Refuse disposal and treatment

Tender description

This ‘PIN has been issued to inform potential providers of the Councils’ intentions to advertise a contract opportunity in the near future for a development and operation of an energy recovery facility capable of treating up to 450 000 tonnes of residual municipal waste for year. It is expected the facility will generate electricity from waste and be capable of heat off take connections. A reference site will be made available with outline planning permission however obligatory to use the reference site for the purposes of the project. The Council hopes that this PIN will enable potential providers to prepare and plan for any forthcoming tendering process and to inform providers of a market awareness day in Middlesbrough on the 16.1.2020. Any subsequent invitation to tender will likely be published no earlier than March 2020. Hartlepool Borough Council acting on behalf of Darlington BC, Middlesbrough BC, Stockton BC, Redcar and Cleveland BC and other authorities (e.g., Newcastle City Council and Durham County Council.) This ‘PIN has been issued to inform potential providers of the Councils’ intentions to advertise a contract opportunity in the near future for a development and operation of an energy recovery facility capable of treating up to 450 000 tonnes of residual municipal waste for year. It is expected the facility will generate electricity from waste and be capable of heat off take connections. By 2025, it is estimated that around 200 000 tpa of residual waste will require treatment in Tees Valley increasing to around 210 000 tpa by 2050 as a result of housing and population growth. Additionally, recent Government policy is expected to widen the definition of municipal waste to include similar commercial and industrial waste, effectively increasing the tonnage of material requiring treatment. This provides the Councils with a commercial opportunity to attract additional waste and income from third parties, thereby offsetting the costs of treatment at the ERF facility. Additional waste of 200 000 tonnes per year may be contracted to the new facility by 2 further Councils in the North East as part of their waste disposal strategies. This would increase the target tonnage of the new ERF plant to 450 000 tpa. To assist bidders, the TVAs are in the process of applying for outline planning permission for a new build ERF on a brown-field site in Redcar and Cleveland capable of treating 450 000 tonnes of municipal waste per annum. The Council hopes that this PIN will enable potential providers to prepare and plan for any forthcoming tendering process and to inform providers of a market awareness day in Middlesbrough on the 16.1.2020. The initial indicative timetable is also provided below as a guideline: Advertise tender opportunity OJEU, contracts finder and ProContract Portal no earlier than March 2020 Issue Stage 1 selection documentation no earlier than April 2020 Issue Stage 2 tender documentation no earlier than June 2020 Award contract no earlier than September 2021. Please note: the Council does not require responses to this PIN and is not seeking formal expressions of interest. Any subsequent tendering process will be advertised to the open market