Environmental services

Tender description

The following Environmental Services are being procured via a ‘Competitive Procedure with Negotiation’ route under the following Lots. Lot 1 — Waste Disposal Lot 2 — Waste Collection Lot 3 — Street Environment Lot 4 — Parks Management and Grounds Maintenance Services Draft tender documents have been made available, but are subject to change and may be modified before the Contract Notice is published. Other services may be added to those identified as a definitive view has not yet been made on their inclusion. These draft tender documents can be viewed by expressing an interest in this service via the following link www.londontenders.org The Council is looking for either; bids for individual Lots, bids across the four Lots and for bids in other related, specified areas. If a tenderer is successful in more than one area the Council will include an opportunity for the tenderer to offer a discount across those areas. Disposal of municipal (household and trade) waste through a comprehensive door-to-door refuse and recycling collection service, bring banks and Household Waste Recycling Centres. The contract is based on a need both to provide value for money customer services and to reduce landfilled waste. Service developments included separate collections for glass/cans/plastics, paper/card, and food waste, wheeled bin green garden waste subscription service, re-engineering the HWRCs and expanding the range of materials which can be recycled. Collection and of municipal (household and trade) waste through a comprehensive door-to-door refuse and recycling collection service, bring banks and Household Waste Recycling Centres. Contract is based on a need both to provide value for money customer services and to reduce landfilled waste. Service developments included separate collections for glass/cans/plastics, paper/card, and food waste, wheeled bin green garden waste subscription service, re-engineering the HWRCs and expanding the range of materials which can be recycled. Street Cleaning: Day-to-day routine street cleaning activities and response to service requests including mechanical and manual sweeping, fly-tipping and fly-poster removal, emptying and replacing litter bins, weed control, autumn leafing and, in the event of severe winter weather, snow clearance and pavement salting. Graffiti Removal: Removal of graffiti visible from the highway and within 50m of street boundary, on public or private property as reactive work. Works may also include removal of fly-posters, paint spillages and other stain removal works. Abandoned Vehicles: Removal, storage and disposal of nuisance, abandoned and surrendered vehicles (motorised or non-motorised). Enforcement: Including Parks Security, on-street enforcement activity and elements of Public Protection enforcement. Grounds Maintenance: Maintenance of some 156 parks, recreation grounds and open spaces, including some 3,000 acres of open space, 71 play areas, the cemeteries' and burial service, and maintaining highway grass verges and shrubs. Current Contractor: ID Verde (formerly the Landscape Group). Soft Landscaping Works: Covers range of activities including Woodlands Works: managing Public Rights of Way; Rural Grass Cutting: Rural Hedge Cutting: Japanese Knotweed control on LBB land; Hanging Baskets supply and maintenance; and Non-routine.