TENDER FOR THE PROVISION AND OPERATION OF A MATERIALS RECYCLING FACILITY WITH FOOD WASTE BULKING UP

Descriptions

To provide a service for the treatment of source segregated “food wastes”, originating from the Authority’s food waste collection routes, comprising of domestic and commercial properties. It is not implicit under this Contract that the Contractor providing the service is the facility treating the food waste in the first instance. The Contractor is not obliged to treat the food waste on site but may “out source” the treatment process to one or more facilities. These facility(s) must be fully licensed and meet all current legislation to receive and process such wastes.The Contractor must supply evidence that they have found an end treatment facility(s) with a capacity of a maximum of 9,000 tonnes per annum and which can accept the food waste material detailed in the tender document.BACKGROUND INFORMATIONPembrokeshire County Council (the ‘Authority’), as a Unitary Authority, has the following duty under the Environmental Protection Act 1990:•as Waste Collection Authority (WCA), to make arrangements for the collection of WCA collected waste and for the provision of other community based waste and cleansing related services; and•as Waste Disposal Authority (WDA), to make arrangements for the present and future disposal of WCA collected wastes.The Authority requires the Contractor to provide, over a Contract Period of 1 year with an option to extend for up to 1 year plus 1 year, the following two services at the same site, hereafter called ‘The Facility’: -a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) to receive a range of dry recyclable materials. In addition, the Contractor will be responsible for the further separation of individual materials and bulking up, as required, and for the transportation of materials to appropriate markets for reuse/recycling or reprocessing. -a bulking up point to receive source segregated food waste. In addition the Contractor will be responsible for loading the material into containers. The Facility will be located within a 12 mile radius of the B4329/B4313 intersection to serve the Authority’s laden vehicles where discharging in the North of the County is operationally beneficial. The facility is likely to provide discharge facilities for in the region of 20% of kerbside collected recyclate and food waste collected in the County. The Facility is required in the North of the County due to its extreme rurality, low population density and long travel distances. A facility in the North of the County will enable the Authority to ensure resource efficiency and minimise its carbon footprint.This Contract is only being let for one year, with the option to extend for up to 1 year plus 1 year, due to the awaited revised Waste Strategy for Wales, Towards Zero Waste, which is likely to prescribe new collection systems and methods. Any changes that take place during the Contract period will be treated as a modification under Condition 4 of the Contract Conditions. Once the Authority is fully conversant with Welsh Assembly Government‘s requirements under the revised Waste Strategy for Wales the Contract will be re-tendered to reflect amended requirements. Pembrokeshire County Council will be conducting this procurement exercise electronically using the Alito e-tendering portal. Interested parties wishing to express an interest in this opportunity must log on to http://appswales.alito.co.uk and register and access the documents via the Bulletin Board.