Contract for the treatment of Dry Recyclates arising within Leicestershire

Tender description

Leicestershire County Council (“the Council”) wishes to put in place service level contracts for the provision of capacity to recycle kerbside collected recyclable waste from households; businesses and bring banks collected by seven District Councils within Leicestershire as well as similar recyclable waste delivered by members of the public to the Authority’s Civic Amenity (CA) Sites (for the avoidance of doubt a Civic Amenity Site is a place provided by a local authority in accordance with section 51 (Functions of waste disposal authorities) the Environmental Protection Act 1990). Successful bidders will be required to provide one or more locations for the District Councils, the Authority or their contractors to deliver such waste for recycling or for onwards transport by the successful bidder(s) to another facility for recycling. Bidders may also be expected to collect bring banks from specified locations. Due to the variety of collection methods used throughout the County it is expected that bidders should be in the position to accept both separately collected and comingled recyclable waste. At tender stage, bidders will be invited to provide bids for one or more lots to assist in meeting the needs of the Authority Keywords: Collection, Dry Recyclates, Green