Published date: 29 July 2024

This notice was replaced on 31 July 2024

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

Early engagement (published 31 July 2024)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Waste and rubbish containers and bins - 34928480

Location of contract

West Midlands

Procurement reference

P2244 P2245

Published date

29 July 2024

Closing date

8 August 2024

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Birmingham City Council is carrying out a soft market engagement exercise regarding its plans for an extensive transformation of its waste services. These changes include:
• Introduction of fortnightly residual waste collections
• Introduction of weekly food waste collection services
• Recycling route and round efficiency project
• Introduce a 2nd wheel bin for paper/card to be used alongside the current DMR container
• Develop a recycling and food waste solution for multiple occupancy flats, apartments and households above shops.

This procurement will take place via further competition from ESPO framework 860 _22 Refuse and Recycling Products
- Lot 1A Supply of 2 Wheeled Plastic Bins
- Lot 7 Supply of Food Waste Containers (caddies)

Suppliers will be able to bid for single lot or for multiple lots but suppliers may only submit bids for those lots they have been awarded under the ESPO framework.

BCC will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this market engagement exercise and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you are interested in responding, please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as an interested party. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the soft market engagement documentation.

Registration and use of In-Tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the In-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with In-tend please email cps@birmingham.gov.uk.

Requests to participate must be by way of response to the soft market engagement document no later than 15:00 hours (GMT) on 8th August 2024 using the Supplier Portal. Please note that your response may be uploaded before the closing date and BCC will begin to review responses as they come in.

About the buyer

Address

Council House
Victoria Square
Birmingham
B1 1BB
United Kingdom

Email

CPS@birmingham.gov.uk

Website

www.in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc