Published date: 23 March 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 20 September 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Refuse and waste related services - 90500000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

KENT001-DN561996-73449439

Published date

23 March 2022

Closing date

20 September 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 December 2021

Contract end date

30 November 2026

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Kent County Council ("KCC") requires a concessions service contract(s) for the processing of mixed paper and card arising from all household waste in Kent for five years from 1 December 2021. Through its contracts with third-party waste transfer providers, KCC will deliver this material to the concessionaire's waste processing facility (or waste transfer station as appropriate). \r
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The concessionaire must have the capability and capacity to receive and process the following volumes of waste material:\r
• Lot A (West Kent) - at least 15,000 tonnes per annum;\r
• Lot B (East Kent) - at least 20,000 tonnes per annum; and\r
• Lot C (All Kent, i.e. Lot A + Lot B) - at least 35,000 tonnes per annum. \r
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The concessionaire will also be required to have in place:\r
• a waste processing facility with appropriate permitting and planning permissions;\r
• an electronic weighbridge for the weighing-in of material delivered to their facility to provide KCC with the appropriate management information (including weigh-loader transaction listings);\r
• policies and procedures that recovers materials in accordance with the waste hierarchy to maximise reuse and recycling and to avoid sending any waste to landfill; and\r
• robust service contingency plans to ensure continuity of services in the event of plant failure, etc. \r
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Please 'Register an Interest' in this opportunity via the Kent Business Portal to gain automatic access to the Invitation to Tender documentation and further details on KCC's requirements.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

SC20048 - Paper and Card Processing Services

  • Awarded contract
  • Published 23 March 2022

Award information

Awarded date

23 November 2021

Contract start date

1 December 2021

Contract end date

30 November 2026

Total value of contract

£17,500,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Smurfit Kappa Recycling

Address

Snodland, Kent. ME6 5AX

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Hayley Peacock

Address

County Hall
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
England

Telephone

+44 3000415566

Email

Hayley.Peacock@kent.gov.uk

Website

http://www.kent.gov.uk