Refuse and waste related services

Tender description

The Council has identified an opportunity to expand its current household organic waste collection service to include food waste which could be co-mingled into the existing fortnightly garden waste collection. The inclusion of food waste within the garden waste stream would therefore require a technology capable of treating co-mingled organic waste to a standard compliant with the animal by products regulations (ABPR) to enable its recycling. The Council are therefore open to consideration of technologies which are capable of recycling co-mingled garden and food waste which may include, although are not limited to: — Anaerobic digestion (high or low solids); and — In-vessel composting. The Council have considered the maturity of the market segments associated with these technology options and are cognisant that differing levels of deployment and supplier options available to the Council are a major factor in selection and procurement approach. It is foreseeable that some treatment options offered to the Council could utilise existing assets whereas other options would see the construction of a new facility for the treatment of Contract Waste, potentially alongside Third Party Waste. The Council has identified a number of public and privately owned sites which could be appropriate for an organic waste treatment facility use subject to appropriate planning policy determination. The Authority is willing but does not guarantee, to make a site available and reserves the right to continue with the procurement in the absence of a Council site. Details of the Authority Site will be provided at the detailed solutions phase. 2 Lots are therefore presented to the market within this procurement in recognition of this market dynamic.