Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
UK
Contact person: Ms Emma Whitten
E-mail: emma.whitten@essex.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.essex.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.essex.gov.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=f9e8f56f-6458-ee11-8124-005056b64545
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Other: Waste Composition Analysis
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
1069 Essex Household Waste Composition Analysis
Reference number: DN732694
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79723000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Essex County Council (ECC) wishes to undertake a full baseline compositional analysis of residual waste at both kerbside and Recycling Centres for Household Waste to inform key strategic decisions in relation to future service provision and the design of behaviour change interventions. ECC may also commission further studies to measure the impact of interventions and to deepen understanding of participation in waste collection and recycling schemes.
Potential Bidders should note the value on this FTS Notice is inclusive of any potential spend for further works either in the contract period, or any extension period.
The Authority has a budget for the services described within the Services Specification published with this Tender of £240,000.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
ECC wishes to undertake a full baseline compositional analysis of residual waste at both kerbside and Recycling Centres for Household Waste to inform key strategic decisions in relation to future service provision and the design of behaviour change interventions. ECC may also commission further studies to measure the impact of interventions and to deepen understanding of participation in waste collection and recycling schemes.
Potential Bidders should note the value on this FTS Notice is inclusive of any potential spend for further works either in the contract period, or any extension period.
The Authority has a budget for the services described within the Services Specification published with this Tender of £240,000.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 45
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 5
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Option to extend for up to a further five (5) years in any number of periods not exceeding a total of five (5) years beyond the initial term. The decision to extend the Agreement with is at the sole discretion of Essex County Council.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
- Accelerated procedure
Justification:
A Prior Information Notice was published on 22 September 2023, Notice reference: 2023/S 000-028063.
This falls within the 35 days to 1 year time frame, therefore the procedure is accelerated to a response period of 15 calendar days.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-028063
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
30/07/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
30/07/2024
Local time: 12:05
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079476000
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079476000
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/07/2024