Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Guildhall 2
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 1EU
Contact
Ms Sara Walton
Telephone
+44 2085475000
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI63 - Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
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
RBK Household Waste and Recycling Collection, Street Cleansing and Winter Gritting Services
Reference number
DN673072
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Royal Borough of Kingston is seeking bids for the provision of efficient and effective waste collection and recycling services and street cleansing services from April 2025.
The contract will include the following services:
● Collection of Household residual waste, food waste and dry recycling, garden waste and bulky waste
● Commercial waste and recycling Collection/Disposal
● Winter Gritting
● Street Cleansing services
● Communications and related customer services
● Container deliveries and maintenance
The proposed duration of the contract will be an initial term of eight (8) years
with the option to extend the contract for up to a maximum of eight (8) years.
It is our intention to run the procurement using the Competitive Dialogue process in line with Regulation 30 Public Contract Regulations 2015. Variants will not be accepted.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £128,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 34140000 - Heavy-duty motor vehicles
- 50100000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
- 90511000 - Refuse collection services
- 90514000 - Refuse recycling services
- 90610000 - Street-cleaning and sweeping services
- 90620000 - Snow-clearing services
- 90690000 - Graffiti removal services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI63 - Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Royal Borough of Kingston is seeking bids for the provision of efficient and effective waste collection and recycling services and street cleansing services from April 2025.
The contract will include the following services:
● Collection of Household residual waste, food waste and dry recycling, garden waste and bulky waste
● Commercial waste and recycling Collection/Disposal
● Winter Gritting
● Street Cleansing services
● Communications and related customer services
● Container deliveries and maintenance
It is our intention to discuss during dialogue solutions across the scope of the service requirements to identify efficiencies, service improvement opportunities, waste reduction and increased recycling that could be included in the final service delivery plans.
The proposed duration of the contract will be an initial term of eight (8) years
with the option to extend the contract for up to a maximum of eight (8) years.
The turnover requirement for this contract is £16,000,000 (being two times the annual
contract value). Applicants must also meet certain financial ratios, which are set out in more
detail in the guidance for completion of the Selection Questionnaire.
It is our intention to run the procurement using the Competitive Dialogue process in line with Regulation 30 Public Contract Regulations 2015. Variants will not be accepted.
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of
charge at https://procontract.due-north.com/
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 50
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10
Price - Weighting: 40
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
96
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The proposed duration of the contract will be an initial term of eight (8) years
with the option to extend the contract for up to a maximum of eight (8) years.
two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Maximum number: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Once evaluation for the Standard Selection Questionnaire stage has been completed it is intended that the highest scoring three Qualified Applicants who have achieved passes for all the Pass/Fail questions and achieved a moderated score of 3 and above for Technical and Professional Ability scored Questions will be invited to participate in the Dialogue Stage.
Where the fourth or fifth placed Qualified Applicants achieve a score which is less than 10% lower than that of the third place Qualified Applicant, the fourth and fifth place Qualified Applicant (as the case may be) will also be invited to participate in the Dialogue Stage.
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 three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
four.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
27 September 2023
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The High Court of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
In accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 the Council will
incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on which
the contract award decision is communicated to tenderers.