Operation of a refuse site

Tender description

The authority owns a waste transfer facility (the Facility) adjacent to its Energy Recovery Facility (the ERF) at Marsh Barton industrial estate, Exeter, Devon, UK. The service provider will operate the Facility as a transfer point for the waste diverted from the ERF when it experiences a downtime. Waste received at the Facility is then hauled away for disposal. The primary service requirement of the authority is for the waste transfer facility to receive waste diverted away from its energy recovery facility which is located adjacent to the waste transfer facility during its planned or unplanned downtimes which is anticipated to be around 40 days a year. However, the energy recovery facility's downtimes can be less or significantly longer than 40 days in the future. However, there are a number of other functions in addition to the above requirement that the waste transfer facility's operator will be expected to undertake which are detailed in the specification. The contract for this service provision will be for an initial period of 5 years with provision to extend the contract for a further 4 years, subject to the parties' mutual agreement.