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Published 19 Jan 2024, 14:10 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

1014 Medium-Term Residual Waste Treatment Contract

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

4 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,117,000,000total for 4 lots
Submissions closed 3 Apr 2024
Lots 4see the lot list below
Contract term 7 yrsends 31 Mar 2032 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Essex County Council (ECC) are seeking to procure residual waste treatment services for

Contract Waste delivered to the Contractor by the Authority and/or its Approved Suppliers.

The Service requirements will be divided into four separate contract Lots as follows:

Lot 1: WCA Residual Waste - 175,000 tonnes per annum

Lot 2: WCA Residual Waste - 80,000 tonnes per annum

Lot 3: WCA Residual Waste - 40,000 tonnes per annum

Lot 4: Bulky Waste - 42,000 tonnes per annum

CPV: Refuse and waste related services · Refuse disposal and treatment

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1WCA Residual Waste – 175,000 Tonnes Per AnnumCancelledRenewal 7 yrs

ECC is the Waste Disposal Authority for Essex and is responsible for the management of circa 337,000 tonnes of Residual Waste and Bulky Waste per annum. ECC works with 12 district, city and borough councils that make up the Waste Collection Authorities across Essex. This contract is being procured to ensure Contract Waste is disposed of through the most economic and sustainable solutions.

The successful contractor(s) will ensure Contract Waste is treated in accordance with the tendered proposals including the guaranteed recycling and recovery rates proposed.

The Contractor will be paid a monthly base payment that ensures the Contractor receives payment for at least their Bidback percentage guaranteed minimum tonnage per year, up to a maximum Bidback value of 80% of the lot tonnage.

The Contractor may be requested to dispose of waste volumes up to 20% higher than the awarded lot tonnages each Contract year.

The Contract will have an initial term of seven (7) years and may be extended by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of a further seven (7) years.

Full details of the requirements can be found in the tender pack on ProContract.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2032 (7 yrs)
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: The Contract may be extended by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of a further seven (7) years.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2WCA Residual Waste – 80,000 Tonnes Per AnnumCancelledRenewal 7 yrs

ECC is the Waste Disposal Authority for Essex and is responsible for the management of circa 337,000 tonnes of Residual Waste and Bulky Waste per annum. ECC works with 12 district, city and borough councils that make up the Waste Collection Authorities across Essex. This contract is being procured to ensure Contract Waste is disposed of through the most economic and sustainable solutions.

The successful contractor(s) will ensure Contract Waste is treated in accordance with the tendered proposals including the guaranteed recycling and recovery rates proposed.

The Contractor will be paid a monthly base payment that ensures the Contractor receives payment for at least their Bidback percentage guaranteed minimum tonnage per year, up to a maximum Bidback value of 80% of the Lot tonnage.

The Contractor may be requested to dispose of waste volumes up to 20% higher than the awarded Lot tonnages each Contract year.

The Contract will have an initial term of seven (7) years and may be extended by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of a further seven (7) years.

Full details of the requirements can be found in the tender pack on ProContract.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2032 (7 yrs)
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: The Contract may be extended by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of a further seven (7) years.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3WCA Residual Waste – 40,000 Tonnes Per AnnumCancelledRenewal 7 yrs

ECC is the Waste Disposal Authority for Essex and is responsible for the management of circa 337,000 tonnes of Residual Waste and Bulky Waste per annum. ECC works with 12 district, city and borough councils that make up the Waste Collection Authorities across Essex. This contract is being procured to ensure Contract Waste is disposed of through the most economic and sustainable solutions.

The successful contractor(s) will ensure Contract Waste is treated in accordance with the tendered proposals including the guaranteed recycling and recovery rates proposed.

The Contractor will be paid a monthl;y base payment that ensures the Contractor receives payment for at least their Bidback percentage guaranteed minimum tonnage per year, up to a maximum Bidback value of 80% of the Lot tonnage.

The Contractor may be requested to dispose of waste volumes up to 20% higher than the awarded Lot tonnages each Contract year.

The Contract will have an initial term of seven (7) years and may be extended by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of a further seven (7) years.

Full details of the requirements can be found in the tender pack on ProContract.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2032 (7 yrs)
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: The Contract may be extended by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of a further seven (7) years.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #4Bulky Waste - 42,000 tonnes per annumCancelledRenewal 7 yrs

ECC is the Waste Disposal Authority for Essex and is responsible for the management of circa 337,000 tonnes of Residual Waste and Bulky Waste per annum. ECC works with 12 district, city and borough councils that make up the Waste Collection Authorities across Essex. This contract is being procured to ensure Contract Waste is disposed of through the most economic and sustainable solutions.

The successful contractor(s) will ensure Contract Waste is treated in accordance with the tendered proposals including the guaranteed recycling and recovery rates proposed.

The Contractor will be paid a monthly base payment that ensures the Contractor receives payment for at least their Bidback percentage guaranteed minimum tonnage per year, up to a maximum Bidback value of 70% of the Lot tonnage.

The Contractor may be requested to dispose of waste volumes up to 20% higher than the awarded Lot tonnages each Contract year.

The Contract will have an initial term of seven (7) years and may be extended by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of a further seven (7) years.

Full details of the requirements can be found in the tender pack on ProContract.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2032 (7 yrs)
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: The Contract may be extended by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of a further seven (7) years.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored · same split on all 4 lots
Quality: 40%Price: 55%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical Ability: 40%
  • price: 55%
  • Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical Ability: 40
  • Social Value: 5
  • Price: 55
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 55 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Jan 2024, 14:10 GMT
Last source update
8 Mar 2024, 16:22 GMT
Award evaluation window
19 Jan 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN670558
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-007586
Classification (CPV)
Refuse and waste related servicesRefuse disposal and treatment
Delivery area
East of England (UKH)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042e8a Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: ECC considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are Small or Medium Enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The estimated total value set out under II.1.5 of this contract notice is the total estimated contract value of all four contract lots including an assumed 20% additional tonnage for treatment which may be requested, together with an inflation estimate, including the maximum seven-year extension period. This figure was calculated with an estimated potential Emissions Trading Scheme burden of £309,300,000 from Contract years three (3) to fourteen (14) based on information available at the time of tender publication. For this tender the Authority will be using the ProContract (aka Due North) eSourcing portal https://procontract.due-north.com throughout the procurement process, and all communications with ECC relating to this procurement exercise must be via the portal's messaging system. Supplier registration on the portal is free of charge and can be done via: https://procontract.due-north.com/ It is recommended that any bidder not already registered on the ProContract eSourcing portal, register at the earliest opportunity. ECC reserves the right to amend timescales for any reason and change the evaluation criteria where necessary for example if there are genuine omissions or mistakes. We also reserve the right to cancel the procurement exercise and/or not to award all or part of a contract. ECC will not be responsible for any costs incurred by bidders in relation to this procurement exercise. ECC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). If a bidder considers that any of this information supplied as part of this procurement exercise should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, it must, when providing this information, identify clearly the specific information it does not wish to be disclosed and specify clearly the reasons for its sensitivity. ECC shall take such statements into consideration in the event that it receives a request pursuant to FOIA and EIR which relations to the information provided by a supplier. However, if the information is requested, ECC may be obliged under FOIA and/or EIR to disclose such information, irrespective of the suppliers wishes. Please note that it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided in the response.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
3 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Jan 2024, 10:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Jan 2024 → 1 Apr 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Bids opened
    19 Jan 2024, 10:00 GMT
  2. Notice published
    8 Mar 2024, 16:22 GMT
  3. Submission deadline
    3 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to cancelled
    8 Mar 2024, 16:22 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 4

4 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QHContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court, Royal Courts of JusticeReview body LondonContact phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria