Published date: 5 April 2024

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.


Closing: 7 May 2024, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services - 90000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£1,000,000 to £2,000,000

Procurement reference

LINCOLN001-DN663863-29976697

Published date

5 April 2024

Closing date

7 May 2024

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

1 September 2025

Contract end date

31 August 2030

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The services being procured as part of this Procurement are the haulage and treatment, via anaerobic digestion, of domestic and Trade Food Waste and its Leachate. The Contract will run for a period of five years commencing 1st September 2025. There will be an option for the Council to extend the Contract by two periods of up to two years each to a maximum contract term of nine [9] years.

The Contract will be Lotted into the following two Lots and Suppliers can bid for one or both Lots. North Lot comprises of Louth, Gainsborough and Lincoln Waste Transfer Stations and the South Lot comprises of Sleaford, Grantham and Boston Waste Transfer Stations.

The Council anticipates that household collections of separated Food Waste will commence from 2025, with a two -phased approach with Gainsborough and Sleaford WTS commencing separate weekly Food Waste collections from autumn 2025 and the remaining 5 WCAs commencing collections throughout winter 2025 with all collecting Food Waste by 31st March 2026. Food Waste will be collected weekly by the WCAs and be delivered to the Customer's waste transfer stations to be bulked up and collected by the Supplier for haulage to the Supplier's Facility for treatment. Food Waste may be presented loose, within a bag or other packaging. The Supplier is expected to collect and handle the Food Waste in this form. Leachate will be stored in tanks which the Supplier will empty and haul to the Supplier's Facility for treatment.


About the buyer

Contact name

Leanne Fotherby

Address

Orchard House
Orchard Street
Lincoln
LN1 1BA
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1522552541

Email

leanne.fotherby@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Website

https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk