CP2313-22 Haulage of Mid-Devon District Council's Residue and Garden Waste

Tender description

Devon County Council are looking to procure a haulage contractor in order to provide the following services.\r \r The Service will entail the haulage of approximately 4000 tonnes of Mid Devon District Council's kerbside collected garden waste from the District's depot at Hitchcocks Industrial Estate, Willand to Hill Barton, Exeter for composting purposes.\r \r The Service further entails the haulage of approximately 10,000 tonnes of Mid Devon District Council's kerbside collected household waste from the District's depot at Hitchcocks Industrial Estate, Willand to Marsh Barton, Exeter, for energy recovery purposes.\r \r The Service additionally will require the haulage of approximately 4,000 tonnes of Mid-Devon District Council's kerbside collected household waste from the District Council's depot at Hitchcocks Industrial Estate, Willand to Plymouth to be recovered at MVV's energy recovery facility\r \r The Contract will be for an initial service term of three years with the option to extend for up to a maximum of 3 further years\r \r The Service delivery of this contract is scheduled to commence on 1st April 2024 Additional information: The authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement process at any stage. The authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender, and reserve the right not to award a contract. The authority reserves the right to award the contract in part, or to call for new tenders should they consider this necessary. Economic operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from them in connection with their participation in this procurement, whether incurred directly by them or their advisors or subcontractors and regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence direct or indirect of any amendments to documents issued by the authority at any time, or as a consequence of the cancellation of the procurement by the authority. For the avoidance of doubt, the authority shall have no liability whatsoever to economic operators or their advisors or subcontractors, for any of their costs, including but not limited to those for any discussions or communications. Any contract(s) or agreement(s) entered into as a result of this contract notice shall be considered as a contract(s) or agreement(s) made under English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. If an economic operator considers that any information supplied by it during this procurement process is commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity as well as the duration of that sensitivity specified. Economic operators should be aware that even where they have indicated that information is commercially sensitive, the authority may disclose it pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in response to a request for information where such disclosure is considered to be in the public interest. Please note that the receipt by any of the authority of any materials marked 'confidential' or equivalent shall not be taken to mean that the authority accepts any duty of confidence by virtue of that marking. Tender documents are accessible via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk . All expressions of interest are to be made via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk. All questions or enquiries regarding the tender are to be asked via the messaging function within the opportunity through www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk