Award of Contract for Waste Collection, HWRC and Material Management and Street Cleansing Services

Description

The provision of waste, recycling and environmental services in the Southend-on-Sea City Administrative Area.

The services under the contract include collection of waste and recycling; operation of a waste transfer station; haulage of residual and bulky waste to treatment/disposal sites; operation of household waste and recycling centres; managing materials collected at the kerbside, household waste and recycling centres and fly tipping including sale or disposal for recycling and/or treatment; and street cleansing.

Southend-on-Sea City Council ("The Authority") is a unitary council with responsibility for both waste collection and disposal.
This contract is for the following services
1) Collection of waste and recycling
a. Household Residual Waste collection;
b. Household Dry Recycling collection;
c. Household Food Waste collection;
d. Household Garden Waste collection (chargeable service);
e. Household Bulky Waste collection;
f. Household Textiles collection;
g. Household Small Electrical Appliances collection;
h. Other non-domestic Waste and Recycling collection;
i. Commercial Waste and Dry Recycling collection;
j. Clinical Waste.
2) Operation of a waste transfer station
3) Operation of household waste and recycling centres
4) Managing materials
a. Collected at the kerbside;
b. HWRCs;
c. Fly tipping; and
d. Sale or disposal for recycling and/or treatment.
5) Street cleansing:-
a. Litter and Detritus cleansing;
b. Jet Washing;
c. Bus shelters;
d. Washing footpaths, alleyways, underpasses etc.;
e. Weed control;
f. Beaches and foreshores;
g. Graffiti and fly-posting removal;
h. Removal of fly-tipped materials and abandoned Waste;
i. Hazardous Waste and chemical spills;
j. Litter bins;
k. Removal of seasonal fall;
l. Shopping and other trolleys;
m. Removal of dead animals;
n. Rapid response and road traffic accidents;
o. Special events;
p. Removal of litter from lakes etc.;
q. Deep cleansing/ chewing gum removal;
r. Erection of signs.
6) Other Services:
a. Management of Waste;
b. Haulage of residual and bulky waste to treatment/disposal sites;
c. Asset management;
d. Contingency arrangements.