Official UK procurement notice
Operation and Maintenance of a Proposed Regional Wood Reprocessing Facility at Silent Valley, Blaenau Gwent.
Authority: Service Manager Commercial & Procurement
What is being bought
Published requirement description- The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to alert potential suppliers to an opportunity in relation to the Local Authorities’ requirements for the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of a proposed regional wood reprocessing facility at the Silent Valley waste management site near Ebbw Vale in Blaenau Gwent.
- The Authority is keen to explore the commercial viability of outsourcing the O&M of the facility over a term of up to 10 years, as opposed to the option of delivering the operations “in-house” as a public sector partnership.
- The outsourced O&M scope may indicatively consist of the following services:
- Day-to-day processing of the waste wood feedstock into a specification wood chip suitable for panel board.
- Operation of a process-line configuration of plant and machinery;
- Manning the picking station (to extract contaminants from the feedstock).
- Responsibility for meeting required Performance Outputs.
- Responsibility for meeting prescribed Quality thresholds.
- Responsibility for the management of all Health and Safety aspects.
- Management of Site personnel.
- Traffic Management and vehicle loading/unloading operations.
- Procurement of Fuel and other consumables to operate the plant and equipment.
- Responsibility for managing the Environmental Permit and Fire Prevention Plan Permits;
- Interface management with adjacent permit holder(s) on the site at Silent Valley.
- The overall objective is to create a modern and environmentally sustainable wood reprocessing facility that will contribute towards the net zero carbon agenda.
CPV: Refuse recycling services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Mar 2022, 12:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Mar 2022, 12:13 GMT
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-007855- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032549Find a Tender
Publisher note: The Council is facilitating this Prior Information Notice / Request for Information via it's E-Procurement Portal, which can be accessed via the following link:https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk Project Ref: pqq_33259 - Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of a Proposed Regional Wood Processing Facility at Silent Valley, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent. Potential suppliers will not be prejudiced by any response to this PIN, or failure to respond. This PIN does not formally signify the beginning of a procurement and does not constitute a commitment by the Authority to undertake any procurement exercise. Once the Authority decides to formally commence the procurement, a separate contract notice will be issued. Potential suppliers should register their interest to ensure they are kept informed of this opportunity, including the Industry Day, where the Authority will present and market test with suppliers the scope of the “Delivering Differently” opportunity. Draft Timetable Actual dates are yet to be determined, so at this stage this timetable is for indicative purposes only: OJEU notice and Suppliers’ Questionnaire published - July 2022 Industry Day - July 2022 ITT’s issued to pre-qualified bidders - August 2022 ITT’s Submitted - November 2022 Contract Award - January 2023 Contract Commencement - January 2023 Completion of Facility Construction - January 2024 Commissioning of Facility - March 2024 Request for Information Blaenau Gwent CBC acting as the lead Contracting Authority for the Partnership, wishes to seek information and advice from interested parties who may wish to participate in the forthcoming procurement process. The purpose of this Request for Information is to invite interested parties to express and register their interest in this opportunity and assist the Authority in finalising the project’s scope of works and the contract. To this extent, the Authority is now seeking responses from the market in relation to the following questions. 1. Would you be interested bidding for this project, or if not, what else would be required for it to meet your organisation’s tendering criteria? 2. What form of Operation and Maintenance contract would, in your opinion, be the most consistent in terms of delivering “win-win” contracting arrangements (including the duration of the contract) that incentivise better outcomes? 3. Do you have any comments on the indicative scope of services listed above? 4. Do you have any additional comments or queries from the information provided above? Expressions of interest and accompanying PIN responses should be submitted via the Authority's e-tendering portal (https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk) by no later than 12:00 noon Monday 25th April 2022. NB: All future project related dialogue or request for clarifications should be communicated via the portal's messaging functionality. NB please be advised that the Authority is simultaneously running two further project related PIN's: 1) Supply & Installation of Plant & Equipment at the proposed Regional Wood Facility at Silent Valley; 2) Construction of a proposed Regional Wood Facility at Silent Valley; (WA Ref:119766)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
23 Mar 2022 → 1 Jun 2022 · 2 dates- Notice published23 Mar 2022, 12:13 GMT
- Tender notice expected1 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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