Corporate Secure Shredding

Tender description

Torbay Council’s Secure Shredding Services Contract has been utilised by various departments throughout the Authority, with service provision from one Contracted supplier. Regular scheduled site visits and ad-hoc collections are made, collecting from secure bins/consoles, or usually by the bag, Torbay Council is then charged by weight (of the bags) by the kilogram, or charged by the number of consoles the department has. Off site shredding is collected and transported securely, before going through the Destruction and Disposal process, with waste sent for recycling whenever possible. Alternatively, ‘On-site’ secure destruction in a specially equipped vehicle is undertaken, following which; the material is disposed of securely or sent for recycling. The majority of the material will be paper but there is also a requirement for the shredding of CD’s, floppy discs, old hard drives, old smart cards, plastic credit type cards, cassettes, video tapes, IT software, uniforms and security items and any other associated products. The shredded materials should be removed from the site for environmental disposal/recycling Keywords: secure, shredding, waste, removal, collection, destruction