Refuse and waste related services

Tender description

Glasgow City Council is seeking to appoint a single supplier for the supply, delivery, installation, repair and maintenance of solar compacting bins, double unit bins with sensors (solar compacting unit with attached recycling unit) and spare parts. Glasgow City Council is investing in the street litter bin infrastructure to provide further efficiencies, service improvements and ways to add value to the service. As a result the council has a requirement for solar compacting bins which will reduce the number of waste collections, increase the current amount of waste that can be collected and reduce overflowing bins. The council is seeking to appoint a single supplier for the supply, delivery, installation, repair and maintenance of solar compacting bins, double unit bins with sensors (solar compacting unit with attached recycling unit) and spare parts. The bins must timeously notify the Council, via software linked to the units, when the bin is required to be emptied. The solar compacting bin must harvest more energy than it consumes to ensure the solar compacting unit is fully operational at all times throughout the year even when lighting levels are reduced for prolonged periods of time due to adverse weather conditions and during the winter months. This will ensure bins are fully operational throughout the year. The solar powered compacting bin must be able to facilitate a minimum 8 compactions ratios in a 24-hour period which will compact a minimum of 600 L of waste deposits. Other requirements are summarised below; — supply and installation of single solar compacting bins, — supply and installation of double bin units — solar compacting bin with attached recycling unit fitted with smart sensor, — back-end software required (same system required on both style of bins), — maintenance and back-end system support, — supply of spare parts and repair of bins.