SC20026 — Highways Mechanical Arisings (HMA) Processing Services

As a Waste Disposal Authority, Kent County Council (the ‘Council’) has a statutory responsibility to dispose of waste collected by the Waste Collection Authorities, of which one type of waste is Highway Mechanical Arisings (‘HMA’), or street sweepings collected by a street sweeper vehicle.

The Council requires new supply arrangements for the processing and disposal of HMA, with the new services commencing on 1 May 2021.

The supplier will be required to have in place:

• a waste processing facility with appropriate permitting and planning permissions;

• an electronic weighbridge for the weighing-in of material delivered to their facility to provide the Council with the appropriate management information (including weigh-loader transaction listings);

• policies and procedures that recover materials in accordance with the waste hierarchy to maximise reuse and recycling and to avoid sending any waste to landfill; and

• robust service contingency plans to ensure continuity of services in the event of plant failure, etc.

A full specification of requirements will be provided to tenderers as part of the Invitation to Tender stage of this procurement procedure.

See Section II.2.4) Below

This opportunity will be broken down into the following geographical lots:

• Lot A: West Kent (c. 9 700 tonnes per annum);

• Lot B: East Kent (c. 3 800 tonnes per annum);

• Lot C: All Kent — both West and East Kent (c. 13 500 tonnes per annum).

The initial contract period will be 36 months, with an option to extend for up to a further 24 months.