Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Defra Network eTendering Portal
17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
UK
Telephone: +44 2072385921
E-mail: carol.caddick@environment-agency.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Environment
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
North, Anglian and Midlands Operational Waste Management Framework
Reference number: 26054
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This framework will cover the collection, disposal and recycling of a variety of operations derived waste streams generated from sites across the North, Midlands, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire areas of England.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 800 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90500000
90510000
90511000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Various sites in the North East, Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside,Cheshire,Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, East Midlands and West Midlands geographic areas of England.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This framework will cover the collection, disposal and recycling of a variety of waste streams, generated by operational environment agency sites situated in the areas set out in II.2.3), to manage waste resulting from asset maintenance, flood management and construction site activities.
A range of skip styles and sizes are required to suit individual locations and the waste types generated.
The following waste types are likely to be covered by this framework:
— scrap metal,
— batteries (hazardous and non-hazardous, including heavy duty lead acid batteries),
— hazardous waste (e.g. fluorescent tubes, oily waste),
— waste oil,
— used oil sorbents and contaminated PPE,
— waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE),
— wood — both non-hazardous and hazardous,
— tree trunks (potentially contaminated),
— green waste (potentially contaminated),
— mixed general waste,
— plastic,
— tyres,
— soil and clay,
— silt and sediments from small works,
— river gravel and stone,
— concrete and building materials,
— shopping trolleys, bicycles and beer kegs,
— mixed fly-tipped waste.
The successful contractor will be required to provide a 24/7 365 emergency service for a limited number of strategic operational sites throughout the geographic areas stated, the locations of which will be confirmed in the tender pack.
Additionally, the contractor will be required to provide a response to pollution incidents where the fly-tipping of potentially hazardous waste has occurred which shall include waste sampling, analysis and disposal services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 40
Price
/ Weighting:
60
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 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:
2019/S 147-362081
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: North, Anglian and Midlands Operational Waste Management Framework
Contract No: ecm57266
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13/02/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Acumen Waste Services
Lincoln Street
Wolverhampton
WV10 0DX
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
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:
: 1 800 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 30 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
Sub-contractors will be used to cover geographic areas where the contractor does not have a local site.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The contract(s) are primarily intended to meet the needs of the environment agency. The agency may require the successful bidder to provide the goods/services on the same terms that are agreed as a result of this tender to the department for environment, food and rural affairs, and to its associated bodies including any agencies and non-departmental public bodies and other local authorities. A full list of the Defra Group can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations#department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
The environment agency expressly reserves the right:
(i) not to award or enter into any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by the publication of this notice;
(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;
(iii) to award 1 or more public contract(s) in relation to part only of the requirements covered by this notice; and/or
(iv) to award a contract(s) in stages.
In no circumstances will the environment agency be liable for any costs incurred by the applicants/tenderers and their associated parties. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgment of potential applicants and the environment agency will not be responsible for any such expenditure.
Right to cancel: the environment agency reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a framework or contract, and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award the framework or contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary.
The environment agency shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this contract notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender.
Other authorities involved:
The framework agreement will be available for use by the following UK public sector bodies (and any future successors): DWP, Defra, EA and the department for business, innovation and skills (BIS) as well as all other central government departments, executive agencies, local authorities, NDPBs and UK contracting authorities listed in the following links.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm
Similarly the contractor may be required to supply the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Welsh Assembly including its Executive Agencies e.g. Natural Resources Wales.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Court of England and Wales
Various
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Standstill: the environment agency will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision.The standstill period, will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/02/2020