Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

Tender description

The London Borough of Lambeth (the Authority) invites Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified and experienced organisations in relation to the Contract for the provision of the Recycling, Waste Collection and Street Cleansing Services, to include collection of waste and recycling; street cleansing across the borough and housing estates; management of containers; communication, education and outreach; operating the re-use and recycling centre; commercial waste sales; and disposal of food and garden waste (for which the Authority wishes to test a second Service Delivery Options. Some services will be included as a provisional item, to be confirmed at a later date. The Authority is conducting this procurement through the competitive dialogue procedure of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Contract will be for an initial term of 6 years, followed by the ability to extend, from 1 year to 8 years, subject to not exceeding the maximum contract length of 14 years. The Authority will implement the procurement procedure in successive stages. — Selection Questionnaire Stage (SQ Stage). To express interest economic operators must complete and submit a request to participate in the procurement by completing and returning responses to the Selection Questionnaire in accordance with the instructions set out in the procurement documentation. The Contracting Authority’s needs and requirements for the contract and descriptive document are included in the procurement documents published with this notice This procurement is being undertaken pursuant to the competitive dialogue procedure using an electronic tendering system - the EU-Supply Portal. Economic operators will need to register an interest on the portal in order to participate and the registration is free. All documentation is available from and all communication is to be conducted via the portal at https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=29857&B=LBLAMBETH. Following the submission of the completed Selection Questionnaires, the Authority will apply the selection criteria, as set out in the procurement documentation. The Authority intends to select up to four (4) economic operators to progress from the SQ stage to the ISDS stage. — Invitation to Submit Detailed Solutions (ISDS Stage). The Authority will commence dialogue with the bidders who have been selected from the previous stage. The Authority will hold dialogue meetings with each of the bidders. At the conclusion of the dialogue meeting, bidders will be required to complete their Detailed Solutions submissions. Following the submission of the Detailed Solutions, the Authority will apply the award criteria, as set out in the procurement documentation. It is intended that this procurement will be a streamlined competitive dialogue. There will be no outline solutions stage. Economic operators are referred to the procurement documents for further information. The waste collection and cleansing elements of the services are set out in the Descriptive Document which is included in the procurement documents. The Contracting Authority is seeking a single contractor to provide waste collection, street cleansing, housing estate cleaning and a range of ancillary services for a period of 6 years, extendable up to a further 8 years.