Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Stafford Borough Council
Civic Centre, Riverside
Stafford
ST16 3AQ
UK
Contact person: Paul Timmins
Telephone: +44 1785854646
E-mail: paul.timmins@staffordshire.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1785854660
NUTS: UKG2
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.staffordbc.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Cannock Chase District Council
Cannock
WS11 1BG
UK
E-mail: paul.timmins@staffordshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG2
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
Lichfield District Council
Lichfield
WS13 6YY
UK
E-mail: paul.timmins@staffordshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG2
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://lichfielddc.gov.uk/Home.aspx
I.1) Name and addresses
Tamworth Borough Council
Tamworth
B79 7BZ
UK
E-mail: paul.timmins@staffordshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG2
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.tamworth.gov.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Waste and Recycling Collection Service and Processing of Dry Recycling
Reference number: PC615
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Refer to II.2.4.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
140 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90500000
90511200
90511100
90512000
90513000
90514000
90530000
34928480
90511400
45232470
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG2
Main site or place of performance:
Staffordshire, England, UK.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Stafford Borough is a mixed urban and rural district covering an area of 597 km2 in the middle of the County of Staffordshire. It has a population of approximately 130 000, with 2 main towns, the County town of Stafford and the town of Stone; along with a number of villages of various sizes.
The service currently consists of an alternate weekly collection of, residual, dry recycling, and garden waste from domestic properties. The service includes the processing of dry recycling and recyclable materials arising from the collections. There are a small number of domestic properties which have weekly collections.
Residual and dry recycling collections are made at schools, village halls, and churches. Separate paper collections are made at schools using 1100 lt bins. All collection services are currently operated from the council-owned centrally located depot (Tollgate Drive, Stafford) which in addition is used to store dry recycling and paper before being transported in bulk, in the case of dry recycling to an MRF and in the case of paper direct to a mill.
Residual waste, garden waste, and recycling are collected from all properties in the district (approximately 57000). Residual waste is collected using 180, 240 and for larger families 360 liters wheeled bins. Larger 1, 100 lt containers are in place at communal properties. In addition, civic amenity visits are made to parishes on Saturdays.
Garden waste is collected from all properties in the district by means of a 240 lt wheeled bin; other than communal blocks.
Dry recycling is collected from all properties (approximately 57 000). The collection is 2 stream using a caddy in 240 liters wheeled bins.
The insert is used for collecting paper, commingled recycling is collected in the body of the wheeled bin. Recyclables presently include textiles and large WEEE and metal that are recovered for recycling.
The ownership of dry recycling, paper and recyclables pass to the contractor who arranges the processing and sale of the material.
An assisted collection service must also be provided where necessary.
A number of ancillary services, including the collection of bulky waste, the collection from bringing sites the delivery and retrieval of waste and recycling containers, may also be required as part of the contract.
A new contract will be required to commence circa 4.2.2018. Stafford Borough Council will call off a contract from the framework agreement to fulfill this requirement. The contract will be of a duration of 10 years and two months, with an option to extend for a further 10 years.
NOTE: The spend values stated in II.1.7 and V2.4 represent the possible spend on the full framework has given the stated call-off activity of the Contracting Authority and each of the stated partners (Cannock Chase DC, and Lichfield/Tamworth (combined) councils), should they optionally call-off from the framework. The range of spending is approximately 80m to 140m with the lower amount approximated to the call-off from the Contracting Authority alone.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
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
II.2.14) Additional information
The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a framework agreement for these services. Stafford Borough Council will call off its own contract from the framework to commence circa 4.2.2018.
The initial term of another call off contracts shall be no longer than 10 years.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2016/S 208-376613
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: PC615
Title: Waste and Recycling Collection Service and Processing of Dry Recycling
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
14/12/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Veolia ES (UK) Limited
210 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9JY
UK
Telephone: +44 2035672435
NUTS: UKG2
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 140 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The Contracting Authority incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point of an award decision.
The award decision process specified the criteria for the award of the framework agreement, the reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages, the name and score of the successful tenders; and specified when the standstill period is expected to end or the date before which the Contracting Authority will not conclude the framework agreement.
If an appeal regarding the award of a framework agreement has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).
The Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or may order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages.
If an agreement has been entered into the Court may make a declaration of ineffectiveness or may order that the duration of any relevant specific contract be shortened and additionally may award damages.
The time limit for seeking such a declaration is generally 30 days from notification of the award (either by award decision notification or contract award notice depending upon the circumstances) or otherwise 6 months.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Stafford Borough Council
Stafford
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Stafford Borough Council
Stafford
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Stafford Borough Council
Stafford
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/12/2017