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Published 30 Mar 2021, 08:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Materials Marketing Contract · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesCompetitive procedure with negotiationSME suitable
Published estimate£12,000,000exc. VAT · 1 value update57.5% below published estimate
Submissions closed 23 Apr 2021awarded 2 Aug 2021
Awarded to Plan B Management Solutions Ltd

Re-procurement plannedMaterials Marketing · tender expected

What is being bought

Published requirement description

ECC is has awarded a contract for the provision of materials marketing services. The successful contractor is required to broker waste collected from across the Authorities network of recycling centres and other collection points. The contractor is required to deliver the most economical outcome for treatment and disposal of material.

CPV: Refuse and waste related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1ECC is the Waste Disposal Authority for Essex and is responsible for the management of…AwardedRenewal

ECC is the Waste Disposal Authority for Essex and is responsible for the management of circa 700,000 tonnes of varying types of household waste per annum. The Authority operates a network of 21 Recycling Centres for Household Waste and works with our 12 district and borough councils that make up the Waste Collection Authorities across Essex. This has been procured to ensure material collected can be disposed of through the most economically advantageous outlets.

The successful contractor will broker materials on ECC's behalf ensuring optimum value is obtained. The contractor will ensure destinations for the recycling, reprocessing and disposal remain compliant with relevant legislation.

The contractor may be required to broker waste collected at additional collection points as required.

The contract is for a duration of 3 years with an option to extend the term for up to a further 3 years if agreed by the Authority and otherwise provided for in the contract.

Delivery: East of England
Extensions: Up to an additional 36 months contract extension, exercisable at the Authority's discretion and in such increments as the Authority deems necessary or as otherwise provided for in the contract · Up to an additional 36 months contract extension, exercisable at the Authority's discretion and in such increments as the Authority deems necessary or as otherwise provided for in the contractVariant 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: 55%Price: 40%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical Ability / Weighting: 55%
  • price: 40%
  • Social Value / Weighting: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical Ability / Weighting: 55
  • Social Value / Weighting: 5
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    In accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the selection questionnaire which is available with the procurement documents.

What this means for your bid
  • 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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Mar 2021, 08:45 BST
Last source update
22 Nov 2021, 14:43 GMT
Authority reference
0919
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-029050
Classification (CPV)
Refuse and waste related services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a0b8 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Bidders are required to accept the terms of the draft contract issued with the tender - see the Bidder Guidance document issued with the tender documents for guidance on and requirements in relation to raising clarifications during the tender process. Any selection of the successful tenderer will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. For this tender ECC will be using the Proactis e-sourcing portal https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/ Please refer to the information available in the downloadable Bidder Guidance

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
23 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 Apr 2021 → 22 Nov 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    23 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    11 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    22 Nov 2021, 14:43 GMT

Notice history

6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jul 2021
  1. Published value published: £12,000,000
    27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
  4. Deadline moved to 23 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
    27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
    -7 days · was 30 Apr 2021
  5. Status changed to complete
    22 Nov 2021, 14:43 GMT
  6. Buyer details updated
    22 Nov 2021, 14:43 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineIV.2.223 Apr 202130 Apr 2021+7 d
—DateIV.2.311 Jun 202123 Jun 2021+12 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,100,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Aug 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Plan B Management Solutions Ltd£5,100,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services COUNTY HALL, CHELMSFORD, East of England, CM1 1QHContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.