Refuse and waste related services

Tender description

Leicestershire County Council (“the Council”) manages approximately 160 000 tonnes of residual waste per annum (pa). At present the Council utilises landfill disposal for a significant quantity of residual waste. As part of the Leicestershire Municipal Waste Management Strategy, the Council wishes to move its waste up the Waste Hierarchy by procuring non-landfill treatment capacity for residual waste; with an option to increase tonnages at a later date. The likely commencement date for this contract is between 1.4.2021 and 1.4.2023 and would continue until between 2028 and 2031, with possible further extension or extensions that take the total contract term up to 25 years. The Council welcomes any questions or comments regarding this procurement. General queries and responses will be collated and shared with all potential bidders who register an interest. Prospective bidders should email Graham Jones (graham.jones@leics.gov.uk) to register their interest. The region of Leicestershire currently manages household waste through a 2-tier authority system with 7 Waste Collection Authorities (WCAs) and 1 Waste Disposal Authority (the Council). In 2018, a total of circa 327 000 tonnes pa of municipal waste was collected from both commercial and household premises by these authorities. It is forecast that by 2021 168 500 tonnes pa of residual waste will be required to be sent for treatment or disposal. Approximately 22 000 tonnes would be ‘bulky’ residual waste arising from WCA collections and waste deposited at fourteen Recycling and Household Waste Sites (Household Waste Recycling Centres). The remaining c. 146 500 is expected to arise from “kerbside” collections from businesses and householders. It is estimated that initially the Council would require treatment for a minimum tonnage of between 45 000 to 60 000 tonnes of kerbside residual waste per annum and potentially 10 000 to 25 000 tonnes of “bulky” residual waste per annum a but this requirement may increase over time due to changes in waste arisings. Additionally, the Council wishes to explore the opportunities under this procurement of providing planned and unplanned contingency arrangements for the waste being managed under its other treatment contracts. The contract will be primarily for residual waste arising within Leicestershire but may include waste that arises from other Waste Disposal Authorities; such waste is intended to be incorporated into the overall tonnage requirements under the contract but is not envisaged to significantly increase the Council’s treatment tonnage requirements stated previously in the short to medium term.