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Published 25 Aug 2022, 14:35 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Food and Garden Waste Treatment

Official notice

Authority: Milton Keynes Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£7,800,000exc. VAT32.1% above published estimate
Submissions closed 7 Oct 2022awarded 1 Mar 2023
Awarded to Biffa Waste Services Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The contract involves the transfer, treatment, recovery of any outputs and disposal of any residues/rejects from the treatment of Food and Garden Waste resulting from the weekly kerbside collection service deposited by the Council’s waste collection contractors. The Service Provider under this contract will arrange for regular collections of the Council’s Food and Garden Waste and deliver to their own Waste Treatment Facility for treatment through a biological process to produce a compost, digestate or compost like output. The Council proposes to enter into Contract for an initial period of three years with the successful tenderer (Service Provider) with an extension provision of up to another three years (with 12 months intervals).

  • Recurrence: 2029

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Contractor is required to transfer, treat, recover any outputs and dispose of any…AwardedRenewalPublished value£7,800,000

The Contractor is required to transfer, treat, recover any outputs and dispose of any residues / rejects from the treatment of food and garden waste collected as part of the weekly kerbside collection service specifically: Monitor and manage the stock levels of Authority Materials at the Authority Waste Transfer Station; Arrange regular collections of Authority Materials from the Authority Waste Transfer Station in Old Wolverton, Milton Keynes; Deliver Authority Materials to a Waste Treatment Facility; Manage the storage, any pre-treatment, treatment, and post treatment of all Authority Materials at the Waste Treatment Facility; and Be responsible for the recovery of all process outputs and disposal of all process rejects and/or residues. For the avoidance of doubt this shall include the procurement of the end markets and onward haulage. The Contractor will be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all necessary planning permissions, environmental permits, and consents for the Waste Treatment Facility. The Contractor shall ensure that all Waste Treatment Facilities and Plant used in the delivery of this Service are always maintained and in good serviceable repair. Ownership of the Authority Materials will transfer to the Contractor once the Contractor has collected the Authority Materials from the Authority Waste Transfer Station

Delivery: South East
Extensions: Provision of extension of up to another three years (with 12 months intervals).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
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40
  • Price: 60
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in tender documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
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
Yes · 2029
First published
25 Aug 2022, 14:35 BST
Last source update
3 Mar 2023, 10:29 GMT
Award evaluation window
29 Sept 2022 – …
Authority reference
2021-183
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-006264
Classification (CPV)
Refuse and waste related servicesRefuse disposal and treatment
Delivery area
South East (UKJ12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0362f4 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

As stated in tender documents

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by the Contracting Authority as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the Applicant was unsuccessful. Applicants may seek further clarification from the Contracting Authority following receipt of this information and the Contracting Authority will provide further clarification as appropriate. If any clarification regarding the award of the Contract has not been successfully resolved, an Applicant can consider its option under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Applicants would need to obtain their own legal advice.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
7 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
29 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST

Timeline

29 Sept 2022 → 3 Mar 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    29 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    7 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    3 Mar 2023, 10:29 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Sept 2022
  1. Deadline moved to 7 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
    30 Sept 2022, 13:16 BST
    +8 days · was 29 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    3 Mar 2023, 10:29 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 2 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders · IV.2.229 Sept 20227 Oct 2022+8 d
—DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders · IV.2.229 Sept 20227 Oct 2022+8 d

2 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2022-08: 1 release · 25 Aug 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £10,303,5941 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Mar 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Biffa Waste Services LtdSubcontracting: Bulk haulage of food and garden waste from Milton Keynes Transfer station to Biffa IVCs£10,303,594 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Milton Keynes Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Office, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes, South East, MK9 3EJContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court Royal Court of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Biffa Waste Services LtdAwarded supplier946107 Cressex, Coronation Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, South East, HP12 3TZ

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