Opportunity

Joint Waste Collection and Cleansing Contract

  • Ashford Borough Council
  • Swale Borough Council
  • Maidstone Borough Council

F02: Contract notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-029729

Published 30 November 2021, 4:34pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Ashford Borough Council

Civic Centre, Tannery Lane

Ashford

TN23 1PL

Email

procurement@ashford.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1233333311

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKJ4 - Kent

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.ashford.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA28849

one.1) Name and addresses

Swale Borough Council

Swale House, East Street

Sittingbourne

ME10 3HT

Email

cleansing@swale.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKJ4 - Kent

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.swale.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Maidstone Borough Council

King Street

Maidstone

ME15 6JQ

Email

waste@maidstone.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKJ4 - Kent

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://maidstone.gov.uk/

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

one.3) Communication

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

https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/

Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at

https://www.kentbusinessportal.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

Joint Waste Collection and Cleansing Contract

Reference number

JWC/21/1

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Ashford Borough Council, Swale Borough Council and Maidstone Borough Council are working

together to provide common efficient and effective waste collection and recycling services and

street cleansing services from October 2023. The contract will include the following services;

Household Residual waste collection

Household Food waste collection

Household Dry Recycling Collection

Household Garden Waste Collection

Bulky Waste Collection

Clinical Waste Collection

For Ashford Borough Council and Swale Borough Council the contract will also include the

following;

Street Cleansing Services including High Speed Roads

Given the current Government consultation on waste policy, the nature and scope of the services may change by the time the contract is awarded and subsequently. The partner authorities are also interested in exploring opportunities for reducing the carbon footprint of the service and reducing costs through vehicle financing.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £112,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 90511000 - Refuse collection services
  • 90514000 - Refuse recycling services
  • 90524100 - Clinical-waste collection services
  • 90611000 - Street-cleaning services
  • 90612000 - Street-sweeping services
  • 34114000 - Specialist vehicles
  • 34100000 - Motor vehicles

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKJ4 - Kent
Main site or place of performance

The Boroughs of Ashford, Maidstone and Swale, Kent.

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Ashford Borough Council, Swale Borough Council and Maidstone Borough Council are working

together to provide common efficient and effective waste collection and recycling services and

street cleansing services from October 2023. The contract will include the following services;

Household Residual waste collection

Household Food waste collection

Household Dry Recycling Collection

Household Garden Waste Collection

Bulky Waste Collection

Clinical Waste Collection

For Ashford Borough Council and Swale Borough Council the contract will also include the

following;

Street Cleansing Services including High Speed Roads

Given the current Government consultation on waste policy, the nature and scope of the services may change by the time the contract is awarded and subsequently. The partner authorities are also interested in exploring opportunities for reducing the carbon footprint of the service and reducing costs through vehicle financing.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £112,000,000

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

Start date

22 October 2023

End date

21 October 2031

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 3

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The Boroughs are interested in examining alternative collection methodologies relative to their existing.

Boroughs are also interested in looking at benefits of council procurement of the fleet and also cost impact of carbon reduction measures

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.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions

Detailed in Standard Selection Questionnaire

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

List and brief description of selection criteria

Detailed in Standard Selection Questionnaire

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

List and brief description of selection criteria

Detailed in Standard Selection Questionnaire

three.2) Conditions related to the contract

three.2.2) Contract performance conditions

Annual Turnover to be at least 3x annual value of the contract


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

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

10 January 2022

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

14 January 2022

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

English

four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: Yes

Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 8 years

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

six.3) Additional information

Procurement documents can be obtained the Kent Business Portal

(MT Ref:224224)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Public Procurement Review Service

Cabinet Office

London

Email

publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 3450103503

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-procurement-review-service-scope-and-remit