Innovative Waste Solutions Dynamic Purchasing System

Tender description

The environmental impact of waste is of increasing concern, and innovative solutions to managing waste are required to minimise waste and improve the way it is managed whilst also complying with legislative and regulatory requirements. Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, through its Commercial Procurement Services (CPS), invites applications to join a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Innovative Waste Solutions. Lot 1: The aim of this DPS is to provide a compliant route to market for innovative solutions for the management, minimisation and/or disposal of waste and associated services. These Goods and Services pertain to the management, minimisation and/or disposal of waste and associated services, and will work to: • Reduce waste produced • Reduce waste to landfill • Increase recycling, including materials that are hard to recycle and traditionally go to landfill or incineration • Innovative methods of processing waste • Re-streaming waste • Diverting waste from more polluting/more expensive waste streams to more economical/environmentally friendly routes • Reducing the environmental impact of waste produced The intention is to handle waste in an innovative way, to increase recycling, reduce waste to landfill, re-direct to alternative routes, create reusable materials and/or otherwise improve the sustainability and reduce the environmental impact of Contracting Authorities. Contracting authorities may request goods and services that are not listed above but fall within the reasonable scope of innovative waste solutions. Providers may expand their service delivery to meet the contracting authorities business needs as they develop their strategies. The scope includes provision for providers to offer financing, lease or capital purhcase options on request to support the delivery of these services.