Refuse and waste related services

Tender description

Norfolk County Council has procured services to treat and/or dispose of local authority collected residual waste, for which the statutory responsibility falls to or is delegated to Norfolk County Council. Norfolk County Council has awarded a contract for services to treat and/or dispose of local authority collected residual waste, for which the statutory responsibility falls to or is delegated to Norfolk County Council. Quantity or scope Norfolk County Council is required to arrange for the treatment or disposal of residual waste collected by the waste collection authorities in Norfolk and residual waste from its network of household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) or waste the statutory responsibility for which has been delegated to the County Council. Small amounts of waste collected by a County Council owned company may also come under the County Council’s control. Approximately 200 000 tonnes of local authority collected mixed residual waste is currently produced in Norfolk (not including street sweepings). Separate arrangements are in place for treatment of around 20 000 tonnes a year via an agreement with Suffolk County Council. Therefore, the scope of this procurement is approximately 180 000 tonnes per annum of residual waste. However, the amount will be variable over the period of the contract and this tonnage is not warranted or guaranteed. The scope of this procurement also covers small amounts of commercial waste that is of a similar composition to household waste, has been collected by a County Council owned company and deposited at waste transfer stations also operated by a County Council owned company. Should such waste arise, its volume is incidental relative to the overall tonnage identified above.