Tender for the collection and treatment of scrap metal and abandoned vehicles

Concepts

• belfast
• refuse recycling
• metal raw materials
• abandoned vehicles
• scrap metal
• scrap metals
• vehicles
• scrap metal and abandoned vehicles
• 17 abandoned vehicles
• the scrap metals

Location

Belfast

Description

The contract shall be for the collection and treatment of scrap metal from the Council’s Household Recycling Centres, Civic Amenity Sites and Waste Transfer Station and the removal of abandoned Vehicles within the Belfast City boundary.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Council currently collects approximately 1300 tonnes of scrap metals per annum from its Recycling Centres, Civic Amenity Sites and Waste Transfer Station. The scrap metals brought into the household recycling centres are compacted into 35 cubic yard open top roll on roll off containers by means of roll packer machines operated by Council site staff. During the period April 2023 to March 2024, 17 abandoned vehicles were collected and treated.

Renewal Options

The Council reserves the right to extend/renew the Contract up to a further one year

CPV Codes

• 90514000 - Refuse recycling services
• 14910000 - Recovered secondary metal raw materials

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

Additional information can be found at section VI.3 The Council reserves the right to add the following additional requirements to the Service under this Contract during the Contract Period: - • The collection, transportation and treatment of other waste items or waste containers to support in house operations. • Other similar mixed waste in the event of non or poor performance by another service provider. • Additional Premises not listed in the Contract. This may be in response to new Premises being Identified and/or changes in how the Council’s in house operations are resourced and delivered. • Temporary support for the Council’s in house operations to cover any shortfall in available resources. • Introduce required changes associated with the Service to the Specification to accommodate changes to the Council’s operational model and working practices e.g. functional re-structuring, new customer hub, etc; • Major incident/ environmental incident that requires resource support i.e. waste clean up/spill, additional waste vehicles or additional qualified resources. Large scale projects or changes may be subject to price negotiation based on economies of scale. The Council reserves the right to explore/ use other procurement options in all circumstances where VFM is not demonstrated. The Council reserves the right to add or remove Premises from the Contract in line with the Council’s requirements. Where the Council identifies an additional Premises to be added the Contractor will expected to price based similar Premises/ tasks priced in the Pricing Schedule.