Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
Contact
Ms Katharine Murdock
Katharine.Murdock@essex.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com/
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://procontract.due-north.com/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
1060 - Food Waste Recycling Delivery
Reference number
DN730877
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 64100000 - Post and courier services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Essex County Council (ECC) is seeking to procure Services for the Delivery of Promotional Materials for a Food Waste Recycling Initiative. The contract duration total is expected to be a total of six (6) months including preparation, planning, delivery and reporting.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £65,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 64112000 - Postal services related to letters
- 64113000 - Postal services related to parcels
- 64121000 - Multi-modal courier services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH - East of England
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Essex County Council (ECC) is seeking to procure Services for the Delivery of Promotional Materials for a Food Waste Recycling Initiative. The successful contractor will be required to make arrangements for the receipt and temporary storage of promotional materials. The contractor will be required to deliver a flyer to target households within the Waste Collection Authority (WCA) areas covered by Colchester City Council, Brentwood Borough Council and Castlepoint Borough Council in Autumn 2024. The contractor will be required to repeat delivery approximately three (3) weeks afterwards to the same households with a further leaflet and roll of compostable food waste caddy liners. The contractor will be required to regularly report on progress of deliveries and arrange delivery of unused stock at the end of the initiative back to ECC. The contract duration total is expected to be a total of six (6) months including preparation, planning, delivery and reporting.
Further guidance relating to registering for the ProContract e-sourcing portal and completing certain aspects of this tender can be found here: https://essexcc.pagetiger.com/bbwlqcm. All other documents are available to access via the ProContract document library.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 30
Price - Weighting: 70
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £65,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
6
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-015474
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
26 July 2024
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
8 July 2024
Local time
12:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
Further guidance relating to registering for the ProContract e-sourcing portal and completing certain aspects of this tender can be found here: https://essexcc.pagetiger.com/bbwlqcm.
All other documents are available to access via the ProContract document library.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom