Refuse collection services

Tender description

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Hart District Council (the councils) are seeking to appoint a suitably experienced and qualified operator to provide their waste and recycling collection services under a joint contract. The councils will manage the contract under an Inter-Authority Agreement via a single joint client team. The councils currently operate different collection regimes for residual household waste. Therefore, for tender purposes, bidders will be required to submit bids for an ‘as is service’ (Lot 1) and also, subject to Cabinet approval of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in March 2017, an aligned service whereby both councils operate an alternate weekly collection regime (Lot 2). Following the evaluation of initial bids, 1 lot only will be taken forward to the negotiation and contract award stages of the process. Lot 1 will comprise the provision of waste and recycling collection services to the councils on the basis that residual household waste will be collected weekly for Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and alternate weekly for Hart District Council. Following an initial evaluation of bids, and subject to further internal Cabinet approval of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council as to whether the council wishes to adopt an alternate weekly collection regime for its residual household waste, the councils will decide whether this lot is taken forward to the negotiation and contract award stages of the process. If rejected at this stage in preference to Lot 2, this lot will not be considered any further in the process. Subject to Cabinet approval of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in March 2017, Lot 2 will be included in the procurement and comprise the provision of waste and recycling collection services to the councils on the basis that residual household waste will be collected alternate weekly for both councils. If included, then following an initial evaluation of bids, and subject to further Cabinet approval of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council as to whether the council wishes to adopt an alternate weekly collection regime of its residual household waste, the councils will decide whether this lot is taken forward to the negotiation and contract award stages of the process. If rejected at this stage in preference to Lot 1, this lot will not be considered any further in the process.