WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme): WEEE Collection and Critical Raw Material Recovery Trials

UK-Banbury: Recovered secondary raw materials.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Waste & Resources Action Programme
      Second Floor, Blenheim Court, 19 George Street, Banbury, OX16 5BH, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1295817850, Email: lucy.cooper@wrap.org.uk, URL: www.wrap.org.uk, URL: www.wrap.org.uk/tenders
      Attn: Lucy Cooper
      Electronic Access URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/2JJ274S774
      Electronic Submission URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/2JJ274S774

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above       
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.3) Main activity:
      Environment

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: WEEE Collection and Critical Raw Material Recovery Trials
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 16

         Region Codes: DE - DEUTSCHLAND UK - UNITED KINGDOM IT - ITALIA TR - Turkey         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:The notice involves a public contract                                                       
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Recovered secondary raw materials. Refuse collection services. Refuse recycling services. Environmental management. This work will deliver a series of trials in UK, Germany, Italy and Turkey to demonstrate different and effective ways to collect waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for reuse and for the recovery of critical raw materials, gold, silver and platinum group metals from it. The trials should deliver an understanding of the potential impact that different collection mechanisms have on product reuse and recovered material value in order to establish a compelling commercial and environmental case for change.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         14900000 - Recovered secondary raw materials.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
         
         90511000 - Refuse collection services.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
         
         90514000 - Refuse recycling services.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
         
         90710000 - Environmental management.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): No       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: Yes          
         If yes, tenders should be submitted for: One or more lots

      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: No    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      This work will deliver a series of trials to demonstrate different and effective ways to collect waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for reuse and for the recovery of critical raw materials, gold, silver and platinum group metals from it.

The trials will be delivered in four countries: UK, Germany, Italy and Turkey.

In the order of ten trials is envisaged across the four countries. The number of trials in each Lot/country will depend on the costs of the highest ranked tenders within the available budget. The total project budget for all of the trials is fixed, and is indicated below.

It is anticipated that around 100 tonnes of WEEE will be collected in total across all of the trials.

This project is supported with contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Commission.         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 552,000
         Currency: EUR
                        
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 24 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
            
      Lot No: 1
      Title: Collection and Recovery Trials in the UK

      1)Short Description:      
      This Lot will deliver trials in the UK demonstrating the collection of WEEE for reuse and for the recovery of critical raw materials, gold, silver and platinum group metals.

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         14900000 - Recovered secondary raw materials.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
                  90511000 - Refuse collection services.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
                  90514000 - Refuse recycling services.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
                  90710000 - Environmental management.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      The number of trials in each Lot/country will depend on the costs of the highest ranked tenders within the available budget. The total project budget for all of the trials is fixed.               
         Value range between: 1 and 138,020
         Currency: EUR      
                     
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 2
      Title: Collection and Recovery Trials in Germany

      1)Short Description:      
      This Lot will deliver trials in Germany demonstrating the collection of WEEE for reuse and for the recovery of critical raw materials, gold, silver and platinum group metals.

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         14900000 - Recovered secondary raw materials.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
                  90511000 - Refuse collection services.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
                  90514000 - Refuse recycling services.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
                  90710000 - Environmental management.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      The number of trials in each Lot/country will depend on the costs of the highest ranked tenders within the available budget. The total project budget for all of the trials is fixed.               
         Value range between: 1 and 138,020
         Currency: EUR      
                     
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 3
      Title: Collection and Recovery Trials in Italy

      1)Short Description:      
      This Lot will deliver trials in Italy demonstrating the collection of WEEE for reuse and for the recovery of critical raw materials, gold, silver and platinum group metals.

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         14900000 - Recovered secondary raw materials.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
                  90511000 - Refuse collection services.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
                  90514000 - Refuse recycling services.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
                  90710000 - Environmental management.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      The number of trials in each Lot/country will depend on the costs of the highest ranked tenders within the available budget. The total project budget for all of the trials is fixed.               
         Value range between: 1 and 138,020
         Currency: EUR      
                     
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 4
      Title: Collection and Recovery Trials in Turkey

      1)Short Description:      
      This Lot will deliver trials in Turkey demonstrating the collection of WEEE for reuse and for the recovery of critical raw materials, gold, silver and platinum group metals.

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         14900000 - Recovered secondary raw materials.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
                  90511000 - Refuse collection services.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
                  90514000 - Refuse recycling services.
            KA03-8 - For electrical equipment
                  90710000 - Environmental management.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      The number of trials in each Lot/country will depend on the costs of the highest ranked tenders within the available budget. The total project budget for all of the trials is fixed.               
         Value range between: 1 and 138,020
         Currency: EUR      
                     
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
                  
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      The Terms and Conditions are provided in Part D of the Invitation to Tender      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

      The requirements for participation, the evaluation criteria and the associated evaluation process are provided in Part C of the Invitation to Tender      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         The means of proof required to demonstrate financial standing are stated in Part B of the Invitation to Tender.
The evaluation criteria and the associated evaluation process are provided in Part C of the Invitation to Tender.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         The standards required, the evaluation criteria and the associated evaluation process are provided in Part C of the Invitation to Tender
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         The means of proof required are stated in Part B of the Invitation to Tender.
The standards required, the evaluation criteria and the associated evaluation process are provided in Part C of the Invitation to Tender.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         The standards required, the evaluation criteria and the associated evaluation process are provided in Part C of the Invitation to Tender      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided   
   III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
      III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
         Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: No       
      III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
         Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open
   
   IV.2)Award Criteria
      IV.2.1)Award criteria:      
         The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
            The criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

      IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction:
         An electronic auction will be used: No       

   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: EEE550-0B      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Yes
         Prior information notice
            Notice number in OJEU: 2016/S 7 - 8273 of 11/01/2016
               
         Other previous publications: No                

      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:


         Not Provided      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 07/04/2016
         Time: 23:55      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         
      IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
         Duration in days: 120
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 08/04/2016
         Time: 08:00
         Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: No


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: No
   VI.2)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes
      Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): This project is supported with contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Commission       
   VI.3)Additional Information: • Each tenderer will need to demonstrate their ability and methodology for undertaking a complete trial, which comprises both the collection of WEEE and recovery of the priority materials.
• Tenderers are permitted to submit consortium bids.
• The contracting authority 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.
• Contracts will be issued through four separate Lots. All Lots will include identical services and deliverables, the distinction being the country where the work will be carried out.
• Tenderers can bid to be on one or more of the Lots and can be selected to deliver on any number of the Lots for which they bid.
• Multiple suppliers may be contracted to each Lot.
• The process for evaluating and allocating budget to tenders is provided in Part C of the Invitation to Tender.
• The Contracting Authority does not commit to awarding any work under this project. All values expressed within this Contract Notice are maximum values and are not intended to represent a guarantee of the level or value of contract that may ultimately be awarded to any supplier.
• Contracts will run for a 24 month period.

ABOUT THE WIDER PROJECT
The Critical Raw Materials Closed Loop Recovery project is working to ensure that a wider range of minerals and metals are recovered during recycling of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) in Europe. The series of collection and recovery trials as part of this project will help to inform recommendations for a European policy and infrastructure plan.

The trials part of the project is being delivered by a consortium of three organisations:
• Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP, www.wrap.org.uk) is a UK registered charity and not for profit company. It's vision is a world where resources are used sustainably. It works with businesses, individuals and communities to help them reap the benefits of reducing waste, developing sustainable products and using resources in an efficient way.
• European Recycling Platform (ERP, www.erp-recycling.co.uk) has the mission to develop high-quality, cost-effective recycling services for the benefit of producer members, consumers and ultimately the environment and society.
• European Advanced Recycling Network (EARN, www.earn-service.com) provides its customers with all services related to compliance with the WEEE Directive throughout Europe, centrally coordinated by a single source.

WRAP will be the Contracting Authority for the trials and will manage the contracts of the UK trials.
ERP and EARN will manage the contracts of the trials in Germany, Italy and Turkey.

In addition, Wuppertal Institute will be carrying out assessment of the collection and recovery trials using data collected, and Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) will be developing trial case studies using reports on the collection and recovery trials.

Further information about the project can be found at www.criticalrawmaterialrecovery.eu. Organisations which are interested in tendering to deliver these trials are strongly recommended to visit the project website, and to remain in contact for updates through the various communication methods offered.

TENDER SUBMISSIONS
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Not Provided

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: WRAP will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the point at which the intention to award contracts is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further information from the contracting authority or to challenge the award before the contracts are entered into. Such additional information should be requested from see item I.1)   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Not Provided

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 11/02/2016

ANNEX A