0981 Bio-Waste Treatment, Transfer and Transport Services

A Tender Notice
by ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
5 year
Value
£-£67M
Sector
ENVIRONMENT
Published
11 Aug 2022
Delivery
02 Jan 2023 to 31 Mar 2028
Deadline
12 Sep 2022 11:00

Concepts

Location

Essex:

Geochart for 2 buyers and 0 suppliers

2 buyers

Description

Essex County Council (ECC) and Southend-on-Sea City Council (SCC) are seeking to procure Transfer, Treatment and Disposal Services for source segregated municipal bio-wastes arising in the county of Essex and the unitary authority of Southend-on-Sea. The contract will be lotted as follows: Lot 1: Treatment of Green Waste Only – ECC – 40,000 tonnes per annum Lot 2: Treatment of Green Waste Only – ECC – 20,000 tonnes per annum Lot 3: Treatment of Green Waste Only – ECC – 16,000 tonnes per annum Lot 4: Treatment of Green Waste Only – ECC – 14,000 tonnes per annum Lot 5: Treatment of Green Waste Only - ECC - 10,000 tonnes per annum Lot 6: Treatment of Food Waste Only - ECC and SCC – 20,000 tonnes per annum Lot 7: Treatment of Food Waste Only – ECC and SCC – 15,000 tonnes per annum Lot 8: Treatment of Food Waste Only – ECC and SCC – 10,000 tonnes per annum Lot 9: Treatment of Food Waste Only – ECC and SCC – 5,000 tonnes per annum Lot 10: Treatment of Green Waste Only - SCC – 10,000 tonnes per annum Lot 11: Treatment of Green Waste Only - Tonnage with later commencement date (estimated from April 2024) – 20,500 tonnes per annum maximum Lot 12: Treatment of Food Waste Only - Tonnage with later commencement date (estimated from April 24) - 10,000 tonnes per annum maximum Lot 13: Transfer and Transport (Haulage) - ECC – Brentwood – 6,000 tonnes per annum - Earlier commencement date (from January 23) Lot 14: Transfer and Transport - ECC – Basildon – 19,000 tonnes per annum - Earlier commencement date (from January 23) Lot 15: Transfer and Transport - ECC – Rochford – 12,500 tonnes per annum - Earlier commencement date (from January 23) Lot 16: Transfer and Transport - ECC – Castle Point – 9,000 tonnes per annum - Earlier commencement date (from January 23)

Lot Division

1 Treatment of Green Waste Only – ECC – 40,000 tonnes per annum
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt and treatment of green garden waste in accordance with all relevant legislation to produce a marketable end product which meets (dependent on treatment type) either the compost PAS 100/Quality Protocol or anaerobic digestate PAS 110/Quality Protocol standards (as may be amended from time to time) or equivalent for the County of Essex. The Contractor for this lot will be provided with Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) equivalent to 70% of their awarded tonnage in each Contract Year.
2 Treatment of Green Waste Only – ECC – 20,000 tonnes per annum
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt and treatment of green garden waste in accordance with all relevant legislation to produce a marketable end product which meets (dependent on treatment type) either the compost PAS 100/Quality Protocol or anaerobic digestate PAS 110/Quality Protocol standards (as may be amended from time to time) or equivalent for the County of Essex. The Contractor for this lot will be provided with Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) equivalent to 70% of their awarded tonnage in each Contract Year.
3 Treatment of Green Waste Only – ECC – 16,000 tonnes per annum
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt and treatment of green garden waste in accordance with all relevant legislation to produce a marketable end product which meets (dependent on treatment type) either the compost PAS 100/Quality Protocol or anaerobic digestate PAS 110/Quality Protocol standards (as may be amended from time to time) or equivalent for the County of Essex. The Contractor for this lot will be provided with Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) equivalent to 70% of their awarded tonnage in each Contract Year.
4 Treatment of Green Waste Only – ECC – 14,000 tonnes per annum
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt and treatment of green garden waste in accordance with all relevant legislation to produce a marketable end product which meets (dependent on treatment type) either the compost PAS 100/Quality Protocol or anaerobic digestate PAS 110/Quality Protocol standards (as may be amended from time to time) or equivalent for the County of Essex. The Contractor for this lot will be provided with Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) equivalent to 70% of their awarded tonnage in each Contract Year.
5 Treatment of Green Waste Only - ECC - 10,000 tonnes per annum
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt and treatment of green garden waste in accordance with all relevant legislation to produce a marketable end product which meets (dependent on treatment type) either the compost PAS 100/Quality Protocol or anaerobic digestate PAS 110/Quality Protocol standards (as may be amended from time to time) or equivalent for the County of Essex. The Contractor for this lot will be provided with Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) equivalent to 70% of their awarded tonnage in each Contract Year.
6 Treatment of Food Waste Only - ECC and SCC – 20,000 tonnes per annum
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt and treatment of separately collected food waste in accordance with all relevant legislation to produce a marketable end product which meets (dependent on treatment type) either PAS 100/Quality Protocol or PAS 110/Quality Protocol quality standard (as may be amended from time to time) or equivalent for the county of Essex and the unitary authority of SCC. The Contractor for this lot will be provided with Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) equivalent to 70% of their awarded tonnage in each Contract Year.
7 Treatment of Food Waste Only – ECC and SCC – 15,000 tonnes per annum
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt and treatment of separately collected food waste in accordance with all relevant legislation to produce a marketable end product which meets (dependent on treatment type) either PAS 100/Quality Protocol or PAS 110/Quality Protocol quality standard (as may be amended from time to time) or equivalent for the county of Essex and the unitary authority of SCC. The Contractor for this lot will be provided with Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) equivalent to 70% of their awarded tonnage in each Contract Year.
8 Treatment of Food Waste Only – ECC and SCC – 10,000 tonnes per annum
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt and treatment of separately collected food waste in accordance with all relevant legislation to produce a marketable end product which meets (dependent on treatment type) either PAS 100/Quality Protocol or PAS 110/Quality Protocol quality standard (as may be amended from time to time) or equivalent for the county of Essex and the unitary authority of SCC. The Contractor for this lot will be provided with Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) equivalent to 70% of their awarded tonnage in each Contract Year.
9 Treatment of Food Waste Only – ECC and SCC – 5,000 tonnes per annum
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt and treatment of separately collected food waste in accordance with all relevant legislation to produce a marketable end product which meets (dependent on treatment type) either PAS 100/Quality Protocol or PAS 110/Quality Protocol quality standard (as may be amended from time to time) or equivalent for the county of Essex and the unitary authority of SCC. The Contractor for this lot will be provided with Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) equivalent to 70% of their awarded tonnage in each Contract Year.
10 Treatment of Green Waste Only - SCC – 10,000 tonnes per annum
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt and treatment of green garden waste in accordance with all relevant legislation to produce a marketable end product which meets (dependent on treatment type) either the PAS 100/Quality Protocol or PAS110/Quality protocol standards (as may be amended from time to time) or equivalent for SCC. SCC are considering their options with regards to green waste disposal therefore we have included their requirement as a separate lot from ECC's should they wish to take up any tonnage through this contract. This lot will be based on a zero-minimum tonnage.
11 Treatment of Green Waste Only - Tonnage with later commencement date (estimated from April 2024) – 20,500 tonnes per annum maximum

Receipt and treatment of green garden waste in accordance with all relevant legislation to produce a marketable end product which meets (dependent on treatment type) either the compost PAS 100/Quality Protocol or anaerobic digestate PAS 110/Quality Protocol standards (as may be amended from time to time) or equivalent for the County of Essex. Lot 1F has an anticipated Service Commencement Date of 01/04/2024, however this date is subject to change and will be confirmed prior to signature of the contract for this lot. There will be zero Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) for this lot.
12 Treatment of Food Waste Only - Tonnage with later commencement date (estimated from April 24) - 10,000 tonnes per annum maximum

Receipt and treatment of separately collected food waste in accordance with all relevant legislation to produce a marketable end product which meets (dependent on treatment type) either PAS 100/Quality Protocol or PAS 110/Quality Protocol quality standard (as may be amended from time to time) or equivalent for the county of Essex and the unitary authority of SCC. Lot 3E has an anticipated Service Commencement Date of 01/04/2024, however this date is subject to change and will be confirmed prior to signature of the contract for this lot. There will be zero Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) for this lot.
13 Transfer and Transport (Haulage) - ECC – Brentwood – 6,000 tonnes per annum - Earlier commencement date (from January 23)
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt of waste at agreed Contractor Tipping Points for bulking and onward transport of Municipal Biowaste originating from a variety of waste operations to dedicated treatment facilities/disposal points as directed by the Customer. The Authority will also be direct delivering tonnage through its own transport arrangements. There will be zero Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) for this lot.
14 Transfer and Transport - ECC – Basildon – 19,000 tonnes per annum - Earlier commencement date (from January 23)
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt of waste at agreed Contractor Tipping Points for bulking and onward transport of Municipal Biowaste originating from a variety of waste operations to dedicated treatment facilities/disposal points as directed by the Customer. The Authority will also be direct delivering tonnage through its own transport arrangements. There will be zero Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) for this lot.
15 Transfer and Transport - ECC – Rochford – 12,500 tonnes per annum - Earlier commencement date (from January 23)
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt of waste at agreed Contractor Tipping Points for bulking and onward transport of Municipal Biowaste originating from a variety of waste operations to dedicated treatment facilities/disposal points as directed by the Customer. The Authority will also be direct delivering tonnage through its own transport arrangements. There will be zero Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) for this lot.
16 Transfer and Transport - ECC – Castle Point – 9,000 tonnes per annum - Earlier Commencement date - Earlier commencement date (from January 23)
  • Duration: 5 year

Receipt of waste at agreed Contractor Tipping Points for bulking and onward transport of Municipal Biowaste originating from a variety of waste operations to dedicated treatment facilities/disposal points as directed by the Customer. The Authority will also be direct delivering tonnage through its own transport arrangements. There will be zero Guaranteed Minimum Tonnage (GMT) for this lot.

Award Criteria

Quality 25
Social Value 5
price 70

CPV Codes

  • 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services
  • 77120000 - Composting services
  • 90513000 - Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services
  • 90510000 - Refuse disposal and treatment
  • 45232470 - Waste transfer station
  • 90512000 - Refuse transport services
  • 90524300 - Removal services of biological waste

Indicators

  • Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
  • This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
  • Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The Council considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are Small or Medium Enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The estimated total value set out under II.1.5 of this contract notice is the total estimated contract value including the maximum five year extension period with an inflation estimate included. For this tender the Authority will be using the ProContract (aka Due North) eSourcing portal https://procontract.due-north.com throughout the procurement process, and all communications with Essex County Council relating to this procurement exercise must be via the portal's messaging system. Supplier registration on the portal is free of charge and can be done via: https://procontract.due-north.com/ It is recommended that any bidder not already registered on the ProContract eSourcing portal, register at the earliest opportunity. The Council reserves the right to amend timescales for any reason and change the evaluation criteria where necessary for example if there are genuine omissions or mistakes. We also reserve the right to cancel the procurement exercise and/or not to award all or part of a contract. The Council will not be responsible for any costs incurred by bidders in relation to this procurement exercise. Essex County Council is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). If a bidder considers that any of this information supplied as part of this procurement exercise should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, it must, when providing this information, identify clearly the specific information it does not wish to be disclosed and specify clearly the reasons for its sensitivity. Essex County Council shall take such statements into consideration in the event that it receives a request pursuant to FOIA and EIR which relations to the information provided by a supplier. However, if the information is requested, Essex County Council may be obliged under FOIA and/or EIR to disclose such information, irrespective of the suppliers wishes. Please note that it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided in the response. Bidders are advised there is a short turn around time for acceptance of Awarded Lots at the Outcome stage, full details of this condition are explained in Document 1. 0981 - Open ITT Bidder Guidance v1.0, Page 8, Paragraph 20.

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