The EPA is establishing a multiple operator framework agreement for the procurement of services to undertake characterisation of municipal waste, other waste streams and post-consumer products.

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The EPA is establishing a multiple operator framework agreement for the procurement of services to undertake characterisation of municipal waste, other waste streams and post-consumer products.Contracts may be awarded across any of the EPA Offices.It is envisaged that initial contracts awarded under the framework will include:oCharacterisation and compositional analysis of household and non-household (commerical) municipal waste (residual, recyclables and organics)Additional services that may be procured under this framework include: oDesign and conduct characterisation studies of varying scale and scope involving: omunicipal skip waste ofood waste (household and commercial)oWEEE and metal packaging in mixed metal loads olitter and street bin waste ocommunity clean-up and fly-tipped waste ocollege campus wasteotextile waste opost-consumer productsoany other waste type.There is no guarantee of additional contracts, but where they arise, the Contracting Authority will consult the members of the framework agreement in accordance with the rules of operation outlined in this Request for Tender.