Refuse and waste related services

Tender description

Border Force is a Directorate of the Home Office. Border Force intends to establish a contracting vehicle for the provision of services for the Haulage Storage and Disposal (HSD) of seized goods and vehicles. The contracting provision will be enabled for use by all Home Office Directorates, other Government Departments and Agencies but specifically HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the National Crime Agency (NCA). Border Force premises are located at or close to strategic ports of entry to the UK; namely air and seaports. The enabled organisations locations are determined by their performed activities. The following is an indication to the services required: — The haulage of seized goods and vehicles from the point of seizure to long term storage and from storage locations to disposal; — The haulage of seized goods and vehicles from the point of seizure to locations to disposal; — The secure storage of seized goods and vehicles in either Border Force's own warehouse facilities or those of a supplier; — The disposal of seized goods; — The collection and disposal of seized products of animal origin and plant based goods; — The collection and disposal of seized vehicles and other vessels, for storage sites, through sale. (The above may be subject to change). Scope. The following goods are expected to be within the scope of this service provision: — Cigarettes and tobacco products; — Alcohol products; — Controlled drugs; — Firearms; — Cash: — Vehicles including cars, light commercial vehicles, HGV, plant, coaches, caravans, boats and aircraft; — Products of Animal Origin and Plant Based Goods; — Counterfeit products including electrical items, clothing and footwear; — Packaging materials and other miscellaneous goods; — Items used to aid illicit entry in to the UK i.e. cover loads. Please note that some of the items may need to be handled/transported/stored/disposed of through specialised services due to their hazardous nature to comply with prevailing HSE/DfT/EA legislation. Coverage. Any contractor must be able to provide coverage across the whole of the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland with an additional requirement based at the juxtaposed control in France. Other requirements. Border Force requires its contractor (s) to adhere to the following: — Full audit trail of its compliance with all relevant regulatory and legislative requirements governing these activities; — Maintenance of detailed records of activity and the production of management information, and making these records available to Border Force; — Transparency and open book arrangements in relation to costs and invoices; — Compliance with all Home Office security standards where appropriate; — 24 hour/7 day per week single point of contact by telephone for requesting services. — Continue the generation of income through the disposal of seized items, and actively explore opportunities for obtaining further income generation through the performance of the services. The purpose of this PIN is to: — Give advance notice that the Home Office (as the Contracting Authority) is to undertake a tendering exercise to set up a new contracting vehicle to service the Home Office, National Crime Agency and HMRC for their HSD requirements. — Gauge the market interest in this procurement. — Identify suppliers who would like to participate in an industry day.