Refuse disposal and treatment

Tender description

Kent County Council (the Council) is the largest local authority in England covering an area of 3 500 km2. It has an annual expenditure of over 1 000 000 000 GBP on goods and services and a population of 1 300 000. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 289 parish/town councils. The Council consists of 4 directorates: — Social Care, Health and Well-being; — Education and Young People's Services; — Growth, Environment and Transport; — Strategic and Corporate Services. Kent County Council (the Council) represented by Waste Management (within the Growth, Environment and Transport Directorate), is the statutory Waste Disposal Authority for Kent and is responsible for making arrangements for the treatment and/or disposal as appropriate of Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste (LACMW), under the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Expressions of Interest are invited from suitably qualified and experienced Providers who are interested in tendering for the following services: KCC is the Disposal Authority for Kent and as such, has a responsibility to provide for the treatment and/or disposal of circa 730 000 tonnes per annum of municipal waste generated in Kent. Hardcore and Soil is a material which is deemed to derive from household projects and therefore, residents are limited to bringing in 90 kg (190 lbs) per day to deter traders. KCC Waste Management is looking to procure an off-taker provision for 6 of the 18 Household Waste Recycling Centre sites in Kent (Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells, Swanley, Dartford, Maidstone and Gravesham) for Hardcore and Soil. KCC Waste Management wishes to procure an array of providers or one provider which gives KCC the most cost efficient method of disposing of hardcore and soil.