Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-02-10
Buyer: Birmingham City Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 42320000 | 42418910 | 45222100 | 45222110 | 45232470
Estimated value: 490000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-03-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: P0599 – Tyseley Energy Recovery Facility, Waste Transfer Stations and Household Waste Recycling Centres – Operate Maintain and Renewal
Works and services at: the Tyseley Energy Recovery Facility; household waste recycling centre sites at Kings Norton, Tyseley, Sutton Coldfield, Castle Bromwich and Perry Barr; waste transfer stations at Kings Norton, Tyseley and Perry Barr; Tyseley Clinical Waste Incinerator and clinical Waste Transfer Station; waste transport services and other associated waste, recycling and energy works and services.
(a) works and services at the Tyseley Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) site for the treatment of the Council’s residual waste;
(b) works and services at household waste recycling centre (HWRC) sites at Kings Norton, Tyseley, Sutton Coldfield, Castle Bromwich and Perry Barr;
(d) works and services at Tyseley Clinical Waste Incinerator (CWI), clinical WTS or clinical waste service;
(f) provide waste, recycling, re-use, composting, treatment, processing and disposal services at other sites or facilities;
(g) works and services for the development of waste, recycling or energy infrastructure at other sites and/or facilities, including materials recycling facility, composting facilities, anaerobic digestion, biological treatment processes, mechanical biological treatment, thermal treatment facilities;
(h) energy management, services and generation including electricity import/export, private wire, district heating, vehicle charging, solar PV, energy storage;
(i) management of residues, materials, products, reagents, chemicals, spares, consumables, auxiliary fuels and commercial waste.
The contract will be for an initial term of 10 years (unless terminated earlier in accordance with its terms) with an option to extend up to a further 5 years.
The Council reserves the right not to award the opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this contract notice.
Contract conditions may relate to achieving social and/or environmental policy objectives linked to recruitment, training and supply-chain initiatives.
The figure in II.2.6) Estimated value of [490 000 000 GBP] is based on actual Council costs in 2018/19 indexed by CPI over the maximum 15-year term, with an estimated allowance for the capital cost of some of the works of 15 000 000 GBP. However, potential returns will depend on many commercial factors including (but not limited to) the performance of the contractor and market conditions. Bidders should seek independent legal and commercial advice in relation to the potential value of the opportunity and the scheme as a whole. Further information about the scope of this opportunity is provided in the Memorandum of Information (MOI) available as part of the procurement documents. The invitation to tender documents and contract applicable to the competitive dialogue are being developed by the Council with its advisers. These documents will be provided to SQ applicants successful in being shortlisted to be invited to participate in the competitive dialogue tendering stages. The Council may release (in draft form) some or all of the invitation to tender documents or the contract prior to the SQ submission deadline. The Council will provide notification through the procurement portal if any such documents are to be made available. Providers should complete their registration details on the portal in order to be alerted to the availability of any further information. The Council has produced a MOI which provides further details of the key features of the scope of the opportunity to inform this SQ application stage. The MOI provides information as to the intended scope and approach to the procurement and is for general information only. The Council reserves the right to vary, amend and update any aspects of the MOI and final details of the procurement will be confirmed to shortlisted bidders. Requests to participate must be by way of completion and return of the Selection Questionnaire (‘SQ’) (in accordance with the requirements set out in the SQ) by the date and time specified in Section IV.2.2). The Council reserves the right not to accept requests to participate that are received after the deadline. Bidders are encouraged to submit their submissions well in advance of the stated date and time in order to avoid issues such as technical difficulties with the electronic system that may be due to the high volumes of traffic attempting to submit applications on the same date at the same time. The Council will be using its free to use eTendering system (inTend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity, please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register. You will then be sent details on how to log on which will enable you to download all relevant selection questionnaire. If you are unable to register with InTend or have any questions or problems on how to use this website please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call CPS Helpdesk on 0121 464 8000. Your completed selection questionnaire should be returned by noon 9.3.2020 via the ‘inTend’ system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc
In accordance with Regulation 86 (Notices of decisions to award a contract), Regulation 87 (Standstill Period) and Regulations 91 (Enforcement of duties through the Court) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).

Eligibility requirements: Details will be provided in the tender documentation.

Award value: 490000000