CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Halton Borough Council

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Merseyside Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy Resource Recovery Contract.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Resource Recovery Contract ('RRC') involves the design, build, finance and operation of new Waste Treatment Facilities ('WTFs') to treat residual Municipal Solid Waste ('MSW') such that Biodegradable Municipal Waste(“BMW”) is diverted from landfill.

The services include the the design, construction, commissioning and financing of WTFs; obtaining all necessary consents including Environment Agency authorisations, permits, exemptions and/or licences for the development, management and operation of facilities required to achieve the contract performance standards; the receipt and acceptance of residual MSW at delivery points and its transfer to treatment and/or disposal facilities in Wilton; the operation and maintenance of WTFs for residual waste comprising reception, weighing, processing, treatment and recovery of waste, management of the facilities, and the supply of labour, plant, equipment, utilities and other prerequisites; the handling of all treatment outputs from the WTFs including transfer, marketing and sale of recovered materials and sale of any energy produced under the contract (or other process outputs); the leasing of land provision of WTFs; and the handover or decommissioning of WTFs on contract expiry. In addition the services may include the disposal of all treatment, rejects and residues from the WTFs.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority is a statutory waste disposal authority, which is responsible for managing the disposal of municipal waste collected by the five waste collection authorities of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council and Liverpool City Council. Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority is also responsible for managing the disposal of municipal waste delivered to 14 Household Waste Recycling Centres by the general public.

Halton Borough Council is a unitary authority with responsibility for both waste disposal and waste collection.

The contract will initially be for a period of 30 years from the award of contract. In addition, there will be an option for Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority to extend in annual increments if required for a period no greater than 5 years resulting in a maximum duration of the contract of 35 years.

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice