Epping Forest District Council: Waste Management Services

UK-Epping: Sewage-, refuse-, cleaning-, and environmental services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Epping Forest District Council
       Civic Offices, High Street, Epping, CM16 4BZ, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1992564000, Email: procurement@eppingforestdc.gov.uk
       Main Address: www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk
       NUTS Code: UKH3
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity:    
   General public services

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: Waste Management Services    
          Reference number:
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      90000000 - Sewage-, refuse-, cleaning-, and environmental services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      Epping Forest District Council are issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) to raise awareness of a potential future contract opportunity for Waste Management Services and to give interested parties the option to participate in a soft market exercise prior to the commencement of a procurement process under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 160,000,000 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      90500000 - Refuse and waste related services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UKH3 - Essex    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      Epping Forest District Council are issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) to raise awareness of a potential future contract opportunity for Waste Management Services and to give interested parties the option to participate in a soft market exercise prior to the commencement of a procurement process under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This exercise aims to provide the Council with market providers views on its proposed approach, depot provision, fleet requirements and to help shape the requirements and services that appeal to current markets and offer value for money solutions.

Epping Forest District Council requires a solution for recycling of waste collected including static recycling centres, household waste and bulky items, food & garden waste, a trade waste service, street litter, street sweepings recycling, flytip removal, all services are operated by our existing contractor/s

The current annual tonnage (2021-2022) of waste that requires collection is:

• 14,805 Recycling: Comingled household collections (plastic bottles, pots tubs and trays, paper, card, cans)., WEEE, trade recycling (comingled, paper, card, wood).

• 17,800 Food & Green Waste: Comingled food and garden waste household collections

• 23,538 Residual Waste: from household collections, litter and dog bin, street sweepings, flytipping.

• 137.044 Trade Waste

These figures include residual bulky waste collections

The new contracted Waste Management services must be flexible to adapt to currently uncertain future changes in legislation that will have an impact on tonnages, waste composition, possible future calorific value and types of material to be recycled.

The service(s) are required to be in place by 3rd November 2024 and the contract will be for a minimum of ten (10) years, with an option to extend up to a further ten (10) years.

Epping Forest District Council declared a climate emergency and this contract could play a significant part in working towards those objectives.

The Council is intending to hold market engagement meetings and the dates of these meetings will be announced in due course.    
   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         01/11/2023
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - NO

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   This Prior Information Notice is not a call for competition and no contract(s) will be awarded at this stage. A Contract Notice advertising the procurement may be placed in due course.

The Council reserves the right not to proceed with the planned public procurement exercise.

Interested parties should note that they are responsible for their own costs in participating in this pre-market engagement exercise and the Council shall in no event, be responsible for any costs of any party.
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https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=714528499
GO-2022824-PRO-20843086 TKR-2022824-PRO-20843085        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 24/08/2022