Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Plant Residual Waste Treatment Contract

Description

Milton Keynes City Council (the ‘Authority’) invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced organisations in relation to its contract for the operation and maintenance of Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park (MKWRP) (the ‘Contract’).The MKWRP is an innovative, operational residual waste recovery facility comprising three adjoined and interlinked technologies: mechanical treatment, dry anaerobic digestion and advance thermal treatment, capable of processing up to 132,000 tonnes per year and providing critical infrastructure to deliver the Authority’s statutory waste disposal functions.The Authority is seeking a contractor experienced in local authority residual waste management services to work in partnership and collaboration with the Authority to optimise the capacity, efficiency and overall performance of the MKWRP to achieve a design life up to at least 2042. Please see section II.2.4 below for further information. Lot 1: The procurement is for the Authority's contract for the operation, maintenance and treatment of residual waste at the MKWRP.The Authority is seeking a single integrated contract (with a single supplier or consortia) to provide the full scope of services, which include (without limitation) the operation and maintenance of the MKWRP, the management, acceptance, haulage, treatment, recovery and disposal of residual waste (including third party local authority waste), and outputs, the marketing and sale of third-party capacity and the marketing, generation and sale of electricity and heat (along with other ancillary services). The services also include entry into third party power purchase agreements in relation to electricity generated at the MKWRP and the maintenance of MKWRP’s private wire and associated EV chargers at neighbouring Authority sites.During the Contract term, the Authority is keen to engage with the Contractor on opportunities for technological and commercial innovation and continuous improvement. In particular, the Authority wishes to explore the opportunities listed in Section II.2.11 below (the ‘Anticipated Changes’). Further information about the MKWRP, the scope of services and the contractual arrangements applicable to this procurement are more particularly described in the Selection Questionnaire Pack (‘SQP’) and accompanying Procurement Documents (including the Descriptive Document and Background Information). Applicants are further referred to Section VI.3 (Additional Information) in this Contract Notice.Taking into account feedback gathered in market engagement, the Authority intends to enter into a multi-phased Contract, during which the Contractor will be provided with a platform to familiarise themselves with MKWRP before seeking opportunities to stabilise and then optimise the performance of the Facilities. The Authority is keen to draw on the knowledge, expertise and best practice of a contractor to achieve value for money and deliver on its strategic objectives for the MKWRP.It is intended that the risk profile, commercial model and incentivisation model will be adjusted as part of the phased approach so as to fairly allocate risk to the party best placed to manage it. The Authority wishes to dialogue with Bidders on the commercial and contractual principles of this phased approach as part of the procurement process.The Authority is conducting this procurement through the competitive dialogue procedure in accordance with Regulation 30 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('PCR'). Economic operators will need to register on the portal to participate and registration is free. All documentation is available from and all communication is to be conducted via the portal at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/ (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/)The Authority will implement the procurement in successive stages. Further information is set out in the SQP and Procurement Documents. To express interest, Applicants must complete and return responses to the Selection Questionnaire (‘SQ’) in accordance with the instructions set out in the SQP.The Authority will evaluate SQ Responses in accordance with its selection criteria set out in the SQP and (subject to there being sufficient competition) intends to invite all Applicants who 'pass' the SQ to participate in dialogue.The Authority intends to conduct dialogue with and invite Detailed Solutions and Final Tenders from those Bidders selected at SQ stage, but reserves the right to down-select Bidders at any time during the procurement. Once the Authority identifies the solution/solutions capable of meeting its needs, dialogue will be concluded and Bidders will be invited to submit a Final Tender before a preferred bidder is selected that represents the Most Economically Advantageous Tender. The Authority reserves the right to add or remove stages or revise this process.