Official UK procurement notice
Treatment of Organic Waste Services
Authority: Scotland Excel
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis framework is for the provision of services for treatment and processing of organic waste. The waste streams are food waste, garden waste and co-mingled food and garden waste. Councils in Scotland require service providers to receive food, garden or co-mingled waste and to treat, reprocess and recycle it. This framework is available to all Scottish Councils, Scotland Excel Associate Members and other participating public bodies.
There shall be two service models available for use by the councils as follows: -
Model A – where councils deliver materials to the Service Provider’s nominated facilities for treatment.
Model B – where councils deliver materials to its (Council) own, the Service Provider’s, and/or a third party’s Reception Point where it shall be collected by the Service Provider(s) for onward haulage for treatment at the Service Provider’s Treatment Facility.
CPV: Composting services · Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services · Refuse and waste related services · Refuse collection services · Refuse disposal and treatment · Refuse recycling services · Refuse transport services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 12 suppliers · 8 bids on the busiest of 3 lots (0.7 per place) · 9 appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Food WasteAwardedRenewal
The provision of services to receive, treat, reprocess and recycle of food waste only for to councils, associate members and other bodies participating in this procurement, throughout the Scottish mainland and island locations.
Lot #2Garden WasteAwardedRenewal
The provision of services to receive, treat, reprocess and recycle of garden waste only for to councils, associate members and other bodies participating in this procurement, throughout the Scottish mainland and island locations.
Lot #3Co-Mingled Food and Garden WasteAwardedRenewal
The provision of services to receive, treat, reprocess and recycle of co-mingled food and garden waste only for to councils, associate members and other bodies participating in this procurement, throughout the Scottish mainland and island locations.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 25%
- price: 75%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 25
- Price: 75
- Suitability
In response to SPD (Scotland) Question 4A.2 - SERVICE CONTRACTS where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment, bidders must confirm which authorisation(s) or membership(s) of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service(s) to be procured under this proposed framework
Bidders must hold the following particular authorisation:
- Planning Consent or other approval (name, number and expiry date) from the appropriate Council for all Waste Treatment facilities the bidder is offering or, otherwise an ability to demonstrate of any Planning Consent Exemptions.
- Waste Management Licence (name, number and expiry date) or an ability to demonstrate of any Exemption or Permit made under the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011 and/or the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2013 as required by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, or their equivalent regulatory body in other jurisdictions.
- Approval (name, number and expiry date) by Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for treating animal by products and /or catering waste or, an ability to demonstrate that the bidder operations are restricted to suitable material.
- Waste carrier registration (name, number and expiry date) if the bidder/subcontractor is intending to collect waste from any Council.
- Where a bidder received a suspension of the above licences, registrations and permits (waste management licence, waste carrier registration etc.…
- Economic & financial standing
- SPD (Scotland) Questions 4B.5.1b and 4B.5.2: Insurance Requirements
- SPD (Scotland) Question 4B.6: Other Economic & Financial Requirements
Minimum: 1. SPD (Scotland) Question 4B.5.1band 4B.5.2 - INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS: It is a requirement of the contracts to be procured under the proposed framework agreement that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types a… - Technical & professional ability
- SPD (Scotland) Question 4C.1.2 - Services
- SPD (Scotland) Question 4C.10 - Subcontracting
- SPD (Scotland) Question 4D.1 - Quality Assurance Schemes
- SPD (Scotland) Question 4D.1 - Health and Safety Procedures
- SPD (Scotland) Question 4D.2 - Environmental Management Standards
Minimum: 1. SPD (SCOTLAND) QUESTION 4C.1.2 – SERVICES Bidders will be required to provide a maximum of 3 previous examples of supplies or services carried out in the past three years that they deem appropriate to demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the supplies o…
- Price carries 75 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Treatment of Organic Waste Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 12 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 19 Mar 2021, 09:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 May 2022, 16:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Apr 2021 – …
- Authority reference
02-20- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-012547- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029d48Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
For full details of the conditions relevant to the proposed Framework, and contracts to be called-off there under (to the extent known or settled at this stage), please see the procurement documents (details of how to access these being set out in section “I.3) Communication” of this Contract Notice).
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to breach of duty under the Public Contracts
(Scotland)Regulations 2015 (SSI2015/446, as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session in accordance
with Regulation 88 of the 2015 Regulations.
Publisher note: Scotland Excel as a central purchasing body, may procure this framework on behalf of the following contracting authorities (and successor bodies): - the 32 local authorities in Scotland listed at http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/aboutus/Ourmembers/Local-authorities.aspx; - Tayside Contracts; - Scottish Prison Service and all establishments owned and managed by the Scottish Ministers through the Scottish Prison Service; - Scotland Excel associate members, listed at http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/Aboutus/Ourmembers/Associate-members.aspx; and, - Any integration authority, or other body, established pursuant to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014. The above is subject to each contracting authority entering into and maintaining a relevant membership agreement or other access agreement with Scotland Excel. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Bidders are advised that the envisaged maximum number of participants that might be appointed to the proposed framework agreement set out in section IV.1.3 of this contract notice is purely indicative. Scotland Excel reserves the right to appoint more or less bidders than the envisaged maximum number to the proposed Framework Agreement. Subcontractors on whose capacity the Bidder does not rely: Scotland Excel will request the following information in the Single Procurement Document (Scotland): - whether the bidders intend to subcontract any share of the contract to a third party; - list of the proposed subcontracts as far as it is known at that stage; and - what proportion / percentage of the contract does the Bidder intend to subcontract. Please note that these subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely will be subject to the rules regarding Exclusion as set out immediately above. CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, KPIs & COMMUNITY BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS As per details in the Special Conditions, Service Providers will be required to provide Management Information (MI) and KPIs on a quarterly basis. It is envisaged that Community Benefit Requirement details will be provided on a 6-monthly basis. MI requires an itemised statement for services provided for each contracting authority who will be permitted to purchase under this proposed Framework Agreement down to a defined categorisation structure set out in the MI template. In addition, Details on the following KPIs must be provided: - Turnaround time at site - Customer complaints - Accuracy and timeous management information (MI) returns - Invoice Accuracy Please see attachment included within the Additional Notice options section of the Contract Notice for further information. (SC Ref:692293)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 20 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 150 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 20 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
20 Apr 2021 → 13 May 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown20 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened20 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published13 May 2022, 16:54 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete13 May 2022, 16:54 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £48,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Food Waste
- Signed
- 14 Jul 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Garden Waste
- Signed
- 14 Jul 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Co-Mingled Food and Garden Waste
- Signed
- 14 Jul 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Food Waste | 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
| 2 · Garden Waste | 8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad | 8 | — | — |
| 3 · Co-Mingled Food and Garden Waste | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview bodyReview contact point
- Please refer to VI.4.3 belowMediation body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
9 commercial parties on the notice- Brewster Brothers. LtdFramework contractor
- Cireco (Scotland) LLPFramework contractor
- Earnside Energy LtdFramework contractor
- Enva Organics Recycling LimitedFramework contractor
- Forth Resource Management LtdFramework contractor
- Keenan Recycling LtdFramework contractor
- Levenseat LimitedFramework contractor
- Scottish Water Horizons LtdFramework contractor
- energen biogasFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.