Destruction and Disposal of Seized Tobacco and Alcohol Products.

Descriptions

Border Force (the "Authority") is a professional Law Enforcement command within the Home Office. The Authority is seeking an environmentally friendly waste to energy solution for its destruction and disposal of tobacco and alcohol products that ensures "zero to landfill".Tobacco includes cigarettes, hand rolling tobacco, cigars, chewing tobacco, fruit tobacco and other tobacco products including tobacco leaf. Alcohol includes beers, wines, spirits and other drinks. This list of alcohol and tobacco products is not exhaustive.The Applicant must be able to securely dispose of any quantity, size and quality of seized tobacco and alcohol products. These may be presented in sealed plastic bags, boxes, loose or palletised.The majority of tobacco products are destroyed at the Authority's storage facility in South Yorkshire before being removed for disposal. The Applicant will be expected to come on to the Authority's storage site between Monday and Friday to destroy the tobacco before removing it for disposal. The Applicant shall provide, operate and maintain the equipment used for tobacco destruction at the Authority's storage facility.The Applicant must be able to accept alcohol products for disposal and mixed loads of tobacco and alcohol products for destruction and disposal at their site. These items will be delivered by the Authority's Haulage Contractor.It is the Authority's expectation that the Applicant will seek and maximise every opportunity to generate income from the recycling of tobacco and alcohol waste products and is looking for a monetary return from this waste.The potential Applicant shall also dispose of any associated packaging including cardboard, bottles, cans and plastic. This list is not exhaustive. Where possible all packaging must be recycled. The Authority is looking for a monetary return from the associated packaging.The Applicant must provide adequate secure storage within their premises for the Authority's products which are awaiting destruction and disposal. The Applicant will be responsible for their premises security provisions and for the Authority's products in their care; The minimum levels of security which the Applicant must provide includes perimeter and internal fencing, controlled access, alarms and monitored CCTV in place 24/7, 365/6 days.The Applicant must have the flexibility and technical skills to be able to implement and conform to current and future environmental and health and safety legislation.