Published date: 22 December 2023

This notice was replaced on 1 February 2024

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Awarded contract (published 1 February 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Containers for waste material - 44613800

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£174,000

Procurement reference

ECC001-DN704028-41554676

Published date

22 December 2023

Closing date

21 January 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

5 February 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Essex is a large county with almost 1.5 million residents generating approximately 700,000 tonnes of local authority collected waste per annum. As the statutory Waste Disposal Authority for Essex, Essex County Council (the Authority) is responsible for providing a range of infrastructure and arrangements for the management of waste.

The Authority operate 21 Recycling Centres for Household Waste (RCHW) and 4 Waste Transfer Stations (WTS), and work closely with the 12 borough, city and district councils who are the Waste Collection Authorities (WCA) within the county of Essex.
In April 2022, the Authority in-housed its waste service and therefore now operate and manage 21 Recycling Centres for Household Waste (RCHW) and 4 Waste Transfer Stations (WTS) across the County.

The Authority are seeking to procure a contract for the provision of a quantity of up to twenty nine (29) new, forty (40) cubic yard open containers to enable the RCHW sites within the waste service to operate safely and compliantly.

About the buyer

Contact name

Bethany Gray

Address

County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
England

Telephone

+44 333

Email

Bethany.gray@essex.gov.uk

Website

https://www.essex.gov.uk/