The EPA is establishing a multiple operator framework agreement for the procurement of services to undertake characterisation of municipal waste, other waste streams and post-consumer products.

The EPA is establishing a multiple operator framework agreement for the procurement of services to undertake characterisation of municipal waste, other waste streams and post-consumer products. Contracts may be awarded across any of the EPA Offices. It is envisaged that initial contracts awarded under the framework will include: Characterisation and compositional analysis of household and non-household (commerical) municipal waste (residual, recyclables and organics).

Additional services that may be procured under this framework include: design and conduct characterisation studies of varying scale and scope involving: municipal skip waste, food waste (household and commercial), WEEE and metal packaging in mixed metal loads, litter and street bin waste, community clean-up and fly-tipped waste, college campus waste, textile waste, post-consumer products, any other waste type.