South West Kent Waste Partnership - Waste Services Contract 2019

The “Partner Authorities” – Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council invites you to tender for the South West Kent Waste Partnership – Waste Services Contract 2019.

The Partner Authorities are renewing their arrangements for Recycling and Refuse Collection and Street Cleansing services and are now seeking tenders from suppliers for the following:

• Recycling and Refuse Collection Services
• Amenity Street Cleansing Services

Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council (TMBC) and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) have been working in partnership with Kent County Council (KCC) to identify and implement cost effective waste collection/processing/disposal and street cleansing services within their respective Administrative Areas. Whilst this Contract relates to the provision of collection and street cleansing services the purpose of the joint working is to minimise the combined WCA/WDA cost impact of waste collection/ street cleansing/ waste processing and disposal and improve recycling performance in so far as it is cost effective to do so.

With regard to street cleansing, this Contract also seeks to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of the service across the Administrative Area whilst addressing the differing needs and priorities of each authority.

The Partner Authorities will award one contract for the above services to a single contractor across the two authorities for a term of 8 years with an option to extend twice; the first extension for either up to a further 2 or 8 years and the second extension for a period of up to 2 years but only if the contract has already been extended for 8 years.

The operational start date of the contract is different for each authority as detailed in the specification, with the first service commencement date being 1st March 2019 and the Contract coming into effect on that date.

Once you have registered your expression of interest in this project, the nominated contact for your company will be sent two emails. The first will confirm your expression of interest and the second will contain a link to enable you to access all the project documents for this quotation.

Should you fail to receive the email notifications, please login to the supplier homepage of the Kent Business Portal: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login and follow the steps below:

1. Click on the “Recently added” tab under the ‘Activities’ section
2. Click on the “South West Kent Waste Partnership - Waste Services Contract 2019” title link
3. Click on the “Start” link in the second section


The Project Information screen is split into 6 sections as detailed below:

1. Activity Information: contains general attachment information along with deadline and contact details
2. Attachments: links to all the project documents available
3. Terms & conditions: link to the project contract conditions
4. Deadline & Time Remaining: real time countdown and submission date
5. Messaging & Clarifications: link to read any project specific questions raised and answers provided along with the ability to ask questions
6. Response Controls: step by step wizard for uploading your completed tender submission

The deadline for submission of your completed tender is: 12:00:00 on Tuesday 8th May 2018.

If you are viewing this opportunity outside of the Kent Business Portal, follow the instructions below to see the advert and formally register your expression of interest:

1. Click on the following link to open the “Opportunities” page on the Kent Business Portal: https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?resetFilter=True&applyFilter=True&p=8691483f-2f3d-e711-80e1-005056b64545&v=1
2. Change the “Organisations” dropdown menu to Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council and wait for the screen to refresh
3. Click on the “Title” link for the “South West Kent Waste Partnership - Waste Services Contract 2019” project
4. If you are a registered user of the Kent Business Portal click on the “Login and register interest in this opportunity” button in the top right of the screen otherwise click on the “Register free” link.

Please note this opportunity has also been advertised as an OJEU Notice: http://ted.europa.eu/TED/notice/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:48722-2018:TEXT:EN:HTML

Please note this opportunity has also been advertised on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/29173dba-6fd8-4932-b633-0d7389370f32

Dartford Borough Council are administering the procurement process so if you have any queries please contact Dartford Borough Council’s Procurement Team by email: procurement@dartford.gov.uk