Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
Contact
Mr Benedict Itoyah
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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
Waste Composition Analysis
Reference number
DN690692
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79723000 - Waste analysis services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Essex County Council (ECC) is currently looking to procure a waste composition analysis service that analyses and helps the Authority to better understand the composition of residual waste both across the 12 Waste Collection Authorities (WCAs) and the Authority’s 21 recycling centres.
In collaboration with its partners, ECC is currently responsible for the handling of residual waste from roughly 650,000 households, or approximately 1.6 million people. Every year, around 700,000 tonnes of household waste are created in Essex, with 87% collected at the kerbside and 13% received at the Authority's recycling centres.
Ahead of publishing this opportunity in November 2023, the Authority is looking to assess the interest and capability of the market to provide and deliver the requirement as set out in the Description of Project Section and would like to invite interested parties to register their interest in this opportunity and respond to the questionnaire that can be obtained via ProContract.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH3 - Essex
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
ECC is looking to appoint a contractor to provide waste composition analysis service.
The objectives of commissioning this Waste Composition Analysis are:
• to obtain a statistically representative baseline composition analysis of kerbside collected residual waste at an individual WCA level.
• to obtain a statistically representative baseline composition analysis of residual waste at the Authority’s recycling centres
• to measure the impact of actions and activities to reduce waste and recycle more through further repeat analysis work.
• The council would also be interested to understand capability for/experience of knowledge transfer and training for local authority officers on compositional studies.
• The council may also seek to commission participation studies as part of this procurement, and would welcome comment on supplier experience of this additional service.
If you feel that you can meet the Council's objectives, please submit an Expression of Interest and respond to the questionnaire pack.
Further details and the questionnaire pack can be located via the Council's e-sourcing portal, ProContract: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login. Log in as a Supplier and search the following: DN690692 / Waste Composition Analysis.
If you do not have an account, supplier registration is free of charge at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register and it provides access to all current and forthcoming procurement opportunities for Essex County Council alongside several other public sector organisations.
The deadline for the questionnaire responses is Friday 27th October 2023 at 4:00pm; all responses must be submitted via ProContract.
Please note that this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder.
It should also be noted that this PIN invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process for a future opportunity.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
15 November 2023
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes