Energy From Waste Facility Operation and Maintenance

Tender description

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking to enter into arrangements with a suitable Contractor for the operation and maintenance of its Energy from Waste (EfW) plant, the transportation of waste deposited at the Site to Delivery Points, and the recovery of energy including the generation, export and sale of electricity. The Council intend to let a contract to provide time for it to develop a longer term strategy for the EfW facility. The successful Tenderer will be able to input into the development of this longer term strategy (without any contractual obligations). Lot 1: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC) has a legal obligation under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 1990, Part II, Section 51 as a "Function of waste disposal authorities" to arrange for the disposal of the controlled waste collected in its area by the waste collection authorities.The household residual waste collection services are undertaken by DMBC and collected on a weekly basis, at the kerbside by compaction vehicles, ready to deliver for disposal. The current collection service is under review as to the frequency of collections and the wastes collected e.g. weekly food waste collection, charged fortnightly green waste collection, fortnightly dry comingled and fibre (paper/card) collections, and fortnightly/3 weekly/4weekly residual waste collection. DMBC fulfils this residual waste disposal requirement by the provision of an Energy from Waste plant (EfW), located at Lister Road, Dudley DY2 8JW. The site is in the central part of the Borough and is currently operated by a Contractor on behalf of DMBC.DMBC is seeking to enter into arrangements with a suitable Contractor for the operation and maintenance of its EfW plant, the transportation of waste deposited at the site to Delivery Points, and the recovery of energy including the generation, export and sale of electricity.