HCC - 06/21 - Pre-Procurement Market Engagement - Options for service contracts for Hertfordshire’s residual Local Authority Collected Waste

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The Council is conducting market consultations in its capacity as the Waste Disposal Authority ("WDA") for Hertfordshire and to inform any future procurement process for the disposal and/or treatment of residual Local Authority Collected Waste ("LACW").Contracts for the treatment/disposal of residual local authority collected waste are in place up until March 2023, with a potential one year extension to 2024. Interested organisations should be aware that this market consultation exercise is not a call for competition nor part of a formal procurement process. The Council is genuinely interested in engaging with the market with a view to gain an understanding of the options available, and potential limitations, as they prepare for a future procurement.Participation or non-participation in the pre-procurement market consultation exercise shall not prevent any service provider participating in any future procurement nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the pre-procurement market consultation process shall place any service provider at an advantage in any forthcoming procurement process.Interested organisations are referred to section VI.3 below for additional information about the market consultation exercise and how to obtain the necessary documents to allow you to participate.