0988 Medium-Term Residual Waste Treatment Contract

A Tender Notice
by ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
7 year
Value
£-£867M
Sector
ENVIRONMENT
Published
07 Dec 2022
Delivery
To 09 Jan 2030 (est.)
Deadline
15 Feb 2023 12:00

Concepts

Location

East of England:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

Essex County Council (ECC) are seeking to procure residual waste treatment services for the County of Essex. The Service requirements will be divided into three separate contract Lots as follows: Lot 1: Treatment of Contract Waste up to the Maximum Tonnage limit of 200,000 tonnes per annum Lot 2: Treatment of Contract Waste up to the Maximum Tonnage limit of 100,000 tonnes per annum Lot 3: Treatment of Contract Waste up to the Maximum Tonnage limit of 50,000 tonnes per annum

Lot Division

1 Treatment of Contract Waste up to the Maximum Tonnage limit of 200,000 tonnes per annum

ECC is the Waste Disposal Authority for Essex and is responsible for the management of circa 350,000 tonnes of residual waste per annum. ECC works with 12 district and borough councils that make up the Waste Collection Authorities across Essex. This contract is being procured to ensure Contract Waste is disposed of through the most economic and sustainable solutions. The successful contractor will ensure Contract Waste is treated in accordance with the tendered proposals including the guaranteed recycling and recovery rates proposed. The Contractor will be paid an annual base payment that ensures the Contractor receives payment for at least their Bidback percentage guaranteed minimum tonnage per year, up to a maximum Bidback value of 80% of the Lot tonnage. The Contractor may be requested to dispose of waste volumes up to 20% higher than the awarded Lot tonnages each Contract year. The Contract will have an initial term of seven (7) years (or up to seven and a half years where an earlier Services Commencement Date is agreed between 1 October 2023 and 31 March 2024) and may be extended by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of a further seven (7) years. Full details of the requirements can be found in the ISIT pack.
2 Treatment of Contract Waste up to the Maximum Tonnage limit of 100,000 tonnes per annum

ECC is the Waste Disposal Authority for Essex and is responsible for the management of circa 350,000 tonnes of residual waste per annum. ECC works with 12 district and borough councils that make up the Waste Collection Authorities across Essex. This contract is being procured to ensure Contract Waste is disposed of through the most economic and sustainable solutions. The successful contractor will ensure Contract Waste is treated in accordance with the tendered proposals including the guaranteed recycling and recovery rates proposed. The Contractor will be paid an annual base payment that ensures the Contractor receives payment for at least their Bidback percentage guaranteed minimum tonnage per year, up to a maximum Bidback value of 80% of the Lot tonnage. The Contractor may be requested to dispose of waste volumes up to 20% higher than the awarded Lot tonnages each Contract year. The Contract will have an initial term of seven (7) years (or up to seven and a half years where an earlier Services Commencement Date is agreed between 1 October 2023 and 31 March 2024) and may be extended by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of a further seven (7) years. Details of the requirements can be found in the ISIT pack
3 Treatment of Contract Waste up to the Maximum Tonnage limit of 50,000 tonnes per annum

ECC is the Waste Disposal Authority for Essex and is responsible for the management of circa 350,000 tonnes of residual waste per annum. ECC works with 12 district and borough councils that make up the Waste Collection Authorities across Essex. This contract is being procured to ensure Contract Waste is disposed of through the most economic and sustainable solutions. The successful contractor will ensure Contract Waste is treated in accordance with the tendered proposals including the guaranteed recycling and recovery rates proposed. The Contractor will be paid an annual base payment that ensures the Contractor receives payment for at least their Bidback percentage guaranteed minimum tonnage per year, up to a maximum Bidback value of 80% of the Lot tonnage. The Contractor may be requested to dispose of waste volumes up to 20% higher than the awarded Lot tonnages each Contract year. The Contract will have an initial term of seven (7) years (or up to seven and a half years where an earlier Services Commencement Date is agreed between 1 October 2023 and 31 March 2024) and may be extended by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of a further seven (7) years. Details of the requirements can be found in the ISIT pack

Renewal Options

The contract may be extended by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of a further seven (7) years beyond the initial contract term.

Award Criteria

Technical Ability 36
Social Value 5
Carbon Management Plan 4
price 55

CPV Codes

  • 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services
  • 90510000 - Refuse disposal and treatment

Indicators

  • This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
  • Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The Authority reserves the right to accept initial Tenders (following any necessary clarification) or to conduct one or more rounds of negotiation. ECC 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 of all three contract lots including an assumed 20% additional tonnage which may be requested, together with an inflation estimate, including the maximum seven-year extension period. 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 ECC 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. ECC 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. ECC will not be responsible for any costs incurred by bidders in relation to this procurement exercise. ECC 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. ECC 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, ECC 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.

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