs, DVDs, ID Cards, etc. • large office clearance, which may include confidential and/or non-confidential paper waste removal.

The contractor will provide a comprehensive service for the collection, appropriate transportation and disposal of chemical/hazardous waste in accordance with all relevant and current statutory requirements. The contractor shall be responsible for the collection of the waste from specified stores including the provision of suitable waste receptacles (where required), packing into transport containers as required, loading the containers on to the collection vehicle and transporting the waste to the disposal facility. Queen’s currently has 10 (ten) chemical waste collection points with the majority of collection locations within a one mile radius of the main Queen’s Lanyon building. There is also a collection point at the Royal Victoria Hospital site.

The contractor will provide a comprehensive service for the collection, appropriate transportation and disposal of clinical waste in accordance with all relevant and current statutory requirements. The contract will cover the removal, transportation, storage (if required) and disposal of: I. Clinical and Healthcare Waste by Heat Treatment. II. Clinical Waste by high temperature incineration. The contractor shall be responsible for the collection of the waste from the specified stores including packing into transport containers as required, loading the containers on to the collection vehicle and transporting the waste to the disposal facility. There should be no compaction or volume reduction of the untreated waste. It is expected that 1 (one) collection per month will be required by Queen’s, with a pickup from each of the stores (6 currently).

• Commercial Waste and Recycling Services
• Reference: qub/1882/20
• Num offers: 5
• Value: £983,190
• Subcontracting opportunities are expected.

• Confidential Waste and Non-Confidential Paper Waste
• Reference: qub/1882/20
• Num offers: 5
• Value: £85,563
• Contractor is an SME.

• Chemical/Hazardous Waste
• Reference: qub/1882/20
• Num offers: 3
• Value: £361,523
• Contractor is an SME.

• Clinical Waste
• Reference: qub/1882/20
• Num offers: 2
• Value: £138,906