East Lothian Council

John Muir House

Haddington, East Lothian

EH41 3HA

UK

Telephone: +44 1620827827

E-mail: procurement@eastlothian.gov.uk

NUTS: UKM73

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00181

II.1.1) Title

Reference number: ELC-25-0448

II.1.2) Main CPV code

90500000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

East Lothian Council is looking for a suitable qualified operator to provide a flexible and continuously improving waste management Service with the principal aims of facilitating the bulking, haulage and transfer of approximately 70,000 tonnes per annum of mixed municipal waste and a range of separately collected waste materials from Kinwegar Depot & Transfer Station, A199 Haddington Road, Wallyford, East Lothian, EH21 8JU (“Transfer Station”) to a Licensed Waste Management Facility or other destination as directed by the Council.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions:

-Specimen copies of the paperwork used to satisfy the ‘O’ Licence requirements.

-Copies of Waste Carriers Registration

-Details (copies of) any other licences the supplier believes are relevant to the Contract

-Evidence where applicable of your VOSA score on the traffic light system as an OCRS Score dating back 5 years.

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

List and brief description of selection criteria:

Financial Standing

A copy of your audited accounts or equivalent for the most recent 2 years (2 sets of signed, audited accounts), along with details of any significant changes since the last year end.

Minimum level(s) of standards required:

-Employers Liability insurance to the value of at least ten million pounds Sterling (GBP10,000,000) in respect of any one event.

-Public Liability insurance to the value of at least ten million pounds Sterling (GBP10,000,000) in respect of any one event.

-Motor Liability insurance for all vehicles used in the connection with the performance of this Contract, including:

-Coverage for own vehicle with a minimum indemnity limit of GBP5,000,000 per occurrence.

-Coverage for third-party property damage with a minimum indemnity limit of GBP 10,000,000 million per occurrence.

-Unlimited coverage for third-party personal injury, in compliance with the requirements of the Road Traffic Act.

III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

List and brief description of selection criteria:

Part 4C: Technical and Professional Ability – Prompt Payment

It is a mandatory requirement of this Contract that a prompt payment clause is present in all Contracts used in the delivery of the requirements. This ensures payment of sub-contractors at all stages of the supply chain within 30 days and includes an obligation to provide a point of contact for sub-contractors to refer to in the case of payment difficulties. This will require active monitoring of payment performance as well as the provision of evidence and reports to the Council on request or as contractually scheduled. Bidders should confirm that this condition will be met within the response to this question.

Part 4C: Technical and Professional Ability – Living Wage Payment

Tenderers are asked to confirm that they will pay staff that are involved in the delivery of the Contract, (including any agency or sub-contractor staff) directly involved in the delivery of the Contract, at least the real Living Wage.

Part 4C: Environmental Management Measures

Bidders will be required to provide evidence that their organisation has taken steps to build their awareness of the climate change emergency and how they will respond. Accepted evidence includes but is not limited to:

A completed copy of “Schedule 8- Climate Change Plan” including planned projects and actions to reduce the bidder’s carbon emissions. This does not need to contain calculated carbon emissions. Please note this document is supplied as an individual document for completion. Where a Tenderer’s response is of a less than the acceptable standard, the Council may exclude the Tenderer from the competition or may apply discretion seeking supporting evidence to determine the Tenderer’s suitability to proceed in the competition.

Part 4D: Quality Assurance Schemes

It is a mandatory requirement that Tendering Organisations with more than 5 employees have in place a Health & Safety Policy which is approved at a senior level within the Organisation and is reviewed regularly. Bidders should confirm that this condition has been met within the response to this question. Where a Bidder does not have a Health & Safety Policy and is required to do so, the Council may exclude the Bidder from the competition.

It is a mandatory requirement that Tendering Organisations have in place a Business Continuity Policy which is approved at a senior level within the Organisation and is reviewed regularly. Bidders should confirm that this condition has been met within the response to this question. Where a Bidder does not have a satisfactory Business Continuity Policy, the Council may exclude the Bidder from the competition or require amendments to the policy to be made.

Part 4D: Environmental Management

The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with

BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate,

OR

2. The bidder must have the following:

a. A regularly reviewed documented policy regarding environmental management, authorised by the Chief Executive, or equivalent.

(Please refer to the ITT document for further details).

III.2.2) Contract performance conditions

East Lothian Council Terms and Conditions.

III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 07/04/2025

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: 07/04/2025

Local time: 12:00

VI.4.1) Review body