Tender

Removal & Disposal of General Waste, Recycling Waste and Confidential Waste - Westmorland & Furness

  • Cumbria County Council

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-026076

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-036923

Published 16 September 2022, 2:53pm



The closing date and time has been changed to:

19 October 2022, 5:00pm

See the change notice.

Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Cumbria County Council

Cumbria House, 107 - 117 Botchergate

Carlisle

CA1 1RD

Contact

Ms Nicola Bell

Email

nicola.bell@cumbria.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 7554407945

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKD1 - Cumbria

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://www.the-chest.org.uk

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://www.the-chest.org.uk

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

Removal & Disposal of General Waste, Recycling Waste and Confidential Waste - Westmorland & Furness

Reference number

DN631686

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 90000000 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Removal & Disposal of General Waste, Recycling Waste and Confidential Waste - Westmorland & Furness

There are approximately 56 corporate buildings within the area of Westmorland and Furness council to be included in this procurement process, including offices, care homes, day care centres, libraries and archives.

The services will be divided into two lots.

Lot 1 – General & Recycling Waste

Lot 2 – Confidential Waste

Regulations require Councils to handle waste in line with Waste Hierarchy and review current practices making sure everything possible is done to reduce, re-use, re-cycle or recover waste.

Tenderers are invited to bid for one or more Lots and will be awarded on the basis of the offer that is the most economically advantageous to the Council for each individual Lot.

The proposal is to let two new contracts from 1st April 2023 in relation to the East and West of Cumbria aligning with the two new unitary authorities. practically, the procurements will be conducted by Cumbria County Council who will enter into the two contracts, but who will not actually draw down any of the services, the contracts will novate to the respective new unitary councils.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £279,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

General & Recycling Waste

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD1 - Cumbria

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

General & Recycling Waste to include cans, plastics, glass and cardboard

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60

Price - Weighting: 40

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

36

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

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Confidential Waste

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD1 - Cumbria

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Confidential Waste to include all paper from Council Offices

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60

Price - Weighting: 40

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

36

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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Originally published as:

Date

17 October 2022

Local time

12:00pm

Changed to:

Date

19 October 2022

Local time

5:00pm

See the change notice.

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

17 October 2022

Local time

12:00pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract Reference (DN631686) in the box labelled 'contains' then click search. Click on the Blue link for the contract title to view the opportunity. To express an interest you will need to login. If you are not already registered on the www.the-chest.org.uk you will need to return to the home page and click on Register. Register FREE link in the navigation area on the left of the screen. Registration is free of charge and your username and password will be emailed to you.

Cumbria County Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumbria County Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the Authority's supplier audits on all aspects of diversity.

The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right:

(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by

publication of this notice; and

(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and

in no circumstances will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates.

In no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers. The contracting authority reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The High Court of England

London

Country

United Kingdom