Wood chip recycling - Hampshire

Tender description

Hampshire County Council, in partnership with Portsmouth City Council and Southampton City Council, manages 26 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) across the county where residents can deposit their bulky household and garden waste. These facilities are well used, receiving more than 4m visitors per year and handling over 130,000 tonnes of material. A key waste stream which householders regularly bring to HWRCs is wood. The composition ranges from damaged and unwanted furniture items through to fence panels and dismantled sheds. Last year (2022/23), wood accounted for over 20% of inputs into the system. It is recognised that processing waste wood now attracts a significant cost to local authorities, and therefore in the current financial climate it is important that all councils regularly monitor their services to ensure that they continue to represent best value for the council taxpayer. The primary objective of the market engagement exercise is to understand the capabilities and capacity within the market, and to identify how the market can support the Council and gain insight into the most suitable delivery model. The Council intends to engage with market operators via an Engagement Questionnaire to gauge interest and opinion on service delivery and procurement options. Details of how to find the questionnaire are given in section 11.2.4 below Lot 1: This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is an indication of potential future procurement activity only. The procurement route and procedures are still to be decided and will be informed by information and feedback from interested organisations who complete and return the market engagement questionnaire. For further Information please go to the Council's e-tendering website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire. In order to access the questionnaire you must first register with In-Tend (if you have not already done so) and express an interest in the project. We recommend that you refer to the e-tendering guidance for suppliers which can be found by clicking on 'Information for Suppliers' at the top of the home page. Hampshire County Council Electronic Tendering Site - Project Manage - Tender (in-tendhost.co.uk) The questionnaire will be available until 15 June2023. Responses received after 20 June 2023 will not be considered. Additional information: This is a market information exercise only and may not necessarily lead to any future procurement process. In the event that it did proceed, it is not yet certain which procurement route would be followed. Information gathered will help shape the proposed future procurement. Hampshire County Council is managing this market engagement on behalf of Portsmouth and Southampton City Councils. Suppliers will be neither advantaged nor disadvantaged from involvement in this exercise