Published date: 12 June 2019

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: 24 July 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Refuse and waste related services - 90500000

  • Medical waste services - 90524000

  • Clinical-waste collection services - 90524100

    • Clinical-waste disposal services - 90524200

    • Removal services of biological waste - 90524300

Location of contract

SG13 8DE

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

HCC1911137

Published date

12 June 2019

Closing date

24 July 2019

Contract start date

27 January 2020

Contract end date

26 January 2023

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

Hertfordshire County Council (the Council) as the Waste Disposal Authority (WDA) is responsible for the disposal of all waste collected by the Waste Collection Authorities (WCAs) under their duties and powers defined in the Environment Protection Act 1990 together with waste collected at Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs). This waste is known as Local Authority Collected Waste (LACW) and includes Clinical Waste and Offensive Waste as defined in the Controlled Waste Regulations 2012.

The Council and Participating Bodies requires the provision of collection and transport of approved wastes to a licensed Treatment / Disposal Facility for disposal. Approved wastes include; Offensive Waste, Infectious Waste, Sharps Waste, Cytotoxic and Cytostatic Medicines, Medicinal Waste, Amalgam Waste and Small Animal Remains.

Clinical Waste and Offensive Waste is collected from domestic and commercial premises by the WCAs or their contractors and delivered to a depot or Waste Transfer Station from which it is offloaded into the Containers provided by the Council for use under this contract.

The Council is out to tender for a Framework Agreement which will comprise of an agreement with Hertfordshire County Council as the underpinning authority with other named Participating Bodies able to join the Framework Agreement by way of an Access Agreement. The Participating Bodies for this Framework are; Bedford Borough Council, Buckinghamshire County Council and Oxfordshire County Council.

Full details are in the tender documentation.

More information

Links

Additional text

To participate in this tender you will need to go into www.supplyhertfordshire.uk and follow the on-screen guidance and register, or log in.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Victoria Maisey (HCC)

Address

Pegs Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8DE
United Kingdom

Telephone

28206

Email

Victoria.Maisey@hertfordshire.gov.uk