Treatment and Disposal of Recyclable and Residual Waste

This Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is seeking treatment and/or disposal services for a host of material streams, in the main commonly arising from households, council commercial collections and household waste recycling centres. Material streams anticipated to require such services include but are not limited to, Mixed Recyclate, Paper, Card, News and PAMs, Glass, Cans, Plastics. Metals, Wood, Textiles, Plasterboard, Gas Bottles, Tyres, Inert Material, Bulky Waste, Street Sweepings, Gully Waste, Engine Oil, Cooking Oil, MRF offtakes, MRF outputs and Residual Waste.

The DPS is a two-stage process. There is no intention to limit the minimum and maximum number of service providers. All service providers that meet the selection criteria and are not excluded must be admitted to the DPS.

The DPS will be open to entrants throughout its life who meet the minimum criteria.

Further information on the selection process can be found within the procurement documents.

This Lot is seeking suitably qualified service providers capable of delivering a service for the treatment of cans that may be presented mixed and/or separated by type, aluminium or steel. Mixed cans are liable to arise from either segregated kerbside collections, bring sites or Household Waste Recycling. The assumption on delivery to the Service Provider is that these will arrive in loose form, but individual Councils may advise otherwise at Invitation to Tender stage. Some variability in the proportions of steel and aluminium cans in the delivered material is to be expected. Aluminium cans are likely to come predominately form segregated kerbside collection schemes and Household Waste Recycling Centres and will may include beverage and/or food containers and aerosols. While unlikely to be explicitly included in widespread recycling collection advice to residents, it is expected that clean aluminium foil, such as foil trays, pie cases and household wrapping foil will be materials that may arrive with the cans and which the Service Provider shall seek to recycle. Steel cans will come predominately from segregated kerbside collections and Household Waste Recycling Centres and are likely to be compliant with BMRA UK Scrap Specification Steel grades 6E (baled, clean steel cans) and 6F (loose steel cans). Generally, cans are likely to be clean, dry and empty (particularly domestic aerosol containers). Material may be sorted or unsorted. While not explicitly included in widespread recycling collection advice to residents, it is expected that other small items of steel material will appear under this Lot and which Service Providers shall seek to recycle. Collection of bulked material may be required as may alignment to other types of collection service. Individual councils will detail their own material content and mix if appropriate, operational specification and service requirements.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in a situation referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or Regulations 8&9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016. Information pursuant to Regulation 35(17) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 is contained in the procurement documents.

This Contract Notice supersedes Contract Notice 555508 and Contract Notice 569042 which was used for the initial set up and running of the DPS during its initial validity period. This Contract Notice changes the period of validity of the existing Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the Treatment and Disposal of Recyclable and Residual Waste now extended to 12/02/2029.

Scotland Excel is a central purchasing body procuring this framework on behalf of the following contracting authorities (and successor bodies):

32 local authorities in Scotland: http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/Aboutus/Ourmembers/Local-authorities.aspx

Scotland Excel associate members: http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/Aboutus/Ourmembers/Associate-members.aspx

Any integration authority, or other body, established pursuant to the Public bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014.

Any Scottish Registered Social Landlords listed on the public register of the Scottish Housing Regulator:

http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/Documents/Landlord%20Register.pdf.

and the Scottish Prison Service.

The above is subject to each contracting authority entering into and maintaining a membership agreement or other access agreement with Scotland Excel.

Economic operators may be excluded from this procurement exercise if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Subcontractors on whose capacity the Tenderer does not rely: Scotland Excel will request the following information in the ESPD (Scotland) document:

• Whether the bidder intends to subcontract any share of the contract to a third party;
• List of the proposed subcontracts as far as it is known at that stage; and
• What proportion/percentage of the contract does the bidder intend to subcontract.

Please note that these subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely will be subject to the rules regarding Exclusion as set out immediately above.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this exercise. The Project code is (12286). For more information see: http://publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 .

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 12286. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Scotland Excel (and a Council) shall require, information relating to any: Community Benefit Requirements; and community benefits, similar to Community Benefit Requirements, but which are being provided voluntarily under a Contract by the Service Provider. The Service Provider must provide this Community Benefit Requirement information to Scotland Excel in the template that will be provided to the Service Provider at the mobilisation stage and in accordance with the following schedule: 1 April to 30 September Information, must be provided no later than 31 October; and 1 October to 31 March Information, must be provided no later than 30 April. Data supplied by the Service Provider under this Condition must cover all spend and income generated by all parties entitled to use the Dynamic Purchasing System. Participation in this DPS does not guarantee any business, any level of business or any continuity of business.