Official UK procurement notice
Design, Supply and Install of a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
Authority: Glasgow City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement for the design, supply and install of a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) as part of the planned re-development of Glasgow City Council's Easter Queenslie property at 90 Easter Queenslie Road Glasgow G33 4UL.
CPV: Refuse and waste related services · Refuse disposal and treatment · Waste transfer station · Waste-treatment plant construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Procurement of a new MRF to be located on a council site in Easter QueenslieAwarded
Procurement of a new MRF to be located on a council site in Easter Queenslie. The site area is ca. 4.57 ha and will be a multiuse site, consisting of an HWRC, material transfer station, MRF, offices and vehicle parking.
The proposed implementation of a new recycling collection model targeting separate collection of fibre (paper / card), containers and film, it is critical that the new MRF is flexible and capable of processing a diverse range of separately collected material streams. It is anticipated that there will be 30,000tpa of fibre and 20,000tpa of containers. The site must also be able to process 30,000 tonnes per annum of commingled recyclable material and waste so that it is equipped to deal with the transition phase of the site.
The Plant will be of optimum modular design and the configuration of the plant will give the council, the best combination between CAPEX, OPEX, and the ability to deliver a high-quality recycling service for the residents of Glasgow City. The purpose of the Plant is to:
- Meet the required needs for a minimum 10-year operating life.
- Improve the overall recycling rate of the input materials compared to current performance.
- Ensure the Works exceeds all regulations and standards.
- Produce high quality output materials to ensure a sustainable long-term market for products; and,
- Design a brand new, state of the art, automated MRF incorporating best practice to be cost effective over the life of the contract with low picker numbers and low life cycle costs. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Project Programme and Management: 5%
- Technical Competence and Expertise: 10%
- Technical Proposal: 25%
- Footprint, and Access, Lifting and Maintenance (ALM): 15%
- Fair Work First: 5%
- Capital Costs: 20%
- Operating Costs: 20%
Published award criteria (7)
- Project Programme and Management: 5
- Technical Competence and Expertise: 10
- Technical Proposal: 25
- Footprint, and Access, Lifting and Maintenance (ALM): 15
- Fair Work First: 5
- Capital Costs: 20
- Operating Costs: 20
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must comply with the undernoted financial requirements in relation to Trading Performance, Liquidity and Balance Sheet strength in order to participate in the tendering process: -
Trading Performance Ratio
An overall positive outcome on pre-tax profits over a 3-year period. Exceptional items occurring in the normal course of business or non-recurring items can be excluded from calculation.
Liquidity Ratios
- Current Ratio - Current Assets/Current Liabilities
- Leverage Ratio - Long-term Debt/Net Worth
Bidders must achieve a score of 5 and above from a combination of above two liquidity ratios. Scoring method is provided within the procurement documents.
Intangibles can be included for purposes of the Net Worth figure.
Asset based debt (Hire Purchase/Finance Leases) can be excluded for purposes of Long-Term Debt figure.
Balance Sheet Strength
Net worth of the organisation must be positive.
Intangibles can be included for purposes of the Total Assets figure
The above would be expressed in the ratio Total Assets/Total Liabilities
Guidance and Information
The above ratios should be calculated on most recent accounts filed at Companies House.
For non-UK Companies, the ratios should be calculated on information contained in the most recent audited accounts.
Companies that are only required to file abbreviated accounts, must submit full sets of accounts for the last two individual years filed, in order for the three-year profitability requirement to be verified.
Bidders who…
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 18 Oct 2023, 16:27 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Jun 2025, 11:06 BST
- Authority reference
GCC005911CPU- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029432- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040d2fFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As stated in the procurement documents provided at Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage.
- Review procedure
Glasgow City Council ("the council") must, by notice in writing as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform all tenderers and candidates concerned of its decision to award the contract, conclude the framework agreement or establish a dynamic purchasing system. The Council must allow a period of at least the relevant standstill period (where the notice is sent by facsimile or electronic means the period is 10 days ending at midnight at the end of the 10th day after that on which the last notice is sent. When sent by other means the period is 15 days) to elapse between the date of despatch of the notice referred to in Regulation 85(1) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 ("The Regulations"). The Council is obliged to comply with the regulations and any eligible economic operator can bring an action in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session where as a consequence of a breach by the Council, suffers or risks suffering loss or damage.
The bringing of court proceedings during the standstill period means that the council must not enter into the contract, conclude the framework agreement or establish the dynamic purchasing system unless the proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of: or the court, by interim order, brings to an end the prohibition. The bringing of court proceedings after the standstill period has elapsed and the remedies that are available to the courts are detailed in the Regulations. Economic operators can write to the Council seeking further clarification on the notice, to which the Council must respond within 15 days. Economic Operators should be mindful to seek their own independent legal advice when they consider appropriate to do so.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:797452)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
Timeline
20 Nov 2023 → 3 Jun 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline20 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected11 Dec 2023
- Notice published3 Jun 2025, 11:06 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete3 Jun 2025, 11:06 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turmec LimitedSME | £15,247,313 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 029432-2025-GCC005911CPU-1 · Turmec LimitedSME
- Signed
- 2 Apr 2025
- Value
- £15,247,313
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Turmec LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria