THE APPOINTMENT OF TECHNICAL ADVISORS

Descriptions

This contract notice advertises a consultancy contract to be let by the South West Wales Waste Consortium consisting of the following Local Authorities: City and County of Swansea Council (“Swansea”), Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (“Neath Port Talbot”), Carmarthenshire County Council (“Carmarthenshire”), Pembrokeshire County Council (“Pembrokeshire”), Bridgend County Borough Council (“Bridgend”) and Ceredigion County Council (“Ceredigion”).Under the umbrella of the Consortium, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire, Bridgend and Pembrokeshire form the South West Wales Procurement Hub who wish to develop and procure source segregated food waste treatment services, utilising Anaerobic Digestion, for the geographical area covered by the Local Authorities participating in the Procurement Hub. An Inter Authority Agreement to formalise arrangements between constituent Authorities is currently being finalised. The Consortium reserves the right to terminate this process should the Inter Authority Agreement fail to be entered into by the parties. Vale of Glamorgan Council has requested capacity from the Procurement Hub which remains open to Welsh Local Authorities who wish to have their food waste tonnages included. Swansea is acting as Lead Authority for the food waste procurement.It is envisaged that the Consortium will also procure residual waste treatment services. Welsh Local Authorities from outside the Consortium will be granted the opportunity to have their residual waste tonnages considered for inclusion in the process. The Lead Authority for the residual waste project may be one of the other constituent Authorities in the Consortium. The Lead Authority will be acting on behalf of all the Local Authorities in the Consortium.The consultancy contract will include technical advice and support to the Consortium undertaking a competitive dialogue procedure that will include where appropriate, OBC production, evaluation of PQQ’s, ISOS’s, and ISDS’s, shortlisting of bidders, finalisation of output specifications and performance mechanisms, preparation of documentation and evaluation of tenders together with general advice as necessary for the procurement of suitable waste treatment facilities for the region.