Published date: 1 September 2020

This notice was replaced on 1 September 2020

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 29 March 2021)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Refuse and waste related services - 90500000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£0.01 to £100,000,000

Procurement reference

KENTPS001-DN496547-45097943

Published date

1 September 2020

Closing date

15 October 2020

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 February 2021

Contract end date

31 January 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The Waste Services Business Unit within Commercial Services Kent Ltd (CSKL) has been awarded a contract by Kent County Council (KCC) for the operation of five Household Waste Recycling Centres, two site co-located with Transfer Stations, for a term of up to five years and possibly longer. These sites are located in Dartford, Swanley, Maidstone, Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells.
The contract CSKL has with KCC includes all aspects of the operation of the sites including haulage of waste from the five sites to various fixed destinations dictated by KCC within the contract and the operation of loading and handling plant for all sites.
CSKL are seeking a Supplier to deliver waste haulage and plant services at all sites, and the provision of plant operatives at the two Transfer Stations


More information

Additional text

To gain access and complete the necessary documents please follow the instruction below
Visit - WWW.Kentbusinessportal.org.uk
Select - Opportunities
Select Organisation - Commercial Services
Select the opportunity appropriate to you from the list provided
Express interest - you may need to register first
Once successful expression is completed you can access and complete the requirements in two ways
1 - when you register you will receive a successful registration email, this also contains an link taking you direct to the opportunity
2 - when you log in to proactis go to my activities, select commercial services and you will be presented with the opportunity.
Following the instruction from herein
This opportunity will be completed via ProContract, a site run by Proactis, the electronic tendering suite of the Kent Business Portal.
If you have difficulty in locating this opportunity following download please go to https://procontract.due-north.com/Login and login using your supplied username and appropriate password.
Tenderers must ensure that they maintain their registration to the Portal at all times to ensure that they receive any subsequent mini competition requests.
If, at any time, you experience difficulty accessing ProContract please visit the help centre https://supplierhelp.due-north.com/ or alternatively contact ProContract on email: ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com or submit a ticket via the supplier support help desk http://proactis.kayako.com/default
Tenderers should note the following when uploading documents to the ProContract portal prior to submission:
A 10 Mb file will take approximately 5 minutes on average to upload on a standard Broadband connection (256 Kbps upload speed). Please take this into consideration when uploading larger files and ensure that you leave sufficient time to complete your submission.
Instructions on how to submit your response can be found within the 'Help' facility in ProContract. These instructions should be consulted in order to ensure that your response is submitted correctly.
The ProContract System maintains a strict audit trail part of which gives detail as to the exact time that a response was uploaded. This audit trail will be used to determine if a tender or mini-competition response is late.


About the buyer

Contact name

Ian Day

Address

Head Office, 1 Abbey Wood Group
Kings Hill
West Malling
ME19 4YT
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1622236697

Email

ian.day@csltd.org.uk

Website

http://www.commercialservices.org.uk