Integrated Resource and Waste Management Services

Tender description

The Contract shall include the following Services: • Operation and maintenance of the Authority EfW Facility to provide reception, storage and incineration of EfW Waste. The Contractor shall optimise the Authority EfW Facility performance and energy recovery. The Contractor will be responsible for the sale of electricity generated at the Authority EfW Facility and the Treatment and / or disposal of EfW Products. • Operation and maintenance of three WTS Facilities (Vine Street WTS, Weaving Lane WTS and Emerald Street WTS), to provide reception, storage and bulking of Contract Waste delivered by the Authority. The Vine Street WTS is co-located with the Authority EfW Facility. • Waste transfer services, including the receipt, handling, bulking, transfer and haulage of Contract Waste, including any internal movements between the Authority Facilities. All Contract Waste delivered to the Contactor will upon delivery be the property of and held at the entire responsibility of the Contractor. • Operation and maintenance of four HWRCs - located at Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Meltham and Upper Cumberworth. • The marketing and sale of Dry Recyclables delivered by the Authority. • Receipt, handling, transfer and processing of Garden Waste collected by the Authority. • Management of waste containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). • The Contractor shall provide all necessary Personnel, Equipment, and consumables required to deliver the Services in accordance with the Specification, the Authority's corporate objectives, and all statutory obligations pertaining to the Authority and the Contractor in delivery of the Services. • Fulfilment of the Authority's statutory duty for the Treatment and disposal of Contract Waste under Section 51 of the EPA, all subsequent legislation to the EPA and any subsequent legislation replacing the EPA i.e. the Environment Act 2021. • Site improvement and rectification works. Waste streams in scope: • Residual Waste; • Dry Recyclables; • Food Waste; • Garden Waste; • Gully detritus arising from road sweeping and gully emptying; • Waste containing Persistent Organic Pollutants; • Offensive Waste; • DIY Waste; • Asbestos; • WEEE; • Textiles; • Depot Collected Waste; • Waste delivered by Service Users of the Administrative Area to the HWRC Facilities; • Ad-hoc Waste. Volumes of waste: The annual tonnage of waste requiring treatment based on 2024/25 information are approximately: - General waste 121,000 - Comingled Recycling 19,000 - Bulky waste 5,000 - POPs 2,000 - Garden waste 15,000 - Other 15,000 Contract Duration: The contract is expected to start in April 2028 for an initial 15 years with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years with a maximum expiry of March 2045.