Published date: 5 January 2018

Last edited date: 5 January 2018

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: 15 January 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • Industry specific software package - 48100000

  • Database and operating software package - 48600000

    • Information systems and servers - 48800000

    • Miscellaneous software package and computer systems - 48900000

Location of contract

SG13 8DE

Value of contract

£125,000 to £550,000

Procurement reference

HCC1709562

Published date

5 January 2018

Closing date

15 January 2018

Contract start date

12 March 2018

Contract end date

11 March 2025

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 Waste Management Unit of Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) fulfils a number of statutory functions in its role as the Waste Disposal Authority (WDA) as defined in the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA). Principally these include; the disposal of Local Authority Collected Waste from the 10 District and Borough Council's, provision of a network of Household Waste Recycling Centres and the payment of 'Recycling Credits' to the District and Borough Councils.

These statutory functions are currently monitored and measured through the use of a large access database system known as WAMS (Waste Management System). WAMS also interfaces with the Council's financial system SAP.

WAMS is a well-established system providing effective validation controls for processing weighbridge transactions and ensuring that the correct charging is applied. Until recently the system has been upgraded for many years by an external consultant in conjunction with, and under direction from, the Waste Management Unit. It was recognised that the previous support levels (an external consultant and a single contact in HCC's IT service provider, Serco) represented a low level of assurance and as a result agreement has been reached with Serco to provide support through the existing service support contract.

However, in order to continue to effectively and efficiently support new demands on the service and planned new contractual arrangements such as the long term Residual Waste Treatment Programme (RWTP) for Hertfordshire, the system will require significant modification to process the incoming data, support new technologies, improve efficiency and provide statistical information for appropriate reporting purposes both internally and externally.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Chris Notley (HCC)

Address

Pegs Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8DE
United Kingdom

Telephone

01707 292464

Email

chris.notley@hertfordshire.gov.uk