Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

Tender description

Worcester City Council, Malvern Hills District Council and Wychavon District Council are jointly procuring waste and recycling collection and street cleaning services as follows: — Waste and recycling collection services (all 3 councils); and — Street cleaning services (Malvern Hills and Wychavon only). Worcester City Council, Malvern Hills District Council and Wychavon District Council are jointly procuring waste and recycling collection and street cleaning services as follows: — Waste and recycling collection services (all 3 councils); and — Street cleaning services (Malvern Hills and Wychavon only). The main objective of the contract is to provide a high quality, efficient and effective service for the collection of waste and for street cleaning with a strong emphasis on value for money throughout the life of the contract. It is anticipated that the Contract will cover a wide range of services (‘the Services’) including but not exclusively limited to the following: Waste and recycling collection and associated activities including but not limited to: — Collection of household residual waste; — Collection of household co-mingled recycling; — Collection of household garden waste; — Collection of bulky household waste; — Collection of recyclables from bring sites; — Collection of commercial waste and recycling; — Option for the collection of clinical household waste; — Option for the collection of other separate materials for reuse/recycling (e.g. WEEE, textiles); — Winter maintenance (when instructed); and — Any associated activities. Street cleaning and associated activities including but not limited to: — Street cleaning and litter removal; — Fly tipping clearance; — Graffiti and fly posting clearance; — Gully cleansing (Malvern Hills only); — Litter bin emptying and cleaning; — Public toilet cleaning (Malvern Hills only); — Weed spraying; — Winter maintenance; — Option for street cleaning enforcement activities; and — Any associated activities. This list is not exhaustive and consideration may be given during the procurement process to the omission of some of the services or inclusion of additional services or options for additional services which are related to and will assist in delivering the Services. It should be noted that in addition to any change in the structure or identity of the Contracting Authorities in the event of re-structuring within local government and or any other situation resulting in the Contracting Authorities or any 1 of the Contracting Authorities having a successor to its (statutory) functions in respect of waste, recycling and/or street cleansing this procurement and or the remaining term of the contract awarded will be passed to the said successor (s). It is anticipated that services delivered under the Contract shall commence on or around 2.10.2017, although the commencement dates may be staggered.